Journal of H.M. Frigate Glasgow, Captain Thomas Pasley, April 8, 1778

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Ap^l. 1778

Wednes^y 8

Cape Maize South 3 Leagues.

At 8 (AM) saw a Sail to SW. Gave Chase.

The Island of Cuba from West to NE 5 or 6 Leagues.

Fresh Breezes and Fair Still in Chase, at 2 Fired a shot & bro^t. her too. Sent an Officer to Examine her proved a French Sloop from Cape ffrancoise to Cape ffair.¹ took possession of the Prize sent a Petty Officer with Hands to take charge of her. Made Sail with the Prize in Company.²

D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/399.

1. In his private journal, Pasley identifies the sloop as Two Friends and writes that it was bound for Cape Fear, N.C. He also indicates that he only took possession of it as “punishment” for having forced Glasgow to pursue it twenty leagues from its “Cruizing ground" and because the captain of the sloop was "insolent.” Pasley, Private Sea Journals, pp. 23-24.

2. In the 9 Apr. entry, Pasley recorded that at midnight the prize sloop sprung a leak that was “impossible to be stop'd” so Pasley removed the prize crew "at no small hazard to the Boat and Boat's Crew" and "she went down without our having the power to save one individual thing." UkLPR, Adm. 51/399; Pasley, Private Sea Journals, p. 24.

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Date

1778 April 8

Volume

Volume 12

Series

American Theatre from April 1, 1778 to May 31, 1778