Moored off Gravesend Church
First part Moderate & Hazy with Rain middle & Latter Moderate & Cloudy with some Lightning, P M the Ph[o]enix made the Signal for the Greyhound, Rose & Senegal Sloop of War, 3 Armed Vessels & a Division of the Transports to get Under way, Manned & Armed 7 Flat Bottomed Boats, sent them on board the different Transports to assist in landing the Troops on Staten Island, at ½ past 10 the Flat Bottomed Boats returned to the Ship

A M at 7 the Admiral made the Signel for the Fleet to get under way, at ½ past 8 Weighed & Came to Sail, as did the Admiral & Fleet, at 11 Anchored with the Best Bower in 16½ fas Water Veered to ½ a Cable, the Bluff of Staten Isld N. W, Gravesend Church NE ー
Fresh Breezes & Clear Weather, P M Manned & Armed the Flat Bottomed Boats, & Sent them onboard the different Transports, to land some Troops on Staten Island,

A M at 3 the Boats Returned, at 7 Weighed & came to sail as did the Asia & Transports, at ½ past 10 Anchored with the Best Bower in 5 fas off Staten Island, Hendricks Point SE. the Town of New York NNE½E, the Bluffs of Staten Island SSE, unbent the Mainsail, ー