May 1777 Friday 2d
High land of Neversunk N½W 8 Leagues at 11 AM TKd to NoWd Do [Strong Gales & Squally] at 1 PM Came on bd a Pilot at 6 Sandy Hook Lighthse W½N 2 Miles at 7 Came too wt the Bt Br in 5 fm Wr Sandy Hook bore WSW 3 Miles Saw All the Six Prizes Safe in
Saturday 3rd
at 6 AM weighed And Came to Sail Saw riding at Sandy Hook HMS Syren Light Winds & Calms at Times at ½ pt 1 PM Came too wt the Bt Br in 7 fm Wr Do Moored Ship A Cable each way N. York East ½ a Mile Governers Island SE ¾ Mile. Found riding here His M. S. Eagle Vice Adml Lord Visct Howe with Several other of H M. Ships & A Great Number of Transports 2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/4197.
2. "On Saturday the Galatea arrived from a Cruize with seven Prizes: She is said to have taken no fewer than forty five, during the Winter, off the Bermudas," New-York Gazette, May 5, 1777. Galatea had sailed from Bermuda April 10, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 51/4197.