May 1778 Sunday 31
[Roenock1 SWbS distance about 4 Miles] at 5 AM saw a Sail to the No: wd: Tackd & gave Chace.
[Roenock SWbS distance about 4 Miles] Do: Wr: [Modte: Breezes & hazey] at 1 PM in Chace of a Sloop to the Northwd. Soundd. & had [illeg.] fm. Water at 7 Still in Chace of a Sloop which run ashore brot: [to] & sent the Pinnace after her but the surf running very high was unable to board her the Pinnace Retd. & we made Sail to the Eastwd.2
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/61, part 1, fol. 29.
1. That is, Roanoke I., N.C.
2. According to Howe’s Prize List, 30 Oct. 1778, the unidentified sloop was driven on shore off Currituck, N.C., and left on the beach. UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fols. 487–88.
