Decemb 1776 Sunday 15
Cape Francois SSW½ W Monte Christa SE off shore 6 Leags Little Wind & Cloudy ... at 6 [A]M Saw a Sail bearg SE Wore & Gave chace at 7 Hoisted the Boats Out & Sent them After the Chace at 10 the Boats returnd with the Chace a Schooner from Rhode Island 2 took posses.sion of her at noon Made Sail Monte Christa SSE abt 2 Leags — Modte & Cloudy Saw a Sail to the Etwd Tackt & gave chace between 2 & 3 fird 8 Shot at the chace Brought her too a Schooner from Newberry to Cape Francois Seized her as a prize took the People out of her & Sent an Officer wt 5 Men On board her 3 Close reeft the Topsails & Made Sail the Prizes in Co
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/125.
2. Schooner Polly, Ebenezer Andrews, master, bound for Hispaniola with fish and lumber, Account of Permissions granted by his Honor the Governor, Outward Entries, R.I. Arch.
3. Schooner John, with fish and lumber, Gayton's Prize List, February 26, 1778, PRO, Admiralty 1/240.
