1778 May Thursday 7th
Moored in St. Johns Road Antigua.
at Noon they1 came in with an American Schooner from Guinea with 100 Slaves Came in a small Sloop wth 19 hhds Tobacco, Prize to Our Tender.2
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/711, Part 4.
1. In Portland's journal entry of 6 May, Dumaresq identified these vessels as “Fansey and Surprize (two small Privateers)" that had sailed from Antigua the night of 6 May. Surprize was an Antigua privateer schooner commanded by James Morres; nothing more is known about Fansey or the prize.
2. Sloop tender Tartar. The prize was probably sloop Dolphin, Thomas Cox, master, from Virginia. Young's Prize List, 16 June, UkLPR, Adm. 1/310.