July 1776 Monday 22d
Smith Point East ¾ of a Mile [Potomac River] A M, ½ Past 7 Weigh'd and made sail, at 12 Sandy Point N E 1 mile First Part Squally with Rain Thunder & Lightning, Latter Part Modt & Cloudy P M. at 2 Made the Signl to Anchor at 3 Anchor'd in 3½ fath Sandy Point East 1¼ of a Mile at 4 began to fill Water
Tuesday 23d
A M. at 4 fille'd all our Water, at 6 Saw a Number of Arm'd men near Col. Brents House on the Virginia Shore Landed Our Marines & a Party of the 14 Regt & Burnt the Col. House — Mode & fair P.M. at 12 the Tenders & Boats Return'd Lieut Wallis of the 14th & our Drummer was wounded at 4 Saw a Number of Arm'd men about a Boat in a Creek Sent the Galley which Brot the Boat off.2
1. PRO, Admiralty 52/1965.
2 This incident raised a storm over the alleged conduct of the Maryland militiamen on the scene. Dunlap's Maryland Gazette, Baltimore, August 20, 1776, carried a series of charges and countercharges.