[June 1776] Saturday 1
Sambro Light house N32.43E 95 Leagues at 5 A M the hawser Broke about 3 ft from the prizes Bow2 brot too & sent the six Inch hawser on board. Bore away First pt fresh Gales Middle & Latter Mode at 1 P M saw a Sail to the Ewd out all reefs & gave Chace Lost a Log & 3 Lines at 6 Cast off the Brigg fired two 3 pdrs & brot too the Chace a Schooner from Newbury wth Provisions bound to Surinam3 took both Prizes in tow
Sunday 2
First part fresh Breezes & hazey Middle & latter thick foggy Wr at 4 P M saw a Sail to the Etwd cast off the prizes & gave Chace fired 10 3pdrs at the Chace brot too the Chace a Schooner from St Eustatia for Salem, with Wine, rum Linnen.4
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/181.
2. The brig Elizabeth, taken May 30, 1776.
3. Hawke, John Clarkson, master, Newburyport for Surinam with flour, beef, pork and fish, Howe's Prize List, March 31, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/487.
4. Ibid., William, John Tucker, master, from St. Eustatius for Salem with wine, rum and linen. Elizabeth, Hawke, and William were condemned as legal prizes at Halifax on June 29. Vice Admiralty Register, vol. 5, 1769-1777, N.S. Arch.