Camp Kingsbridge Octo 1st 1776
[Extract]
Yesterday a Frigate from N York passed throu' Hell-gate and went up Sound out of Sight we fear her Intention is to interrupt our Navigation another Frigate came throu' soon after and turned up into the Mouth of the River before Haerlem we apprehend an Attack from the Enemy very soon...
1. Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, XX, 324-25.