March 1778 Teusday 17th.
Remarks at Tiverton. at The Ferry1 First part unpleasant Weather, with Rain wind at E. AM Small Breese, at SW, Came to sail at the Gutt.2 stood up the Reaver;3 toward Common Fence point, whare, we saw, a Number of The British troops, [on] the heights, on Common Fence,4 Gave, them 2 Eighteen pound, Shott, 2 Six ditto, one Three & Two Swivells ditto, without Receiving any Complyment from them, so hove about & Ran into the Wharlf at the Ferry, Latter part, fine weather.
D, UkLPR, H.C.A. 32/455/1. Title: "A Journal, began, on Board, the Galley Spitfire, belonging to the State, of Rhode Island, & Commanded, by, Capt. Jos, Crandall," (Feb.—May 1778).
1. Howland's Ferry.
2. Nannaquaket Gut.
3. Pocasset River.
4. Men from the 43d Foot gathering wood on Common Fence Point. See Diary of Captain Frederick Mackenzie, 16 Mar., above, and 18 Mar., below.
