[September 1776] Wednesday. 25
Running thro' the Turks Island Passage. ー AM 1 Saw a Sail in the SE. Gave Chace ー 2 and 3 TKd Ship. Fired a Gun and brot too a Sloop from Cape Francois to ー under Dutch Colours said to be Bound for St Eustatia with Molasses and Rum, mann'd with Americans; no Dutchmen, and no Papers only an old Dutch Register, & Seized her, took out the Master and Men, Sent a Mate and 4 Men to take Charge of her.2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/572.
2. Sloop Dolphin, see Gayton's Prize List under October 8.
