1775 Aug. 20
[Edisto River]
At 6 A.M. we got under way, and sailed down towards Otter Island, and fell down to South Edisto inlet, to wait the flood. At 11 A.M. we weighed and towed up toward's Fenwick's Bluff; when we came to, to wait the tide, and water the vessel, in company with the different detachments. At midnight got under way again, and towed up.
1. "Hatter's Report", Drayton, American Revolution, I.