Decr 1775 Sunday 3d
Do [Sandy Hook] No 25"00 Wt 89 Leagues Hard Gales & Squally at 1 P M Handed fore & Mizn topsails in Setting the Jib it split & lost most part of it housed the Lee guns found the Jib boom Sprung at 4 brought too the Chase a Snow from Dominica bound to New York the Gale Increasing handed the Courses and lay too under Main staysail a great sea shipped a great quantity of water Rolled 5 Shot out of the guns
Monday 4th
Do at 6 A M Wore ship ballanced the Mizon in Setting it blew all to pieces and went over board. Lay too as before lost out of the Guns Round Shot 2 Grape 1 First & Middle parts Do Wr at 9 P M Lowerd down the Lower yards Shipped several heavy seas
Tuesday 5th
Do No. 22: 00 Wt 100 Leagues at 7 A M Sailmaker Empd Making a new Mizon at 8 sent the boat on board the snow which proved to be the Chetsworth sent on board our pilot and Ordered her to Boston Swayd up the Lower yards & set the Courses Light breezes & fair at 1 P M Set the topsls
Wednesday 6
Do No. 22:00 Wt 84 Leagues at 7 A M out all reefs Sailmaker and all hands that can work Empd Making a new Mizon Fresh gales & squally at 2 P M Saw a sail Gave Chase at 10 Calm
Thursday 7
Do [Sandy Hook] 24"00 West 73 Leags A M Still in Chase Sailmakers Empd as before at 10 brought too the Sloop Two Brothers from New London for Jamacia sent her to Boston Strong gales & squally at P M handed the fore & Mizen topsls.
Friday 8
Do No 35"00 W. 65 Leagues at 1 A M handed Main topsail and foresail and lay too under Main Staysails. at 4 Saw a sail in the S E Qr at 8 More Modt gave Chase set fore sail fore & Main Topsls & bent the new Mizon First part Fresh breezes & Cloudy Middle & latter hard gales with a dangerous sea from the Wesd Handed the topsls lost sights of the Chase
Saturday 9
Do No 35"00 W 93 Leagues at 10 A M brought too double reef the fore sail and handed it in setting the mizon staysail it blew all to pieces & went over board lay too under Main staysail shiped several very heavy seas at noon saw a large ship laying too under bare poles Hard gales & squally thick hazy Wr with rain at 1 P M Saw the Ship under sail made sail & gave Chace More Modt out reef topsls at 4 Fired 3 Shot and brought too the ship Peggy from Philadelphia sent the boat on board and brought the Supercargo Master & ships papers on board of us 2 the sea running so high could not exchange the men found our bowsprit sprung got the sprit sail & Jib boom in and got down the foretop Gallt mast made sail Carpenters Empd fishing the bowsprit but could not fish it Sufficently to Proceed to America the bowsprit being sprung from the Outer part of the gammoning to the heel
Sunday 10
Do [Sandy Hook] No 43"00 Wt 112 Leagues at 6 A M found the fore topmast sprung in the cap reeft it at 7 less sea hoisted out a boat and sent a Lieut & ten Men on board the ship Peggy and took the people out of her the ship being leaky and short of water bore up for Antigua Sailmakers Empd making a new mizon staysail close reeft the foretopsail in 1st reef Main topsail & Mizen topsail at noon Ship in Company Mod: & Cloudy at 5 P M handed Mizon topsail Sailmakers Empd as before
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/1039.
2. Samuel Davison, supercargo, and Charles Kirby, master. See Miffiin to Davison, December 2, 1775, Volume 2, 1236.