Master's Journal of H.M.S. Roebuck, Captain Andrew S. Hamond, December 29, 1777

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Decem^r 1777
Monday 29^th

D^o [Along Cuthberts wharf Philadelphia]
AM the River full of Drift Ice the Vigilant, Delawar & Camellia hauld to the Wharfs and a Schooner not being able to get to the Wharfs, drove up the River and fell into Enemys hands

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Light Airs & a hard Frost PM two Briggs and a Schooner part of the Forageing Fleet¹ not being able to get the Wharfs for Ice were driven on shore near Gloster and Burnt by the Rebels, the Viper and one of the fleet² got to the Wharf at Gloster p^t.

D, UkLPR, Adm. 52/1964.

1. These three vessels were part of a fleet of thirty transports taking on forage at Tinicum Island on 27 Dec. After the onset of snow and freezing temperatures, they became icebound drifting up and down the Delaware River for several days before being driven aground near Gloucester, N.J. See Captain Andrew S. Hamond, R.N., to Vice Admiral Viscount Howe, 1 Feb. 1778, ViU, Hamond Papers, Letter Book, 1778–1779, 9–11. Compare this entry with Journal of H.M. armed schooner Viper, 30 Dec., and Journals of H.M.S. Pearl and H.M. sloop Zebra, for 31 Dec. below.

2. The transport Adrian.

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Date

1777 December 29

Volume

Volume 10

Series

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