March 1778 Wednesdy 18.
Newcastle No 7 or 8 Miles Ready Island S ½ W 2 Miles. at 9 AM Anchored here His Majesty's Ship the Pearl. at 10 made the Signal for the Fleet to Weigh, Weighed and Came to Sail nearer the Jersey Shore, Anchored with the Best Br: in 4 fathom Water. sent an Officer and 13 Men onboard the Cornwallis Galley at 11 most of the Fleet went up Selam Creek. in Order to take onboard Hay & Forage &ca. ditto Light Breezes and Cloudy Wear. PM received onboard 11 Rebel Prisoners taken by our Troops at Selam at 7. the Officer & 13 Men returned with the Cornwallis Galley. and brought with them a Rebel Gunboat1
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/157, fol. 98.
1. Probably the Pennsylvania Navy armed boat Fame (No. 71), mounting one 3-pounder, taken in Red Lyon Creek just above Reedy Point. See Master's Journal of H.M. Galley Cornwallis, 18 Mar., and The Pennsylvania Ledger: or the Philadelphia Market-Day Advertiser, 25 Mar. 1778, below.
