[New York] 17th Octrー The Recruits lately arrived for those Regiments which are with the Army under General Howe, went through Hellgate this morning in Flatboats.
The ships with the Hessians cannot go through for want of a proper wind. Several ships with Horses and Waggons are detained for the same reason.
The Senegal Sloop of War got through this Morning with much difficulty; she touched the Shore several times, but at last effected the passage with much labor and danger.
1. Mackenzie's Diary, I, 81.