In the River Delaware
at 7 AM Dropt up the River, at 8 Do Sent our boats with 2 Hawsers & Swept the Cheveaux de frize do. veer'd to 2 Cables on the Bt. Br. Dropt the Small Br. & veer'd to ½ a Cable at 9 Do. 2 Boats with 20 Men came from every Ship to assist in weighing them at 11 Do. brot. the Hawser to the Capstan ½ past carrd: 1 of ye hawsers away, unbent the Stream Cable & Swept the Cheveaux, de frize with it lost our Stream Anchor amongst the Cheveaux De frize.
In the River Delaware
Modt. wr. at 1 PM got the Stream Cable fast to the Chevaux de frize bent the Messenger to it, & hove on all, but did not move them, at 5 Slipt the Stream Cable & hove Short on ye Bower,
