Septr 1775 Friday 8
Thatchers Island No 80 West Dist 33 Leags
t 3 A M brot too a Sloop from Newbury bound to Montserat took her Men out and sent an Officer & 5 Men onboard her at ½ past 5 Saw 4 Strange Sail to the SE. Send the Pinrni.ce Mann'd & Arm'd ahead to Chace a Brig & a Ship at 9 fired a Gun at the Chace who Tack'd & Stood towards us ½ past 9 Tack'd Fired a Gun at a Brig to windward she bore down she provd to be Loaded with Lumber from Piscatague at 10 fired a Gun at a Sloop to Windward she bore down Sent the Boat onboard her. She proved to be Loaded with Horses from Casco Bay for the West Indies Empd Exchanging the Prisoners2 ー
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/546.
2. The final prize was the sloop Woolwich, Benjamin Crocker, master, with lumber and horses, from Falmouth for Grenada. Part of the cargo was taken for the Army and the vessel condemned at Boston. The various other vessels taken are identified under date of September 11, 1775. Graves's Conduct, Prize List, II, 36-38, BM.