July 1776 Tuesday 2
Came too at Gravesend Bay AM Clear Wr Made the Signal for Weighing at 11 the Wind shifted More round to the Norward. Obliged the Fleet to come to an Anchor ー Fresh Breezes & Clear Wr PM Sent six flat bottom Boats away Mann'd & Arm'd to land the Troops on Staten Island.
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/192.
