March 1776 Moor'd in Graves End Bay. Thursday 7th
Mode. Breezes and Cloudy. PM our Boats Brought in & Anchd here the Brigg Diligence from [New] Providence, 2 ... Fir'd two Guns to bring Vessels too. 3
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/693.
2. According to Shuldham's prize list of May 23, 1776, PRO Admiralty 1/484, the Diligence was sent in on March 17. This was obviously an error; she had a cargo of "Melasses Fruit &ca," was owned by a Mr. Barnard, and was bound for New York. She was sent to Halifax where she was condemned, the record indicating her destination had been Elizabeth, New Jersey; rather than New York, Vice Admiralty Register, vol. 5, 1769-1777, N.S. Arch.
3. Shuldham's prize list also records the sloop Betsey, Alexander Gardner, master, from Philadelphia for Egg Harbor in ballast, as a prize that day of the Phoenix. She was sunk.