[April 7 to April 17, 1776]
arnvmg at Philad I was in manner the Commander, as the Captain immediately left the vessel, April 1776 2 a few weeks afterwards I embarked on board the Schr Wasp under the orders of Capt. Charles Alexander (a brave scotman) we were sent to convoy off our coast the vessel on board of which was Doctr Franklin [sic Silas Deane] going to Europe.
1. Manuscript Autobiography, DARL. .
2. Captain William Stone, of the Continental sloop Hornet.
3. Charles Alexander was-not commissioned captain of the Wasp until April 18, 1776. The escort of Silas Deane to sea was performed while the schooner was still under the command of William Hallock, and covered the period from April 9 to April 17, 1776. Hence, if Barney was on board the Wasp at that time, he must have entered almost immediately after the Hornet reached Philadelphia on April 7, 1776.
