Augst [17]76 Wednesy 28th
Moor'd off Fort Cumberland in the Bay of Fundy. Empd. Occasionally First part fresh Breezes & Squally with rain, Middle & Latter Modte & Cloudy, at 4 P. M found the Ship to take the ground aft,
Thursy 29th
at 6 AM bent the stream Cable to the small Bower, veer'd away and began to unmoor at 7 the Ship grounded aft; the strong Ebb Tide taking her upon the Larboard Bow twisted her round by which means the stream Cable parted 30 fms from the small Bower; the Ship fell down upon her beam ends, at nine she righted as the Tide began to flow, at 10 veer'd away on the Best Bower, in order to weigh the small Bower, at 11 the Bouy Rope broke, let go the Kedge Anchor with a Bouy to it for a mark for the small Bower, at noon weigh'd & made sail, drop'd farther down the Bay: open'd a Cask Beef Contents 154 pieces.
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/867.