Journal of H.M. Sloop Otter, Captain Matthew Squire, February 7, 1776

Document

Transcription

February 1776
Wednesday 7

At an Anchor in Norfolk Road Virginia
At 8 AM sent a Party on shore to forage, as did the other Ships.
At Noon found the Rebels had come down, & were attacking them; fired several Guns, as did the Liverpool on them. At 2 PM the People returned, the Rebels having taken the Corporal of Marines Prisoner.

1. PRO, Admiralty 51/663.

Document Information

Date

1776 February 7

Author

Squire, Matthew (Comdr., R.N.)

Volume

Places

Norfolk

Ships

Series

American Theatre from January 1, 1776, to February 18, 1776

Similar Documents

Provisions from St. Augustine for H.M. Sloop Tamar's Men Shipped on Board the Pilot Boat Tryal, January 12, 1776

William Hooper to Samuel Johnston, Edenton, February 6, 1776

Barbabas Deane to Silas Deane, January 22, 1776

Massachusetts Council to Captain Robert Cochran, February 17, 1776

Vice Admiral Molyneux Shuldham to Philip Stephens, January 28, 1776

James David to Edward Webley, January 23, 1776

Boston Gazette, Monday, January 1, 1776

Captain John Hazard's Continental Navy Commission, January 9, 1776

Deposition of John Kennidy, February 9, 1776

Minutes of the New York Committee of Safety, January 20, 1776

Maryland Council of Safety to Captain Robert Forsythe, January 19, 1776

Stephen Steward to Charles Wallace, January 20, 1776

New York Committee of Safety to Lord Stirling, January 21, 1776

Minutes of the South Carolina Council of Safety, February 14, 1776

Provisions from St. Augustine for H.M. Sloop Tamar and H.M. Armed Ship Cherokee, January 11, 1776

Stephen Moylan to William Watson, Plymouth, January 25, 1775

Cargo Manifest of Ship John, February 13, 1776

Autobiography of John Adams, February 17, 1776

Minutes of the Connecticut Council of Safety, February 16, 1776

Maryland Council of Safety to William Spear, February 11, 1776