July 1776 Friday 19th
Moored off Staten Island Mode & fair Wr At 3 P M Sent a Lieut with the Pinnace to New York with a Flag of Truce At 5 the Flag of Truce returned2 At 6 made the Parole Signal3
1. NMM, Admiralty L/E/11.
2. "A Flag of Truce was sent this Afternoon to the Town, and recd. for Answer, that Washington would see a General officer, if the Admiral & General pleased, on the morrow." Tatum, ed., Serle's Journal, 38.
3. The password to be given to the officers and the guards in the fleet.
