March 1776 Moored in Hampton Road, Virginia Monday 4th
at 6 [P.M.] weighed and made Sail, and at 9 Anchored in Hampton Road, in 13 fathoms, found riding here the Kingsfisher and my Tender the Lord Howe, 2 which brought in a Brig last from France bound to Phila delphia with 40 Barrels of Gunpowder, a quantity of Saltpetre and Sulphur, 3 and a Small Schooner in Ballast belonging to New England. 4
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/796,
2. Ibid., the Kingsfisher and the Lord Howe had sailed February 22, 1776, under orders from Hamond to cruise off the Delaware.
3. The brig Juno. See journal of the Kingsfisher, February 28, 1776.
4. This vessel does not appear on any British prize list.