Nov 1776 Friday 1st
Sandy Hook N 60 W. Dist 39 Leagues Saw a Sail on the Starbd Bow fired a Shot and brought her too Sent the Boat onboard her with 2 Petty officers & 9 Men to take Charge of her, found her to be a Rebel Arm'd Sloop2 with 6 four pounders & 8 Swivels with a Number of Small Arms & Powder from Burdeaux bound to Philadelphia took the Master, Mate and Seamen out of her
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/546.
2. Sloop Mary, J. Morgan, master, from Bordeaux to Philadelphia with small arms, wine and oil, Howe's Prize List, March 31, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/487.
