July 1776 Thursday 4
Cape May NW ¾ N 26 Leagues Light Airs & clear at 4 PM sent the Barge Man'd & Arm'd in Chase of a Sloop to the Southward at 9 fired 2 Six Prs as a Signal to the Barge & continued making false fires, at 12 the Barge retd wth a Sloop from Philadelphia for Martinico with Flour2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/4279.
2. Martin, James Neal, master, from Philadelphia for the West Indies, with flour, Howe's Prize List, March 31, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/487.
