1. Brig Sophia, owned by Joseph Essau, “bound from Bourdeaux to St. Domingo [St. Domingue] with salt, dry goods, cordage &c.," sent into Halifax. Howe's Prize List, 30 Oct. 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fols. 487–88. According to the master of H.M.S. Centurion, brigantine Sophie, “Monst^r. — —— Florence," master, was bound from El Ferrol, Spain, to Boston or any port in New England with bale goods. The brigantine was armed with four carriage guns and manned by fifteen seamen. It was libeled on 12 May in the Vice Admiralty Court of Nova Scotia and condemned as a lawful prize on 1 June 1778. CaNSHP, Vol. 496, Vice Admiralty Register, vol. 6 (1777–1782), p. 131.