1776 Aprile 4th
at noon left London with Captil Mowatt and George Cumberland a youth designd "for Sea service: came to Portsmouth at Eleven at night! fe;irnd that Genei:~l Burgoyne had saild that morning W,ith a fair wind. Greatly eiuertainci. with viewing Portsmouth. most kindly rece~vd by Dr Lind of Haslar Hospital also by Ad.miral Sr James Douglass.
1. Thomas Moffat's Diary, LC.