May 1776 Wednesday 15
Cape Ann WbNo½ N 6 Leagues A M do at 4 [TKd] ½ past 5 brought too & detain'd a fishing boat belongg to Piscataway, took her in tow, at 8 Saw a sl in the SW out all reefs made sail, at 10 found her to be the Lively frigate brot too, at Noon in Co the Lively & 10 sail of our Convoy First part Fresh Breezes & hazy, latter Modte & fair P M Sent the Vipers men on bd the Lively,2 joind Co the Senegal sloop, at 6 the Lively took Charge of our Convoy & bore away for Halifax, ½ past made sl & kept the Wind at 12 tack'd
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/331.
2. The prize crews which the Viper had put on board two prizes she had sent into Antigua; the brig Tartar, February 24, 1776, and the brig Sawney, March 1, 1776. See journal of the Viper for these dates, Volumes 4, 74 and 134.
