March 1776 At Single Anchor in Hampton Road Virginia
Wednesday 20th at 7 in the morning Anchored here the Otter from the Cheseapeak bay, with 6 Sail of Sloops and Schooners taken by her and Tenders; at 8 Anchored here the Lord Howe, and Ship Grace, her prize in Ballast from Philadelphia.
1. PRO, Admiralty 5 1/796.
2. Ibid., the Lord Howe had gone out of the Capes on a cruise on March 15, 1776. The Grace was bound for Baltimore, Howe's Prize List, March 31, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/487.
