Apl. 1778
Saturday 11
Cape Henlopen NE 25 Leagues Sandy Hook NNW 6 AM out 2d. Reef Topsails, at 10 employd Hogging Ship.
Cape Henlopen Et [35 Leags.?] So. Part of Nantucket [NE] 40 [Leags.]
[Light] Winds and hazey, ½ past 5 PM saw a Schooner to the Northwd. set Studding sails [½] past 7 fired a Shot at her; a Schooner from Cape Ann in Ballast bound to Virginia took her in tow;
Saturday 12
from 7 AM to Noon clearing her of Provisions, Wood & Water &c &c
So. Part of Nantucket NE 30 Leagues
[Do.] Winds and Clear, 1 PM to 6 employd breaking the Prizes upper Works for fire wood, at 6 set her on fire and made sail.
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/52, part 2, fol. 11.