April 1776 [Off Jamaica]
Thursday 18 at 8 Am East end Jam[aic]a N½W, 4 Leagues at noon Et end do WNW 2 Leagues saw a sail in the N.E gave chace to do Modt Breezes & clear Wr at I Pm fired a Shot at the Chace brought too & hoisted out Boat & sent her onboard the Sloop ½ past the Boat ret[urne]d with the Master & Men belong[in]g to her Do sent a Petty Officer with 3 Men to take possession of the Sloop as belonging to Philadelphia 2 at 2 the Boat retd hoisted her in & bore away for Port Royal with the Prize in Company at 6 the east end of Jamaica N½E 4 or 5 Leagues.
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/4293.
2. Probably the schooner Friends Adventure, ー Ross, master, with a cargo of shingles, Gayton's Prize List, PRO, Admiralty 1/240.
