Novemr 1776 Thursdy 14
Do [Sandy Hook] N 38 Wt 212 miles at 8 (AM) Wore Ship. at 9 Set the Fore & Mn Topsail Out reefs & set the Miz Topsl 3 Sail in the NE Qr got up Topg masts & yds do set Topgl Sails at Noon made the Cherokees Signal to Tack Mode breezes & clear Wr 1 PM saw a Sloop which we took to be a Privateer fired a Gun to bring her to — half past Tackd & bore down upon the Cherokee. She was in chace of a Sloop. do set studg Sails at 4 spoke with the Cherokee that had taken the Sloop into custody proving to be a French vessel from Philadelphia with Flour & Lumber for the Wt Indies.2 Exchanged Men put an officer onbd
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/771.
2. Hope, Jean Louis, master, — Moncreau , owner, from Philadelphia for Charleston, Howe's Prize List, March 31, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/487.
