May 1778 Tuesday 19th.
Manite head1 SEbE Distance 17 Leags Fresh breezes & Cloudy Wr. Still in Chace at 1 Brought Too & left of[f] Chace. Manatee Head SEbSh. at 8 [PM] saw a Ship & a Schooner in the SW. Quarter made sail & gave Chace at 11 Brought too the Ship called the Isabella taken by a privateer2 took the prisoners from on board and sent a Midshipman and 12 men on Board of her to take Charge of her. made sail
Wednesy. 20th.
Manite Head SE Distance 6 or 7 Leags. at 4 [AM] saw a Sail Bearing Wt. made sail and gave chace at 8 Brought her too a Ship Called the Swift taken from the Convoy Loaded wt. Rum & Sugar3 took the prisoners out of her & sent a midshipman & 8 men on Board to take charge of her the two prizes in Company
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/137, part 3.
1. That is, Punta Manatí, Cuba.
2. Ship Isabella with crew of 12 men and carrying 9 guns. It was owned by the firm of Thompson & Campbell of Montego Bay and was on a voyage from the Mississippi River to Jamaica with a cargo of lumber and staves. Parker’s Prize List, 24 Feb. 1779, UkLPR, Adm. 1/241, part 2.
3. Ship Swift, William Loft, master, 170 tons burthen, crew of 16, carrying 10 guns. It was owned by Thomas Reaston of Kingston upon Hull, England, and was on a voyage from Jamaica to Kingston with a cargo of rum, sugar, and pimento. Ibid.
