Aprl 76 Block Island N61 ° East distant 40 Leagues.
Thursday 11th at ½ past 1 A M handed the fore TS; at 2 made the Signal & lay too, it blowing very hard at 4 saw a sail to Winward, Continue the Gun every Hour, at 6 the fogg Clear'd up, the Whitby & the Schooner 2 out of sight, at 11 saw Block Island NEbE 8 Leagues, set the foresail & made sail; at noon Block Island bore SWb W 4 or 5 miles. First part fresh Gales & Squally Middle & latter light airs & Varible at 4 P M came too in Rhode Island Road with the Bt Br in 22 fathms water & veer'd to a Cable, as did the Symetry, Brig & Sloop: the fort ESE the Dum.plins WbS; Connanicut ferry NNW, at 10 two Row Galleys came out of the Harbr & boarded the prizes; Cutt the Cable Close to the Splice, & made sail after them, begun to Cannonade them, and they us, & struck often, at 11 they Towed the
prizes into the Harbour. at ½ past the Rebels began to fire at us, from a Battery at the North end of the Town, carried out the Kedge Anchor & Hawser to warp farther off,