Novr 1775 Wendy 8
At Single Anchr in Long Isld Road [Penobscot Bay] at 4 A M fired a Gun a Signal for the Convoy to Weigh at 5 Weigh'd and came to Sail in 1st Reef Topsails at 7 AM in 2d Reef Do at ½ past 8 fired a Gun ー Sigl for the Convoy to make more Sail 20 Sail in Company.2 Do & foggy reeved a new Tiller Rope at 4 P. M. Sequin Bore N Eb E 3 or 4 Lgs Cape Elizabeth WNW 6 or 7 Leags
Thursdy 9
Boston Light H[ouse] W½S 2 Leags at 2 A M Shortn'd Sail for the Convoy at 3 made Sail at 6 fired a Gun & made Signal for the Convoy to make more Sail. at 8 Cape, Ann Light NW½ W 3 Leags at 11 Boston Light house WBS Dist. 3, or 4 Leags Saw 2 Strange Sail standing in for Boston Fresh Breezes and Variable Wr at 3 PM Fired a Gun a Signal for the Convoy to Anchor at 4 P M Anchd in Nantasket Road with the Best Bower Veered away and moored Ship found Riding here His Majesty's Ship Phoenix, Raven & Swan Sloops & an armed Schooner.
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/546.
2. Ibid., the fleet was returning from a wood gathering expedition in Penobscot Bay under convoy of the Lively, having been in that bay and river since September 28, 1775,
