July 1778
Friday 31
[anchored in Newport Harbor, R.I.]
at 5 AM the Ships of the Enemy without the Harbour weighd & stood for ye So wd—Empd getting out Provisions & spare Sails to put in Store
Lit. Winds & foggy Wear. [PM] hauld sevl of the Transports out of the Harbour redy to sink abreast of the No Battery the Enemys Ships at Anchor out of the Harbour—Row'd Guard
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/360, fol. 164.