Head Quarters, Northampton Court house, Virginia Feby 28th 1776.
[Extract]
. . . Sunday night last [February 25] a schooner that lay in Hungers Creek Loaded with provision was taken possession of by 13 negroes, who attempted to make their escape to Lord Dunmore, but the next morning she was pursued by a whale boat which over halld her upon York Spit, and returned with her monday night, the negroes are now under Guards, this is the only remarkable event has happened since our arrival here,
1. Correspondence of Council of Safety, Md. Arch.
