"On the 5th inst, the brig Jenny and Betty, of Larn, Mark Workman master, bound from Antigua to this place, was taken by the Bellona American privateer,1 mounting sixteen carriage-guns, besides swivels, and was re-taken on the 8th inst. by the Champion, of Bristol, commanded by Captain Wm. Peacock, who behaved with the greatest spirit and bravery on the occasion...."
Gazeteer and New Daily Advertiser (London), 16 Oct. 1777.
1. South Carolina letter of marque brig Bellona, Capt. Cross.
