May 1778 Saturdy 9th
In Delaware River Wr.
Do Wr. [Modt. & fair] At 2 PM Weigh'd & ran lower down ye Galleys & Troops past by at 3 weigh'd & turn'd down at 6 the Sloop Galley came aground Do ran back to Cover her.1
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/4385.
1. See Journal of H.M. armed schooner Viper, 8 May, above, and 10 May, below. From what Capt. John Henry wrote in his report enclosed in Vice Adm. Viscount Howe to Philip Stephens, 10 May, below, it appears that the "Sloop Galley" was H.M. galley Philadelphia, Midn. Robert Aitchison, commander.
