[September 6]2
[Extract]
River rose higher then, was ever known ー and large Breaches were then, made, in all the Mill Dams in these parts ー It is said that several Wharfs & Store-Houses at Norfolk, are totally demolished; that the Mercury Man of War there, is now lying in two feet water,3 and that many ships & County Craft are much damaged ー It began to rain on tuesday the 29th day of last month [August] & continued raining till sunday morn about 4 oClock ー I refer you to the several provincial Gazettes [for ar]ticles of news inserted therein ー
1. Miscellaneous Letters to William Lee, VHS. First page missing. Lee, an American merchant, played an active ro1e in London politics.
2. Ibid., the date is established by Lee's endorsement of the letter, "Virga. 6 Sept 1775 Honble. R. Carter rec'd April 1776."
3. See journal of the Mercury for this period.
