November [1776] Monday 18
C. Ortugal Obs 15 Lgs A M at 6 spoke a Ship from Charles Town bound to Bourdeaux hove too, sent a Mate, Midshipman & 9 Men onboard her, entered her People as part of Complement, at 9 took the (Argo) 2 Prize in Tow. made Sail. Light Airs & Cloudy
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/512.
2. Argo, "a ship belonging to the Congress at Charles-Town, South Carolina, bound to Bourdeaux, with a lading of Rice and Indigo, valued, according to the Invoice found on board her, at 37,200 L. Currency." Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser and Mercantile Chronicle, December 20, 1776.
