[April 1776] At 6 AM Spoke the Comodore who had Just, taken a brig
Friday 5 tender belonging to Capt Wallises [James Wallace] Fleet 2 Latter part Moderate & Clear Moderate Breezes & Clear Weather, At 5 PM, the Providence Join'd the fleet At 6 Do Saw a Brig & Sloop to the North'd who, we gave chace too, The Columbus Brought the Brig & the Cabot, the Sloop both from New York, put Men on board, and Detain'd them, they being Bound to London,
1. Andrew Doria Journal, PRO, Admiralty 1/484.
2. H.M. Bomb Brig Bolton, Lieutenant Edward Sneyd, commanding. An account of the Bolton's capture was given later by a boatswain's mate, who, in turn imparted. it to Sneyd's servant. It reads: "On the 5th day of April the Bolton Brigg commanded by Lieut. Edward Sneyd was taken by a rebel Fleet consisting of nine sail under the command of one Hopkins .... Mr Sneyd fought them with undaunted bravery and great conduct, and even after he was surrounded by their whole Hect, he gave them two broadsides and two shells before he struck;" Sneyd Papers, Keele Hall,. University College of North Staffordshire, Mariner's Mirror, vol. 44, 1956. Hereafter cited as "Sneyd Papers," Mariner's