Thursday 21. [September 1775]
Remarks in Boston Harbor Weigh'd Anchor at 5. A.M. after sailing a few miles discover'd the other two of our Fleet coming through Sheepscut Creeck, they having run past the mouth of Arowsick the day before ー Left the Transports in the River. Wind & Tide unfavourable & proceeded as far as Gardeners Town.
1. John Hancock Papers, III, 311, LC.