[New York] Die Sabatti, AM. June 15th, 1776.
A sailor (Philip Smith,) who made his escape from the Phoenix, being examined, says, that the troops were to set out from Halifax for New-York the 2nd of this month; that on board the ships at the Hook, it was much wondered where they stayed. This account they received by a store ship from Halifax.
1. New York Provincial Congress, I, 495.
