June 1775 Satrday 17
[Anchored] off Tybees Light House Inlet
At 11 / 10 learge boat mann'd and Arm'd landed on the aforesaid place [Tybee Island], from thence they Moved off down to Tybee's point
Came on board and took refuge the Honble John Stuart Superintendant for Indian Affairs his life being Threatned, and it was not safe for him to remain any longer in Georgia ー At ½ past 5 stopped a boat mannd and Armed from Savannah With some of the principal people of the Committe going down to Join the Carolinans. Ordered the boat to be mannd and Armed, to intercept them; and Made them return
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/4330.