H.M. Armed Schooner Viper, Lieutenant Edward Pakenham, May 10, 1778

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May 1778
Sunday 10^th

In Delaware River

At 5 AM She¹ gott off D^o Weigh'd & turn'd down to Bristol and at 11 fir'd sev^l. Guns at some Light Horse that came down.

In Delaware River

Mod^t & Cloudy W^r At 3 PM Turn'd down, passing Burlington a p^ty of Rebel Light Horse fir'd upon us w^ch. we ret^d2

D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/4385.

1. As seen in the Viper's journal entry of 9 May, above, it was probably H.M. galley Philadelphia, Midn. Robert Aitchison, commander, which had run aground.

2. For an American account of this raid, see Maj. Gen. Philemon Dickinson to Gen, George Washington, 9 May, above. See also the report of Capt. John Henry, R.N., an enclosure in Vice Adm. Viscount Howe to Philip Stephens, this date, below.

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1778 May 10

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American Theatre from April 1, 1778 to May 31, 1778

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