November 1776 Wednesday 13th
Do [Cape Henlopen] No 26 Wt 53 Leagues First and middle parts fresh gales & Clear Wr latter mode and fair. PM out Reefs Courses & Sway'd up the Yards set the Top Sails and got up the Top Gallt Masts. Saw 9 Sail to Windward. . . . at 6 saw a Sail to the Westward at 7 brot her too a Sloop 2 from St Eustatia for Philadelphia. Exercis'd small Arms. Sail Makers Empd repairing the Mainsail. Daphne and Two Sloops in Company.
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/650.
2. Fanny, Daniel McKay, master, William Bell, owner, with a cargo of osnabrigs , linen, rum, molasses, etc., Howe's Prize List, March 31, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/487.