At single Anchor as before Arnold Point NebE¾East

Popasquash N½W & Gold Isle¹ SW½South
at 8 [AM] saw the Flat Boats Land our Troops near Common Fence Point² the flood making weighd & Tow’d between Rhode & Hog Island, at 10 came too, with the sm^l Bower in 10 f^m. A num^r of shot fired from the Rebell Battery³ at the Pigot,⁴ which was ret^d by our advanced Battery on Rhode Island & the Ship, at ½ p^t 11 our Boats returning thro Bristol Ferry, the Rebels fired round & Grape [shot] at them, which wounded L^t Congleton⁵ & Ja^s Smith Seaman [&] killd Hugh Jemison & Christopher Carlow

At single Anchor as before Arnold point NebE¾East-
Popasquash N½W & Gold Isle SW½South
First part fresh Winds & hazy W^r. latter strong Gales— PM at 2 the Spitfire⁶ anch^d between us & the Pigot, sent a Boat w^t. hawsers &c^a to warp the Pigot from under the Battery at 3 the Pigot & Spitfire made Sail—