Septemr 1776. Friday 6.
Moored off of Bedlows Island At 1 AM Several Musquets were fired at the Guard Boat ½ past 10 made the Sigl for all Petty Officers At Noon sent a Boat to meet a Flag of Truce Fresh Breezes & Cloudy Wr with rain at times At 3 P M Arrived here his Majys Ship Carysfort2 At 6 made the Rainbow, Roebuck, & Emeralds Sigl for Petty Officers At 6 hoisted a Yellow pendt the Parole Sigl & made the Emeralds Sigl. for a Lieut
1. NMM; Admiralty L/E/11.
2. "The Carysfort, Capt. Robert Fanshaw, an old Schoolfellow with me, arrived this Day from Canada, & brought Dispatches from the Commander in Chief [Carleton] to the Admiral & General," Tatum, ed., Serle's Journal, 92, 94. Serle makes no mention of the flag of truce.
