April 1776 Moor'd off Cockspur, Savannah river.
Sunday 14 (A M) Washd betwn Decks These 24 Hours mode breezes and Clear Saw a Vessel without the Bar man'd and Armed the pilot boat and sent her out at 11 (P M) came in the Pilot boat with a brig from Savana La mar [Savanna-la-Mar], Jamaica bound to Sunbury with rum and Sugar &ca on board took her people out put on board an Officer and 5 hands. 2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/771.
2. The prize was the brig Live Oak, Foster, master, with 29 puncheons of rum and sugar, according to the master's log of the Cherokee, which adds, "the Raven detained her." PRO, Admiralty 52/ 1662.
