August 1777
Lattde 37°.27' [nearing Cape Charles]
Tuesday 12th
at 7 AM shorten'd Sail & made the Raisonables Sigl to come within hale, at 8 made the Roebucks Sigl for a Lieut Sounded 19 fm 264 of the Convoy in Compy — Modte breezes & clear Wr at 2 PM made the Roebuck & dispatches Sigl to Chace a Sail in the NW, saw the land from the Mt hd, made the Sigl to the fleet, at 5 the Roebuck made the Sigl that the Chace was a friend
1. NMM, Admiralty L/E/11.
