April 1778
Thursday 9
Do [Cape Sable] bore North 12 Leags.
at 5 AM Sat1 Close Reeft Fore Topsl. at 7 Sat Mizon Topsl: & hauld down Main Staysl: at 10 Out 3d Reef Main Topsl:
Cape Sable N°40Et 5 Lgs.
Mode. & Clear at 1 PM sat the Fore Sail at 3 Saw 2 Sail to Windward Out all Reefs up Top Gallt. Yards and gave Chace at 7 TKd Ship [at] ½ past 8 Spoke the Chace it prov'd His Majesty's Ship Orpheus who was in chace also. Gave Chace In Comy with her at 11 Came up with the Chace which prov'd a brig in Ballast from Marble Head bound to Carolina2
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/118, part 3, fols. 101–2.
1. That is, set.
2. Brig Friendship, Nathaniel Brimblecomb, master, owned by John Glover, from Marblehead bound to Virginia in ballast, captured after a twenty-two hour chase, sent into Halifax, declared a lawful prize of H.M. frigate Orpheus, Capt. Charles Hudson and H.M. frigate Blonde on 6 May. Howe's Prize List, 30 Oct. 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fols. 484–85, 486–87; CaNSHP, Vol. 496, Vice Admiralty Register, vol. 6 (1777– 1782), 126.
