August 1777
Cape Henlopen No 34°. .50' Wt Distance 18 Leagues
[Sunday] 3d
at ½ past 4 AM The Adml made the Signal to Tack Do Tack'd Ship at 7 The Adml made the Signal for the Fleet to come in his Wake ½ past made the Signal to the Adml for seeing a Sail &chaced, ½ past 11 brot to hoisted out our Boat & boarded a Schooner from Chingoteage bound to Curisoe laden with Flour — Cape Henlopen No 38°. .9'Wt Distance 18 Leagues — Light breezes & clear Wr for the Most part, between 7 PM & 10 heavy squalls with Thunder and Lightning & Rain at 1 PM took the Schooner in Tow & bore down to the Fleet
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/253.