July 1778 Thursday 2.
Segwin Isld.1 N11°E 6 Leagues
AM at 5 saw 2 Sail workg out of Sheepscut River2 wch. join'd us at 8—they proy'd the Tender3 & a French Ship4 she had taken wth. Masts bound to Nantz—at 10 came too with the Bt. Bower in 5 fm. Water. the Tender & Prizes in Co. Squirrel Isld. N 2 or 3 Miles.
Ditto Isld. WSW 4 Leagues
First pt. fresh gales & clear middle & lattr. light Airs & foggy Wr. PM empld. occasionally
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/762, part 1, fols. 38–39. For a fuller account of the capture described in this entry, see Appendix B, below.
1. That is, Seguin I., Maine.
2. That is, Sheepscot R., Maine.
3. Schooner tender True Blue.
4. Ship Marquis de la Fayette, Durif de Cazeneuve, master, 500 tons burthen, manned by a crew of 23, owned by Henry Mitchell, Francis Butler, and Thomas Barclay, of Boston, on a voyage from Sheepscot River to Nantes under French colors with masts, spars, anchor stocks, and staves. Howe's Prize List, 30 Oct. 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fols. 483-84; Gambier's Prize List, 20 Dec. 1778, The London Gazette, 2-6 Feb. 1779; UkLPR, H.C.A. 32/399/1. When libeled, it was claimed as a recapture on behalf of James Gildart and the estate of John Gawith, both of Liverpool. The ship had formerly been Johnson, Richard Jones, master, and while on a voyage from Liverpool to New York in Aug. 1777 had been captured by Massachusetts privateer schooner Active, Massachusetts privateer brigantine Speedwell, and Massachusetts Navy brigantine Massachusetts and sent into Salem and later Boston. UkLPR, H.C.A. 32/399/1. For more on the capture of ship Johnson, see NDAR 9: 862 and n; 10: 15–16, 105–6.
