[New York Harbor] Sund: Septr: 1st: In the Morning the Ship Lord Rochford Commanded by one Capt Lambert, hall'd along side of the Pascific, & the Prisoners were all Remov'd into her; where we soon found ourselves more crowded than we were in the other Ship (this not being more than half so Large) yet on some ac[coun]ts: we were much better accommodated than in the Pacific:... soon After we went on Board the Lord Rochford, She hove up, & some time this Day she fell down below the Narrows, among the Shipping from whence the Late Landing of the Troops at Flat Bush was performed; here we turnd in this Night; I rested but very Indifferent.2
1. Sabine, ed., Fitch's Diary.
2. Ibid., 35, Lieutenant Fitch was captured during the Battle of Long Island, and sent on board the transport ship Pacific.