July 1776 Wednesdy 3d
Mount Desert W½S 12 or 13 Leags At 5 A M Wore Ship at 6 out 2nd reefs at 7 Our 1streefs at 8 Saw the Land Mount Desert W N W Distce 8 or 9 Leags Read the Articles of war & Abstract of the late Act of Parliament to the Ships Company at 11 Seizd the May flower Schooner2 at 1 P M Saw a Schooner in Shore hoisted a boat out to speak her at 3 Fired 2 Guns as a Sigl for the boat to return in 1st reef Topsls at 4 Tackd Ship at 12 Tackd
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/1039.
2. May Flower, S. Crosman, master and owner, from Piscataqua, on a fishing voyage, Howe's Prize List, March 31, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/487.
