August 1776 Friday 30th
Tenedy's Isld NbW 1½ mile A M at 9 Weighed and made sail & sent 2 Six Pounders on shore to Red hook with Ammunition which our Troops was in Possession of ½ past 11 Anchor'd in 7½ fath. Red hook EbN ½ a mile & the middle of Governors Island NE¼N 1 mileー First part Modt and Rain Latter fair Wr P. M. at 3 saw the Rebels retreating from Governours Island & begun to fire upon them at 4 cease'd firing Weigh'd &Breast of the Island and Anchor'd in 7½ fath The Flagstaff turn'd up a at New York NE½E & the middle of Governors Island NEbN ¼ of a mile Kennedy's Island WbN
Saturday 31st
AM Recd some Water and wash'd between Decks First and Latter parts Modt & fair, P. M The Enemy from Governors Island fire'd upon us which we return'd with several Broadsides, weigh'd and dropped farther down
1. PRO, Admiralty 52/1965.