Do [Fort Lee NW 1 Mile]
Modt and Hazy Wr these 24 Hours at 4 PM a Large Field of Ice Drove foul of us which set us on shore and sent the spa[illegible] Cables on Shore and made it fast to a Tree to hinge her till the Ice Drove past at 9 P.M. fired 4 four Pounders with round Shot at a Pty of Rebles which Attempted to cut our shore fast at 10 PM the Tide of Flood being done cast off our shore fast and haul'd off to our Anchr