Septr 1776 Friday 27th
Bermuda So 16.23W 305 Miles at 11 AM Saw 7 Sail in SW Quarter suppos'd to be the Pallace [Pallas] and her Convoy. Modt and Clear Wr at 8 P M Saw a Sail, do gave Chace at 12 brot too a Brig2 from Dominica bound to Liverpool who was taken by the Joseph Privateer of 12 Six pounder.3 do took Possession of her.
1. PRO, Admiralty 51-1380.
2. Identified in a journal entry of October 20, as the "Alice Brigg."
3. The Joseph, a Rhode Island privateer, John Field, commander, commissioned in August 1776.