April 1776 At an Anchor in Norfolk Road Virginia
Friday 5 Little wind & fair. At ½ past 6 AM saw a party of Rebels firing on a Canoe from Portsmouth. Carried out a Warp to the Hinchinbrook, & brought our Guns to bear. Fired 4 six Pounders at them.
Came in the Samuel & Lilley Tenders with a Ship Prize. 2 Employed on the Rigging. Recd a Jack from the Liverpool.
Saturday 6 Do Wr employed as before. At 4 A.M. sailed the Hinchinbrook Tender. At IO came in the Batchelor Sloop a Prize (taken by the Fincastle) 3 from Martinico with Powder & Arms. Sailed his Majesty's Ship Liverpool from Hampton Road.
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/663.
2. This was Hudson's ship. See postscript this date of letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Maryland delegates in Congress.
3. The Fincastle was the Otter's tender, but no mention is made of the prize in Howe's Prize List of March 31, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/487.
