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during the Night heard a Constant Canonading at Boston A M little wind Inclinable to Calms. Cleard Hause Mode & Cloudy wr P M Sailed for BostoP-H M Ship Fowey. Came down & Anchord here the Lord Hyde Packet & several Transports at 7 Came on board a Captain 2 Lieutenants & 103 Privates belonging to H M 43 & 47th Regiments, sent all the Boats up to Boston with 13 Officers & 129 Men by ordr of rear Adml Shuldham

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at 5 A M Hoisted rear Apml Shuldhams flag. Pepartd this Life Edwd Gulliver Seaman! recd on board Several species of Provisions &ca Do Wr at 1 P M Came down and Anchor'd here a transport & Several small Vessels at 7 the Canonading began & Continued all the Night Fresh Gales & Cloudy Wr P M Anchor'd here H M Ship Centurion and Several Transports, one of the Ships in Sailing past us Carried away our Ensign Staff, Poop Lanthorf!-S, & Stove in the Larboard. Quarter Gallery, recd 8 poop Lanthorns from the Centurion, during the Night heard the report of several Great Guns from Boston A M fir'd a Gun & made the Signal for a Boat the Carpenters. Employ'd fixing the. Poop Lan thorns & repairing the Quarter Gallery Little Wind & clear A M fresh Gales & hazey with rain-,the Carpenters Employ'd as before ー Fresh Gales & hazey P..M Sent the pinnace away to assist a Ship that was :on Shore on Bird Island A M More Mode & Clear got the Ship off . Came to an anchor the Pinnace Return'd'. Little winds and Cloudy-A .M Sent a party of Seamen to assist in rigging a Ship Made Coats for the Main & Mizen Mast & a Tarpaulin for the Main Hatches.ー

Do Wr &~Rain at ½ past 11 P M the Canonading began at Boston '& Continued till 8 A M ー at 9 Observed all the Ships at Boston to be under sail at 11 they all : Came to an Anchor here, Came on board Major General' Howe, Earl [Hugh] Percy, General [Robert] Pigot & several 6ther Officers & Saluted them with 15 Guns at 12 H M Ship Fowey Saluted with 13 Guns retd 11 Guns. All the Officers& Seamen Retd on board & Sent the Officers & ~en belonging to H M 43 & 47th Regiments to their own ships. Do Wr P M Saild from hence H M ship Fowey