[April 1776] Wend Tortuga E½S 4 or 5 L[eagues]
Saturday 13 AM 2 Clos'd reefd Miz Topsl- In 2d reefs Main and fore Topsls At 5 gave Chace to a Sail to the Eastwd ー Out 2 reefs & Fired 2 Guns and brot to the Chace a Sloop from Casco Bay. Made Sail and gave Chace in Shore. Fired two Guns, and brot to a Schooner from Cape N ichola to Newfoundland. Brot to Main topsail to the Mast. ー Found the Sloop Loaded with Lumber from New Falmouth in New England sent a Petty Officer and three Men (having seizd her) to take Charge of her? At 6 In 2 reefs and made Sail ー the Sloop parted Company for Jamaica.
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/572.
2. Sloop Lovely Lass, James Bodrick, master, Gayton's Prize List, PRO, Admiralty 1/240.
