Journal of H.M. Ship-Rigged Sloop-of-War Raven, Commander John Stanhope, April 27, 1778

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April 1778
Monday 27

[Laying in Huntingdon Bay]

at 6 AM) saw a Schooner to y^e NW sent 2 Boats Mann'd & Armed with an Officer as did the Cerberus & Diligent¹ from Huntingdon proved to be a Galley She fired several Shot at y^e Boats occasioned the Boats to return the above mentioned Galley had taken y^e Refugeges off Loyds Neck in y^e night on discover'd [i.e., undiscovered]² at 8 D^o: came onboard y^e Boats Muster'd y^e people at there Quarters Carpenters emp^d: as before people Occasionally.

[Laying in Huntingdon Bay]

First part fresh breezes Mid: & latter Calm came in and Anch^d: here & Armed Sloop³

D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/771.

1. H.M. frigate Cerberus, Capt. John Symons, commander, and H.M. armed brig Diligent, Lt. Thomas Farnham, commander. In his log entry for 28 Apr., Farnham reported that the boats had been sent to "Cut off Some whale Boats that had Landed on Loyds Neck." Farnham agreed that the presence of the American galley caused the British armed boats to give up their pursuit. UkLPR, Adm. 51/4163.

2. On 6 May 1778, The Connecticut Journal reported: “The beginning of last Week, Capt Samuel Lockwood, landed about 40 men on Long-Island, and made prisoners of 19 Tories most of them from Connecticut." Also see "Extract of a letter from Stamford, May 5," below.

3. According to the Raven's journal entry of 29 Apr., armed boats from the Raven made an unsuccessful attempt to capture an American galley. UkLPR, Adm. 51/771.

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1778 April 27

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Volume 12

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American Theatre from April 1, 1778 to May 31, 1778

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

Journal of H.M. Ship-Rigged Sloop-of-War Raven, Commander John Stanhope, April 27, 1778

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