January 1777 Friday 10th
Do [Cape Henlopen] N24W 16 Lgs AM. at 4 saw a Sloop & Fir'd a Shot & brought her too found she was from Georgia to Philada with Rice Hides &c 2 in boarding her the Cutter was stove to pieces so that we were obliged to cut her adrift & Hoist the Other Out, at 8 Made Sail
1. PRO, Admiralty 52/1965.
2. The sloop Peggy, Alexander Thompson, master, from Savannah, Howe's Prize List, May 22, 1777, London Gazette, July 8 to July 12, 1777.
