[Roebuck, Delaware Bay, Saturday] 30th [March]
Sent a Flag of Truce ashore to Lewis Town, to endeavor to get Lt [George] Ball & his Men exchanged for other Prisoners, but could not get any satisfactory answer. 2
1. Hamond, No. 4, UVL.
2. Ibid., Roebuck kept busy. The following day she chased a brig, unsuccessfully. To keep a tight blockade of the American coast, the British needed many more ships on station.