The Roebuck and Phenix lay off Bloomingdale waiting a Wind to proceed up the River. Three Rebel Vessels are seen lying between Forts Washington and Constitution,2 the first on this Island, the other on Jersey, Shore; the Vessels not above five Miles asunder.3
1. "The Kemble Papers, " Collections of New-York Historical Society for the Year 1883, I, 92.
2. This was Fort Lee; Fort Constitution being farther up the river.
3. The second attempt by Bushnell's submarine was probably made at this time. See Appendix B.
