April 1778 Sunday 26
Do [Cape Henlopen] W¾N 230 leagues
Do. Wr. [Modte. & Cloudy] at 4 P.M saw a Schooner to the NWt. light airs with Swell, at 10 came up the chace; She proved to be from Ocracock to Bilboa,1 Made sail and Gave chace to a Sloop.
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/227, part 3.
1. Schooner Molly, John Collier, master, out of Newburyport, Mass., bound for Bilboa with a cargo of tobacco. Molly was owned by Tristram Dalton. Howe's Prize List, 30 Oct. 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fol. 483-84.
