June 1778 Sunday 28
Do. [Monhagen]1 Isld. No.NE 5 Leagues
AM at 5 saw a Sail to the So.wd.—gave Chace—at 9 saw a Sail in the SE Quarter—still in chase—at 10 Lost sight of the Prize Schooner.2
Do. Isld. N27°E 19 Leagues
Light Airs & hazey Wr. PM at 1 tack'd—hoisted the Barge out & sent her mann'd & arm'd after the Chase—at 3 fir'd 2 Guns at the Chase—at 4 the Barge brot. her too—she prov'd the Brig James (Jno. Smith Master)3 bod. fm. Madeira to Quebec with Wines &c taken by the Rebel Privateer Pompey4 the 6th. Inst. in the River St. Laurence—took out the Prisoners & sent a Party on bd. the Prize
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/762, part 1, fols. 38–39.
1. That is, Monhegan I., Maine.
2. Schooner George.
3. Brig James, John Smith, master, a recapture, sent to Halifax, Gambier's prize list describes this brig as 180 tons burthen, mounting 6 guns, and its owner from Greenock, Scotland. Lloyd's Register of Ships lists it as 140 tons burthen, mounting four 2-pounders, and gives its owner as C. J. Smith, of London. Howe's Prize List, 30 Oct. 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fols. 483–84; Gambier's Prize List, 20 Dec. 1778, The London Gazette, 2–6 Feb. 1779; Lloyd's Register of Ships, 1777–1778.
4. Massachusetts privateer schooner Pompey, Capt. Silas Smith, mounting 4 carriage guns and 16 swivel guns, a crew of 40 seamen, commissioned on 14 Apr. 1778, and owned by William West and Samuel Williams of Salem. M-Ar, Revolutionary Rolls Collection, vol. 6, pp. 246, 249; Mass. Archives Collection, vol, 168, p. 249.
