July 1777 Thursday 10
At Single Anchor in Chesapeak Bay at 6 AM found the Emerald had left Lynn Haven Bay at 9 got up the Spare Sails to Air The Rebel Frigate in York River, Accompanied by two Schooners and 2 Galleys in Hampton Road2 12 heard a Gun fire at Cheqy Stone Point. Do Breezes and Hazey Weather Care n'd Ship and Scrub'd her bottom Employ'd Pointing and Robing the Foresail and Foretopsail 7 PM Saw One Galley on the Etern Shore —
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/982.
2. Continental Navy frigate Virginia and Virginia Navy row galleys and schooners.