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Janry 1776
Sunday 28
No end Tortugo E½S 6 or 7 Leagues
At 5 AM Saw 3 sail in the SW Quarter gave Chace. high land about C. Turtolo SW 6 or 7 Leagues. at 9 fired a Gun and brot to the Chace ー a Schooner from Cape Nichola to No Carolina, 2 Sent a petty Officer and 5 Men to take Charge of her. at 11 fired a Gun and brot to a french Snow from Cape Francois to Havre de Grace ー Moderate...
Date: 28 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
February 1776
Thursday 1
At 7 [A.M.] the Cape Nicola SW 10 or 11 Leagues.
Saw a sail in the NE Quarter. Out 2 reefs and gave Chace. Light Airs and Clear.
Squirrel join'd us. At 4 pm Hook a Point SW½S 6 or 7 Leags. In 2d reefs. at 11 Squirrel made the Sigl for a Schooner to Windwd Gave Chace. ー
Friday 2
at 6 AM Fired a Gun and brot her to. ー a Schooner from Cape Nichola to Nantucket...
Date: 2 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3
Sir My last letter was dated the 28th of Janry by the Schooner Dolphin, which I hope You have received, I now have the honor of writing to you by Mr William Culmer, who I send into Port Royal in an American Schooner call'd the Nancy, William Clarke Master, who I seized Yesterday morning; he saild from Cape Nichola the Evening before I took him, bound to Nantucket, his loading consists of 63. Hhds...
Date: 3 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3