February 1776 Thursday 15
At Single Anchor off Lambert Point At 8 Saw 4 Sl At Anchor off Point Comfort Weighed & Stood down to them At 10 Came too in 10 fm found the above Vessels to Be The Tender wth A Brig from St Eustatia 2 & the Liverpools Tender with A Schooner at 11 The Tenders Sailed on A Cruize at 2 PM Weighed & Came to Sail Empd Turning in to Hampton Rd in Co wth Brig & Schooner At 5 Anchored in Hampton Rd wth Bt Br in 10 fm
Friday 16
At 10 AM Weighed & Came to Sl in Co wth the Roebuck At 11 Anchd wth the Bt Br PM Recd Wood & Water
Saturday 17
AM Arrived & Anchored in Hampton Rd H: M: Ship Mercury & some Transports. 3 at 2 PM Arrived here the Tender wth A Brig
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/506.
2. The prize was the Molly, Waters, master, from St. Eustatius for Baltimore, with rum.
3. The transports Kitty and Glasgow Packet, with troops, accompanying Sir Henry Clinton in H.M.S. Mercury, bound for North Carolina.
