At Single Anchor Piscataqua River

A M Light Airs and hazy ー at 8 A M weighed and came to sail in Co with the Spinckes [Sphynx] Tender, and two Provision Sloops, ½ past 9 came onbd the Scarboroughs Boat with Orders to stand off and on Little Harbor, ー Saw a great No of Armed People at the No point of Ditto, supposed they had been taking away some Old Cannon that lay there ー at 11 the Spinckes was ordered to Boston with the Provision Vessels ー at Noon all the Men disappeared ー standing off an on.

at 3 P M came onbd Orders from the Scarborough [to] return to the Harbor ー at 5 Anchored there in 9 fms water ー Saw a No of People on Battery Hill, at 9 hove up and went near the Scarborough, and moored with the Stream Anchor and Cable ー