Febry 1776 Thursday 8
Remks &ca on board [H.M.S. Roebuck] [at noon] Vrd 2 reef Maintops Sound 18 fa brown sand and small Pebbles Fresh gales & fair [P. M. at] 2 Saw the Land from W N W to W S W [at] 7 Anchord in 5½ fath Cape Henry bearing W b S 1½ Mile ½ past 10 weighd and made & turnd within the Cape
Friday 9
[at] 9 His Majestys Sloop Kingsfisher & three Tenders joind us Do Weighed & made sail & got a Pilot out of the Kingsfisher [at noon] turning thro the Narrows First and latter parts mod. & cloudy Middle heavy squalls & rain P M at 2 Anchord in 13 fath Point Comfort West ¾ of a Mile... begun to fire the evening & Morning Gun
Saturday 10
at 10 weighd and made sail Moderate and fair at ½ past 1 Anchord in 6½ fa Sewel Point S E b S 1 ½ Mile Point Comfort
Sunday 11
A M employd in getting up & starting Salt water Moderate and fair
Monday 12th
A M at 4 Anchord here a Brig from Dominica A M at 9 Moord the Ship Little wind and fine weather P M at 6 The Earl of Dunmore came on board. 2
1. PRO, Admiralty 52/1965. The master keeping the log was James Holroyd.
2. Ibid., the Virginia governor visited on board until February 15, when the Roebuck "Saluted the Earl of Dunmore on his going out of the Ship with 13 Guns."
