November 1776 Wednesday 20
Do [Sandy Hook] No 79 Wt 220 Leagues. at 8 AM out 3d reef of Fore & Main topsail, set the Mizen & unbent the Cables and stowed the Anchors.. Moderate and Cloudy at ½ past 2 PM saw a sail to the SE made sail and gave Chace, at 7 began to fire at her, at ½ past 8 brought her to and found her to be one of our Transports that had been taken by a Rebel Privateer, took the Rebels out and sent 7 of my Men to assist the Master 2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/375.
2. Fowey journal, Sunday, December 22, 1776 reads: "at Anchor at Spithead ... AM sent the Rebel Prisoners on board the.Centaur & Culloden by Order of Sir James Douglas," PRO, Admiralty 51/375.