October 1776 Tuesday 15th
The West end of Tortuda ESE 6 Leags AM light Airs and fair, at 6 saw A Sail to the Westwd gave Chace, at 10 hoisted the Boats out sent them Arm'd at 11 they Boarded the Chace found her to be a Brigg from Philadelphia, took possession of her2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/39.
2. James S. Biddle, ed., Autobiography of Charles Biddle... 1745-1821 (Philadelphia, 1883), 90-93, contains an account of the capture of Ranger.