1775 December 18
In Rebellion Road So Carolina AM Sailed his Majs Sloop Scorpion, Palliser Transport with two Sloops & a Schooner which were Seized Do the Longboat a Watering
19
At 7 AM a Party of Rebells sett fire to the House on Sullivans Island & took prisiners two Men belonging to the Cherokee & a boy belonging to this Ship ー First pt fresh gales & Clear Middle & latter little wind at 2 PM Weighed & Shifted our Birth do Brot up in 10 fm Water Veered to ½ a Cable Cumming's Point bore SE½E the Chimney on Sullivan's Isld NEBE½E off Shore ⅓ of a Mile
20
First & midle pt mode & Clear latter hazey Empld Occasionally.
21
Observed: the Rebells throwing up an Entrenchment to the Noward of the Road the Rebells return'd the Aforementioned Boy PM fired 2 Guns as a Signal to a Ship in the Offing Longboat watering
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/968.