[On board H.M. Sloop Swan at Sandy Hook]
July 8th [1776] Thermometer morning 71 Noon 78. Three Negroes took refuge in the Swan, afterwards came aboard two Quakers also another person with letters and Cloaths for their Friends who had joind the Kings Army. Dind aboard the Mercury pacquett.
1. Thomas Moffat's Diary, LC.
