Octor. Tuesdy 7
Cape Henlopen SW 3 Miles.
at 9 AM weighd with the Convoy1 and made Sail up the Delewar
Bombay Hook Island W ½ S 7 or 8 Leagues
Modt. and fair Weather at 3 PM made the Sigl and Anchord
D, UkLNMM, Adm./L/J/116.
1. Cornwallis had been charged with escorting a division of transports bound for the Delaware River. See Vice Admiral Viscount Howe to Captain William Cornwallis, R.N., 1 Oct., above. Six days after arriving in the Delaware, Cornwallis joined Howe at the fleet's anchorage off Chester, Pa.
