[Hampton Church NWBN, Old Point Monday 13th
Comfort, NEBN, Sowels Point SBW.]
Ditto Wear: [Moderate Wear.] at 2 PM anchored here His Majesty's Ship Richmond,1 at 5 PM the St. Albans2 made a Signal for seeing 5 strange Sail, & we answered it Unmoored Ship & hove Short; at 7 PM the Richmond Weigh'd & Gave Chace, at 8 PM departed this life Mr. Conway Spencer (Mid)3 at 9 PM sent our Barge [to] board one of the Sail, which was the Dunmore Tender,4 with a French snow,5 and a Schooner,6 her prizes & a French Polacker which she chaced up & run her aground upon the Willoby's Shoal,7 and the St. Albans Tender boarded her;8
