Sept 1777 Saturday 6. 6[AM]
Cape Ann S72°W —10 Lges Saw a Sail in the SE Qart gave Chase Pidgeon hill NWBW 8 Leagues Moderate and Cloudy Wr
1[PM]
Fresh Breezes and fair Wr fired a Gun Brought too the Chase Proved to be a Rebble Brig the Morning Star from Martineco Bound to Newberry.2 Sent a petty Officer and 6 Men to Cary her into halifax and kept the Prisoners on board at ½ past 4 in 1st Reefs TS and parted Compy with the prize.
1. PRO, Admiralty 52/1699.
2. John Coombs, master, with rum and molasses, Howe's Prize List, October 30, 1778, PRO, Admiralty 1/488, 489-90. She was condemned as a legal prize on October 1, 1777, N.S. Arch., vol. 496, Vice Admiralty Register, vol. 6 (1777-1782), 65-66.
