June Wednesday 19
Cape Henlopen NNW½W ー 16 Lgs [AM.] Chaced to the Ewd Brat too spoke the Chace a small Sloop from Philladelphia for St Eustatia with Flour & Bread sent a petty Officer & Men on board her & made sail Mod: & fair at 4 P M Brat too Main Topsail to the Mast Open'd a Cask of Pork Cants 320 short 6 Pieces sent the Boats on Board the Schooner, & Brat out of her 46 Barls of Flour & 14 of Bread2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/4279.
2. Betsey, Thomas Willy, master, from Philadelphia for the West Indies, laden with flour, Howe's Prize List, March 31, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/487.