March 1776 Cape Fear S63°W 7 Leags Frydy 8
at 6 AM gave Chace to a Sail in the S E Qr from George Town to Salem without any papers
at 10 Brat too the Chace the Sloop Adventure 2 loadd with Rice Indigo Dear Skins & Indian Corn the masters name Francis Boardman 3
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/336.
2. The Adventure, owned by Boardman and William McKane, was sent into Cape Fear, Shuldham's Prize List, May 23, 1776, PRO, Admiralty 1/484.
3. From the Journal of Francis Boardman:
Memorandum of A Journal on Board the Sloop Adventure my Self Master Bound to George Town in South Carolina Monday January the 1th 1776 a 7 in the Eavening Saild from Mr. Bickford warft in Beverly with a fine gail of wind at NW & Clear weather Arived Safe at George Town in 29 Days our Pasage A tended with Cont[r]ary winds & hard gails of Do one thing Remarkible on the Passage we Came athaut thousands of fish Diferent kinds Lie Dead on the water in the Eage of the gulf Streem allso Lost our Small Anchoar in Coming to Anchoar of[f] North Island wich makes one part of the River Winyaw In George Town we Loded with 260 Cask of Rice Contaning 70 t[o]nes Nt Rice & about 1500 lb wt of Indico Dear Skins & [&]c we Saild the 6 of March at 8 in the morning In Company with Capt Richard Magery of Salem & Morrow of Providence the 8 of Do unhap[pi]ly was taken by the Falcon Sloop of war Siron Frigat in Site ware I Receaved arouf Treatment from that Damnd Raskel John Linzey Capt of the Falcon.
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