March 1775 Tuesday 22nd
Cape Fear River Snow Point NWBN 1 Mile.
Arriv'd at No Carolina, & took the Command of his Majesty's Sloop Cruizer from Capt [Tyringham] Howe who was promoted: . . .2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/218.
2. Captain Parry, according to his journal, had received his commission from Vice Admiral Samuel Graves in Boston on January 12, 1775, and next day "Set out by land (there being no opportunity by water from the Port being shut) to join the Cruizer at No Carolina."
