[Philadelphia] May 9th
...after dinner went to coffee house, where various reports were Circulated, how the Roebuck ran aground &c but upon the whole it appeard that little Damage has been sustained on our Side, but as no express has arrived this day we are in Suspence, Near 5 I went & drank coffee at James Cannon's, afterwards he & I took a walk to State house Yard. there we heard the fight was renewed by the Constant discharge of heavy Cannon.
1. Diary of Christopher Marshall, HSP.