Novemr [1776] Monday 4
Et end Tortuga SbE. 5 or 6 Ls 11 [A.M.] Gave Chace to two Sail to the Eastward ½ past TKd Ship Do Wr [Fresh Breeze and cloudy] PM 1 Set studing Sails, ½ past Fired two Guns and brot to a Brig from Nantuket Bound to Cape Nichola2 took out the Master. Sent a Mate and 10 Men to take Charge of her. Sent the Prize in Chace of a Sloop in Shore. Fired a Gun and brot to a french Snow.
<p>1. PRO, Admiralty 51/572. 2. Brig Yarmouth, --Folger, m<tster, with a cargo of lumber, fish and oil, Gayton's Prize List, February 26, 1778, PRO, Admiralty 1/240.</p>