May 1777 Wednesy 21st
At Single Anchor within Cape May at 8 AM Made the Signal to the Roebuck for seeing 2 Sail to the SE. The Perseus in Chace. At 10 Got up all. the spare Sails & Aired them, & all the Bread Picked & Aired, heard a Gun fired in the Offing People empd about the rigging. At Noon Saw 4 Sail without the Cape standing in First Part Moderate and Clear Weather, middle & Latter fresh Breezes and Hazy. made my Appearance On Board the Camilla and took Command of Her, in Room of Capt Linzee Appointed to the Pearl 2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/157.
2. The last entry is by Captain Charles Phipps who had just been detached from command of H.M.S. Perseus.
