July. 76 Thursday 4th
At single Anchor off Wt Bank [New York Narrows] at 4 A M weigh'd & work'd up Amboy Channel 2 at 10 brot too to stop tide. Light Airs & Clear. 1 P M. Weigh'd & made Sail up the River at 2 taken aback & the tide of ebb coming down was obliged to drop down to Prince's Bay & Anchor'd with the small Br in 7 fam ー Red head Wt 1 Mile
Friday 5th
Light Airs ー at 4 P M departed this Life Thos Salter, Seaman, at 10 buried the deceased ー
Saturday 6th
A M Employed Watering Fresh Breezes & Squally. Employ'd as before ー
Sunday 7th
A M Light Airs with Rain at 4 P M Weigh'd the small Br & let go the best Br Veer'd to ¼ of a Cable and stow'd the small Br
Monday 8th
at 7 AM Weigh'd & run up for the Town of Amboy at 9 Anchd with the sm. Br in 3 fam the Fort NNW. 2 M[ile]s Red Bank NE 4 Ms from 10 till Noon sounded the Channel towds Amboy. Light Airs inclinable to Calms, the Boat at low Water sounding Brunswick river
Tuesday 9th
at 3 AM Weigh'd & run down to Prince's Bay at 10 AM Anchd in 7 fam with the small Br Red head W½ S¼ Mile Never Sink ESE ½ S. 3 Leags Ditto Weather PM the Boat employ'd Watering landed the Money & Mr Apthorp 3
Wednesday 10th
at 4 A M sent the Boat Watering at 10 Weigh'd & made sail for Sandy Hook at Noon running down for Sandy Hook. Cloudy and Squalley the Wind flying to the NE ー In Top Gt Sails & 1st Reef of TS at 4 Anchor'd in Sandy hook bay with the small Br Veer'd to 1/3 of a Cable Light house NEbE 2 M[ile]s Never Sink SW. 2 Leags ー
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/885.
2. Shuldham's report of the distribution of his vessels, as of July 6, 1776, described the Senegal as "in the Creek between the S W part of Staten Island and the town of Amboy to cut off the communication with New Jersey."
3. Charles W. Apthorp, a member of the New York Council, and a loyalist, whose mission was not disclosed in the ship's journal. According to William Smith, Apthorp "had disappeared" from New York on July 4, and was supposed to have taken refuge with Shuldham's fleet. William H. W. Sabine, ed., Historical Memoirs...of William Smith...(New York, 1956-1958), I, 281. Hereafter cited as Sabine, ed., Memoirs of William Smith. Apthorp was probably the Gentleman & Servant who came on board in a canoe from Long Island, " as mentioned in the Senegal's journal June 29, 1776. See also Hutcheson to Haldimand, July 10. Major Hutcheson found him on board the Dutchess of Gordon.
