Running over Charles Town Bar

Mod: & Cloudy at 10 AM Weigh'd & Came to Sail Palliser &Prizes in Company at Noon Running for Charles Town Bar. First part Light Airs and Clear Middle & latter Fresh Gales...at 6 hoisted Lights for the Convoy to follow us in Compy Palliser & Prizes

Cape Fear N [W] 12 Leags
Strong Gales and Clear in 2d Rfs Carried away the Jibb Stay, Rec'd another ½ past 3 Oak Island N NW 6 Leags Shoal'd the Water from 10 to 4 fathoms TKd fired 2 Guns for theConvoy to TKd Split the Mizn Topsl at 7 Close Reeft T Sails lost Sight of the Prize

Oak Island No52E 15 Leags
at 3 AM lost a hand lead & line latter pt out Reefs & Set Steering Sails at Noon join'd Company the Prize. Palliser in Company. Fresh Gales and Cloudy ½ past 6 Came too with the Bt Br in 7 fams Anchd; Palliser & Prizes Veer'd to ½ a Cable.

At Single Anch off Laughans Folly
7 AM Weigh'd & Came to Sail in Campy Palliser & Prize at 10 & 11 TKd First part Mod: & Clear. Middle & latter Fresh Gales & Squally with rain Empd Turning to Windward ½ past 4 PM came too with the Bt Br in 7 fms Veer'd to ½ aCable Bacon Point NW 2 Leags

At Single Anchor off Bacon Point
AM Veer'd to a whole Cable Struck Top Gall: masts in Campy Palliser & Prize.
Strong Gales & Squally at 4 PM got the Jibb Boom in and Spritsail yd Fore and Aft at 6 down yds & Topmasts the Bt Br coming home & the Prize near us let go the small Br Veer'd to 1 ½ Cable on the Bt Br and ½ Cable on the Small Br
at 8 the Prize cut away our Kedge Anchor & 5 inch Hawser which was lost

at 5 AM parted the small Br which we lost with 40 Fathm of Cable, Buoy & Buoy Rope, Veer'd to 2 Cables on the Bt Br Fresh Gales and Squally at 6 PM hove into 1/3 of a Cable on the Bt Br up Topmasts and Yards got Jibb Boom out got the Sheet Anchor forward for a Small Br in Rfs

A Shore on the Middle
½ past 3 AM made the Signal to Weigh in Weighing the Bt Br broke the Messenger at 8 made sail and run in for Cape Fear Bar ½ past touch'd on the Middle the Wind coming in from Sea let go the Small Br and the Ship dropping upon the Fingers fird 2 Guns & made the Signal for Distress at 11 the Ship striking very hard down yds & Topmasts got the Jibb Boom in & Lowd the Cross Jack Yard. Empd getting the Stream Anchor & Hawser into the Boat.
First part Fresh Breezs & Cloudy Middle & latter light Airs & Clear Anchd here the Cruizer and one of our Prizes. came onbd another Pilot ½ past 3 hove the Ship off by Hawsrs & Anchors, Cut the small Br up Topmts & Yards got the Jibb Boom out at 5 Weighed Cruizer & Prize in Company. Came too with the Stream Anchor Veerd to ½ aCable. at 8 the Cruizer sent us one of her Anchors bent the Small Bowr Cable to it.

Moor'd [in] Cape Fear Harbour
at 6 AM Weigh'd ½ past 7 Anchd in 5 fam with the Small Br Veer'd to ⅓ of a Cable off a Shore 3 or 4 Cables Length Anchd the Cruizer Light Airs and Clear at 1 PM Veer'd to ½ a Cable and Moored with the Stream Anchor