Remarks on Sunday the 7 April 1776 [Philadelphia]
Thick hazy Weather with rain moved the Vessel for the Hornet to come in to h~av down-2
1. PRO, High Court of Admiralty, 30/733, No. 1O.
2. "A double share of labor of-course fell upon our high-spirited and active friend, but he was able to sustain it all, and at length brought the Hornet safely to Philadelphia. Her captain abandoned her immediately, and never afterwards ventured on board an armed vessel." Barney; ed., Life of Joshua Barney, 33.