Thames, 2d July 1777.—
Memo:
Upon Egg Island Flats was the Frigate2 attended by two Brigs, Six Galleys, two of which had three Masts. the rest amounting to 19 Sail, in all, were Topsail Schooners and Sloops, Two more Galleys were seen upon the Eastern Shore, off Cherry Stone Point, endeavouring to join the above Fleet, besides One Brig in Mocksack [Mobjack] Bay, and coming down the Bay three Vessels more, at a great distance.
1. Benjamin Caldwell Papers, Letter Book (May, 1776-July, 1779), NMM.
2. Continental Navy frigate Virginia.
