July 1776 Monday 15th
Moored off Statten Island At 10 AM Dryed Sails The first part Mod Breezes & Cloudy Middle light airs & Do latter fresh Breezes & Cloudy At 3 P M a Flag of Truce came from New York with a Letter to Genl Howe sent the Boats to meet the Flag of Truce some Distance from the Ship hove in some of the B: Br Cable & Claped on a Spring & Veered the Cable out as before the Boats retd from the Flag of Truce 2
1. NMM, Admiralty L/E/11.
2. "A Flag of Truce was sent by Washington, to which an Answer was promised to be given, when the Admiral [Howe] shall have conferred with the Genl." Tatum, ed., Serle's Journal, 34.