May 1778 Saturdy: 30th.
Cape Sambro N½E Dist: 13 Leags: At 8 (AM) Cape Sambro N 6 or 7 Leags: unbent ye FSl: & bent a new one reeved new Log Lines at 11 AM saw a sail to ye: No:wd: wore ship made Sail and gave Chace at noon shortened sail TKd: left off Chace a Sloop Sambro light house NBW 3 Leagues—
Sambro Light House NBW Dist: 3 Leagues— Modt: breezes and Cloudy wr: saw a sail in ye: NW Opened a Cask of pork No: 2297 Cts: 320 pss: short 2 pss: Benjn: Rothesey Cape Sambro NNE 7 Leags: saw a sail to ye: So:ward made sail and gave Chace at 6 light airs & varble: still in Chace at 11 fired 3 Six pounders and sevl: Vollies of sml: Arms at ye: Chace
Sunday 31st
at ½ past 12 ye: Chace brought too she proved to be the Charming Sally Brig from Martinico bound to Boston1 took 29 prisoners out and put a Mate and 7 hands on board her in Cutter (AM)out Cutter and sent her on bd: ye: prize for ye: Prisoners Cloaths at noon light airs and Clear Prize in tow—
[Sambro Light House NBW Dist: 3 Leagues] First middle and latter parts light airs and Clear wr: (PM)at 2 all sail set Prize in tow at 5 saw ye: land from NBW to NE at 8 do: wr: Ashmetogen2 N½E 5 or 6 Miles
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/36, part 3, fol. 12.
1. Brig Charming Sally, master unknown, 150 tons burthen, manned by 31 seamen, cargo of rum, molasses, &c., owned by Ceres Smith of Boston, sent into Halifax. Howe’s Prize List, 30 Oct. 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fol. 488; Gambier’s Prize List, 20 Dec. 1778. The London Gazette, 2–6 Feb.1779.
2. Possibly Aspotogan, Nova Scotia.