April 1777 Sunday 13th
Sandy Hook No 9.16 Distance 63 Ls at 5 AM fresh Breezes saw a Sail to the S:Et Out 2d Reef Topsails & gave Chace at 8 Came up with and spoke a Schooner from Boston, bound to Virginia in Ballast 2 Brot too Main Tops! to the Mast took out the Prisoners and destroyed her.
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/694.
2. Schooner Olive Branch, Aaron Andrews, master, Howe's Prize List, May 22, 1777, London Gazette, July 8 to July 12, 1777.
