N. Yk July 2d [1776] ー
Att 9 oClock this morning the whole Army was under Arms at their several Alarm Posts, occasioned by five large Men of War coursing up thro: the narrows ー We supposed them coursing on to attack our Forts ー never did I see Men more chearfull; they seem to wish the enemies approach ー they came up to the watering place, about five miles above the narrows, and came too ー their tenders took three or four of our small Craft plying between this and the Jersey Shore ー Att 6 oClock P.M. about 50 of the fleet followed and anchored with the others ー
1. Ford, ed., Webb Papers, I, 151, 152.
