March 1776 Off Norfolk in Virginia Wedensdy 20
arrd our Tender with 5 sail of small Vessels taken from the Rebels 2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/548.
2. These were the prizes taken by the Otter and her tender, the Samuel and the Liverpool's tender, Edward, in their foray up the Chesapeake. They were: Philadelphia Packet, from Elk River for Baltimore, with different goods; Vulcan, S. French, master, R. Evers, owner, from Elk River for Patuxent, with stone and iron; Nancy, J. Robinson, master, E. Carr. owner, from the Eastern Shore for Elk River, with tobacco and feathers; Nancy, L. Gallehugh, master, J. Taylor, owner, from Neabscoe for Baltimore, with Indian corn, and an unidentified schooner with "nobody on board her," Howe's Prize List, March 31, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/487.
