Moor'd off Staten Island
AM the Long boat Employed Watering. Read the Articles of War & the Abstract of the Act of Parliament, to the Ships Company.ー
Fresh Breezes with Rain at 3 PM (Admiral Shuldham) Shifted His Flag to His Majesty's Ship Bristol, and Commodore Sir Peter Parker Hoisted His Broad Pendant on Board His Majestys Ship Chatham, which Occasioned an Exchange between Captain Raynor of the Chatham and Capt. [Toby] Caulfield of the Bristol, with Several Officers & Seamen Belonging to each Ship, by Order of the Viscount Howe Vice Admiral of the White and Commander in Chief &ca in North Americaー