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September 1776
[Tuesday] 17
Moored off the Town of Amboy
A M at 10 hove up the Stream Anchor & moored with the Bt Br a Cable each way Longbt Watering
First pt fresh Breezes & Clear Middle & latter Mode & Cloudy at 1 P M sent our Boats Mann'd & Arm'd & took a Boat with 4 Rebell Soldiers, at 2 took a small Schooner off Amboy Town, they fired several Shot from their...
Date: 17 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6
May 1777
[Wednesday] 14th
Start No 72°53' Distance 573 Leagues
at 4 Tack'd at½ past Joind Company with the Commodore made our Signal to Speak us spoke Him 2 order'd us to Chace 2 Sail in the NE made Sail out 1st Reef Top Sails set Studding Sails at 10 Shortend Sail spoke the Nicholas a Dutch Ship from Surinam made Sail after the other it was a Brigg from Charles Town So Carolina...
Date: 14 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
August 1777
Cape Henlopen No 34°. .50' Wt Distance 18 Leagues
[Sunday] 3d
at ½ past 4 AM The Adml made the Signal to Tack Do Tack'd Ship at 7 The Adml made the Signal for the Fleet to come in his Wake ½ past made the Signal to the Adml for seeing a Sail &chaced, ½ past 11 brot to hoisted out our Boat & boarded a Schooner from Chingoteage bound to Curisoe laden with Flour — Cape...
Date: 3 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
August 1777
[Monday] 18th
New Point Comfort WbN 5 or 6 Miles
at 5 A.M. weigh'd pr Signl ½ past 6 the Roebuck md our Signl to come within hail — N.B. Hoisted a White Flagg at our Main Top Mast Head as a direction to the Fleet — Saw several Galleys in Shore one of which fired two Shot at us, at 8 Anchor'd with the small Bower in 13 fm veerd to ½ of a Cable Smith's Point WNW great Wiccomacoa...
Date: 18 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
August 1777
[Tuesday] 19th
Going up the Chesapeak Bay
A.M. The Adml & Fleet got under Way fired 2 Six Pounders 12 four Pounders & 3 Swivels shotted at different Vessels to make them bear away to avoid the Shoal, Wash'd between Decks with Vinegar.
Fresh breezes & cloudy Wr wth Thunder Squalls ½ past 12 P.M. weigh'd & came to Sail, at 3 P.M. Anchor'd in 10 fm off Patowmack River...
Date: 19 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
March 1778
[Monday] 9th
Sailing up the River Delaware—[anchored in The Narrows] at 6 AM Weigh'd & came to Sail in Compy. with ye Brune &c.
Sailing up the River Delaware—
Modte & thick Wr. [PM] The Brune orderd us to stand in between Port Pen & Reedy Island & on our approach a Schooner & several Gun Boats went out...
Date: 9 March 1778
Volume: Volume 11