February 1777 Thursday 27th
Cape Henry No89W Distance 41 Leag[ues] at 2 PM [A.M.] saw a Sail to the NE out 3d Reef Topsails at ½ pt 3 Bore down to the Emerald at ½ past 7 Out 2 Reef Topsails & set Topgt Sails at 9 Fir'd a Shot and Brat too a Schooner from Sencpuxen Inlet bound to Hispaniola2 Brot too Main Topsail to the Mast, got the Prize alongside, empd Clearing her the Emerald in Company Modt. Breezes & clear Wr Scuttled the Schooner & made Sail
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/694.
2. Nancy, Isaac Taylor, master, with nine hogsheads of tobacco, Howe's Prize List, May 22, 1777, London Gazette, July 8 to July 12, 1777.