Pallas, Port Royal, Jamaica 5th August 1776.
When I was at Cape Coast I received information that there was an American Brig in the River Gabon with Arms and Ammunition on board; I fell in with Captain Warren in His Majesty's Sloop Weasel at Accra and detached him to the said River, and as I imagined a small Vessel would be necessary to examine the River, I ordered Lt Bray of his Majestys Ship under my Command on board a Prize of the Atalanta's to accompany Capt Warren. Lieut Bray has since joined the Pallas and acquainted me they had seized the Brig and carried her to Antigua I am Sir [&c.]
W: Cornwallis
1. PRO, Admiralty 1/1611/3/7, LC Transcript.