Remarks on board the Somerset Sunday Novemr 16th 1777
at 2 AM the Enemy Burnt the Barracks on Fort Island at [blank] Saw the Enemies Coulors Struck on Fort Island & the union Jack Hoisted the Vigilant made the Signal that we were in Possession of Fort Island Repeated by us untill Answer'd by the Admiral1 [At] 12 [Noon] Open'd a Cask of Pork [At] 2 [P.M.] Modt. &Cloudy Scraped between Decks