Decemr 1776. Friday 13th
Do [Cape Henlopen Lighthouse] No 21:0 W Distce 16 Leags ½ past 7 (A M) gave Chace to a Sail in the SW quatr At Noon saw 2 Sail to the Wtward. First and Middle parts Modr breezes and Cloudy, latter Fresh Gales and Squally. at 3 (P M) came up with the Chace which proved the Connection Schooner from Boston for Baltimore —2 took charge of her — at 7 spoke the Camilla with a French Ship in Company who joined us.
Saturday 14th
(AM) gave Chace; fir'd 4, 9 Pound Shot and brot too a French Snow who informed us she was from St Domingo for Marseilles 3 At Noon the Camilla and Prizes in Company
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/688.
2. Schooner Connection, Benjamin Jones, master, S. White, owner, with 14 casks of sugar, Howe's Prize List, March 31, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/487.
3. The Joli Coeur, B. Eyran, master, with a cargo of rum, sugar and molasses, Howe's Prize List. The Perseus escorted the prizes to Sandy Hook, and on January 1, sent Joli Coeur up to New York with a long letter to Vice Admiral Howe giving a detailed explanation of the snow's suspicious actions and the reason Captain Elphinstone had taken her, PRO, Admiralty 1/487.
