Gentleman

I had the honour of writing to you the 27 Augt pr the Brigantine Brittania which I sent in under the Care of Lt Wm Grinnell Since that I have been to the Southward near the parallel of Bermuda & bro't too four Sail of French Spanish & Danish Ships homeward Bound but without gaining any usefull Information. ー on the first Currt. I fell in with a Fleet of five Sail ー one of them being very large it was the Genl opinion on board here that she was either an Old Indiaman outward bound with Stores or a Jamaica three Decker bound homeward we found her to be an English Frigate mountg twenty Six Guns upon one Deck She Sailed fast & pursued us by the Wind till after four hours Chace the Sea running very Cross She got within Musquet Shot of[f] our Lee Quarter ー as they had continued firing at us from the first without Shewing Colours I now Ordered ours to be hoisted & began to fire at them Upon this they also hoisted American Colours and fired Guns to Leeward ー but the bait would not take for having every thing prepared I bore away before the Wind & set all our Light Sail at Once so that before her Sails could be trimmed & Steering Sails set Iwas almost out of reach of Grape & soon after out of reach of Cannon Shot. ー Our "Hairs breadth Scape" & the Saucy manner of making it must have mortified him not a little had he forseen this motion & been prepared to Counteract it he might have fired Several Broad Sides of Double Headed & Grape Shot which would have done us very material Damage but he was a bad marksman & tho' within Pistol Shot did not touch the Providence withone of the many Shot which he fir'd.

I met with no other Adventure till last night when I took the Bermuda built Brigantine Sea-Nymph bound from Barbadoes for London with a Cargoe of two hundred & twenty seven Hogshead's & Eight barrels of Rum, Five Hogsheads two Tierces & ten barrels of Sugar Six bags Ginger fourteen Casks of oil & Twelve Pipes best particular London Market Madeira Wineー

The Brig is new & Sails very fast so that she is a pretty good prize. By the Master of the Brig & a Passenger I hear that the A Doria was off Bermuda a few days Since also that Capt Weeks [Wickes] had an Action with an English Sloop of War off Martinico & that our Side was victorious & drove the Englishman into Martinicoー

I am now convinced that I am too late in the Season I will however try my utmost 'tis not impossible that I may yet fall in with another prize I did not expect to have found a Frigate Convoying two Ships a Brig & a Sloop if the Store Ships come out all under Convoy my hopes of Success from that Quarter must fall Short. ー I have the honor to be with much Esteem & Respect Gentlemen [&c.]

N B the Brigt Sea Nymphs Crew are as follows Vizt

1	Francis Trimingham		Master
2	William Lovil		Mate
3	Wm Johnson		Sailor
4	John Hardy		do
5	Jamie
6	Anthony
7	Peter		Negro — Sailors
8	Will
9	Davie
&	Mr Saml Scott Mercht. of London Passenger