June 1777 Monday 30
Cape May ESE 5 or 6 Leagues at 10 AM a Signal On Board the Roebuck for all Detached Ships to Join Her at ½ Past 11 a Signal on Board the Roebuck for the Marlen to Prepare to Anchor — Fresh Breezes and Cloudy Weather, at 2 PM made the Signal to the Roebuck for Seeing a Sail in the SE Quarter, at 6 sent the Pinnace with an Officer mand and Armd of[f] Cape May, in Company the Roebucks Boats and Pearls, at 9 do Came to An Anchor by the Roebuck and Standley Tender in Company,
July 1777 Tuesday 1st
Cape May ESE 5 or 6 Leagues Cape henlopen Light House S ½ W 3 or 4 Leagues between the Rowers of 4 and 5 AM we heard the Report of 17 Guns in the Offing, at 10 Loosed Sails to dry, at noon the Pinnace Returned and Informed us of a Schooner being a Ground under Cape May, Could not Board Her On Accot of a Battery which fired upon them, in the Expedition Lost the Boats Graplen, furled Sails.
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/157.
