Ship Liverpool, twenty-eight guns, Henry Bellew, commander; sloop Otter, sixteen guns, Matthew Squire, commander; sloop Kingfisher, eighteen guns, James Montagu, commander; sloop, eight guns, Robert Stewart, commander; Lord Dunmore's ship, Eilbeck, force unknown; six or seven small tenders of small force.
The force of Lord Dunmore's, by account of Colonel [Thomas] Elliott: 120 Regulars; 120 Marines; 150 Negroes; 250 Liverpool.
Memoranda of Vessels; Cargoes, Owners, Masters, &c.:
Sloop Christian, Captain Avery, belonging to Messrs. Givens, from Norfolk, bound to Glasgow, two thousand five hundred bushels of wheat, two thousand staves;
sloop Agatha, Captain Wilson, belonging to Shadden & Co., from Grenada, bound to Norfolk, forty-seven hogsheads rum;
brig Cornet, Captain Harris, belonging to Captain Harris, from Glasgow, bound to Norfolk, a few dry goods;
schooner Peggy, Captain Haynes, belonging to Maximilian Calvert, from St. Vincent's, bound to Norfolk, three hogsheads rum, one hogshead and one tierce and four barrels sugar;
sloop Industry, Captain Pierce, belonging to Mr. Hebb, from Turk's Island, bound to Maryland, nine hundred bushels salt;
sloop Molly, Captain Servant, belonging to Wardroop, of Norfolk, from Turk's Island, bound to Norfolk, one thousand two hundred and thirty-two bushels salt.
sloop Swallow, Captain Burrell, belonging to McCallister & Co., from Turk's Island, bound to Norfolk, two thousand five hundred bushels of salt;
sloop Snow-Bird, Captain Horn, from Rhode-Island, bound to Maryland, seven thousand pounds cheese, twenty barrels cider, two hundred and fifty bushels of potatoes, thirty barrels of apples;
sloop Dorothy, Captain Goodrick, belonging to Goodrick, from St. Eustatia, bound to Nansemond, in ballast.