May 1776 Saturdy 25
Cape Codd So 75°W 28 Leagues. ー At 4 AM Saw a Sail to the Eastwd, out 1st Reef, at 11 A M Tack'd Fresh Breezes and Cloudy, fir'd 2 shot and took the Schooner Mary, Nathl Parley Mastr from Bediford bound to the Wt Indies with Fish, Lumber, & staves,2 In 2d Reefs.
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/805.
2. According to the Rose's journal, she took the schooner in tow on May 27, and cast her off the next day. There is no further record of her.
