May 1775 Tuesday 23
Off Long Island [Boston Harbor]
At 9 A M weighed & dropt down to long Island at 12 Brot too with the Bt Bower in eight fathom Water off the N E end of Long Island
Variable weather Arrived from England his Majesty's Sloop Merlin and a Ship with three General Officers' horse & Baggage after Six Weeks passage.2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/663.
2. This was the baggage of the Major Generals William Howe, Henry Clinton and John Burgoyne, which arrived a day before the Generals themselves.