[H.M.S. Torbay, in Hamoze]
[1777. February] 11. We hear that General Lee is taken. I had to-day a handful of bread given to me by a woman, which I joyfully received.
12. We are informed tha:t Parliament has passed an act that all Americans taken in arms against the King, shall be deemed rebels; and those taken in armed vessels, upon the high seas, as pirates.
13. Our company is in a very poor state of health. Last night I sat up with one ait the point of death. We were removed to-day from the Tarbay, after being on board six days, and carried on board the Burford, a ship of seventy-four guns. Thanks be to God for this removal, for here we have more room and there are but few men belonging to the ship besides the officers.
1. Herbert, A Relic of the Revolution, 23, 24.