At Single Anchor off Charles Town Bar Tuesdy 4 July 1775.
at 3 AM Un'moor'd and hove Short on the Bt Bower at 6 Weigh'd and came to Sail ½ past 9 came too off Charles Town Bar. in ½ less 7 fathm Charles Town Light house W B N 4 or 5 Miles.
Fresh Breeze, and hazey at 7 PM Weigh'd and came to Sail, kept Sounding2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/872.
2. "This Day the Scorpion Man of War sailed for Cape-Fear." South Carolina Gazette, July 4, 1775.
