March [1777] Sunday. 9
Do [Halifax Lighthouse] N46.46Wt 49 Leags Light Airs & foggy at 5 P M Saw the Land from NNE to NNW ½ past saw a sail to the No standing to the Wt ward Do gave Chase
Monday. 10
at 9 AM Brot too the Chase She provd to be a Schooner Belonging to Salem from Cape Nichola Mould (Hispaniaola) Laden with Molasses 2 Bore away for port Rosoway the prize in Compy Fresh Breezes & thick hazy Wr turning into Port Rosoway Harbour at 4 Anchord with the small Br in 5½ fms water Veerd to a whole Cable
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/607.
2. Two Sisters, Howe's Prize List, May 22, 1777, London Gazette, July 8 to July 12, 1777.