John Manley of Marblehead to congratulate him for capturing British transports off Plymouth and praise him for his boldness. Manley was paid $1.00 per ton per month for the use of his ship. Manley then placed a prize crew on the Happy Return and started to convoy it to Plymouth. He then placed a prize crew on the Norfolk and set off with his two prizes, only to then spot a British armed schooner and a convoy of two small provision vessels coming rapidly toward him. By then, Manley had depleted his crew to man his captured ships, leaving only two officers and 16 men, along with numerous prisoners.