Moord off the Town of N: York
at 8 AM unmoored Ship, at 10 weighed and got further out, Anchord with the N^o. River open in 8 fam^s. Water [came] on board M^r. White Agent,¹ and paid the Foremast Men each 3½ dollars as prize Money for the Brig Freedom.²

At Single Anchor off the Town of N. York
Fresh Breezes with Snow PM the Venus came out of the East River, & anchored of[f] the Staten Island,