Jouranl of H.M. Brig Diligent, Lieutenant Thomas Farnham, October 16, 1777

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Oct^r. 1777
Thursday 16

Working Up the River

at 8 AM weighd Gallys Transports, Flatt Boats &c in C^o.¹ at Noon Turning Up the River

D^o [Working Up the River]

D^o. W^r: [Moderate & Fair] 1 PM Came too off Eusopus Creek to Cover the Land^g of the Troops was Fired at from a small Fort and a Rebell Gally² at 3 D^o weighd & Stood on to the mouth of the Creek in 4 f^m. anch^d. and sent a Boat a head at 5 D^o Sent several Boats Armed to Burn the Town in Doing which our Gunner and two Men were by Accident Blown Up and severely Burn'd³ they Lost their Musquets at 10 Do the troops Embarqued

D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/4163.

1. H.M. galleys Crane, Dependence, and Sj1itfirewith 13 transports and a number of flat boats.

2. Continental Army galley Lady Washington in Rondout Creek (Esopus Creek).

3. William Smith noted in his memoirs for 16 Oct.: "Much firing this Morning and then a Landing on both Sides at Kingston & the Flatts—The Firing ceased at 1 o'Clock—At 4 a Column of Smoke rises at Kingston—conjectured to be burnt." Historical Memoirs of William Smith, 1776-1778, William H. W. Sabine, ed. (New York, 1958), vol. 2, 237.

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Date

1777 October 16

Volume

Volume 10

Series

American Theatre from October 1, 1777, to December 31, 1777