Octr 1777 [sic 1776] Sundy 27
Cumberland Isld NbE Amelia SbE St Marys entrance WNW.2 at 8 AM Weighd & run over to Cumberld Point Do [Moderate and Cloudy] Wr at 3 P M Slipt and went after a Rebell Schooner Chas'd her till it was dark fired Several Shot to bring her too at 6 Anchord with the Small Br in 4 f. Veerd to ⅓ a Cable at 8 Weighd & Run down the River at 10 Came too off Cumberland Island with the Bt Bour Veer'd to ⅓ a Cable
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/4219.
2. Ibid., the Hinchinbrook had sailed from St. Augustine October 11, to patrol the coast northward to the St. Mary's River, and returned to St. Augustine on November 1, 1776.
