Thursday, March 14th-Wind S.S.W. The sloop Mermaid, and Capt. [David] Bray's brig, sail for Halifax. The former with molasses seized by the Senegal as rebels property, the latter in custody of the Senegal, on suspicion of rebels' property. She is from Dominica, has some rum and molasses. 2
1. Innis, ed., Perkins' Diary, I, ll5.
2. According to Shuldham's prize list of May 23, 1776, the brig from Dominica was also named Mermaid, PRO, Admiralty 1/484.
