[At] 12 [Midnight] D^o Wea^r. [Mod^t. & Calm] with Small rain at 4 [AM] Sent a Captain 2 Lieutenants 2 Serjants 4 Corporals a Drum^r and 60 Private marines on Shore on Duty ⅌ Order of Lord Howe to Assist mking a Fort on Billings Point with 300 Soldiers of the 71 Reg^t & a Party of Marines from the Admiral¹ & Roebuck [At] 12 [Noon] D^o. Wea^r. [At] 2 [PM] Cloudy with rain [At] 8 D^o with Small rain