December 1777. Sunday 21st.
At Single Anchor Clement's Isld. EBN ½ a mile Fresh breezes and Cloudy. Employed wooding at 6 PM The Marines and people returned onboard. Three Row Galleys in sight1
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1. Maryland Navy galleys Independence and Conqueror with Virginia Navy galley Safeguard. See Colonel Richard Barnes to Governor Thomas Johnson, 20 Dec. 1777, above, and Captain George Cook to Governor Thomas Johnson, 22 Dec. 1777, below.