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On the 1st of June his Excellency the President2 received Advices of a Fleet of 40 or 50 Sail being at Anchor about six Leagues to the Northward of Sullivans Island. Accounts of the Arrival of Sir Peter Parker's Fleet in N. Carolina, and that it, was destined either for Virginia or this Province, having been received about three Weeks before, put it beyond a Doubt that this was his...
Date: 4 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
On the 12th there blew a violent Storm, in which an Hospital Ship and the Friendship, which were at Anchor on the other Side of the Bar, were obliged to put out to Sea, but returned in a few Days after. A Schooner, having on board some Provisions and Coals, drifted a little Way from the Fleet, was taken by one of our Pilotboats, and brought to Town. Her Crew took to their Boat, on observing the...
Date: 27 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Next Morning, June the twenty eighth, the following was the Disposition of the Ships of War: The Friendship, at the Distance of about a Mile and a Half from Sullivan's Island, covering the Thunder Bomb; the Solebay, Sphinx, Bristol, Active, Experiment, Actaeon and Syren. About Half an Hour past ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, the Thunder began throwing Shells on Fort Sullivan and the Active, Bristol...
Date: 28 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Nex Morning all the Men of War, except the Actaeon, were retired about two Miles from the Island, which they had quietly effected under Cover of Night. The Battery fired several Shot at the Actaeon which she answered; But soon after, her Crew set her on Fire and abandoned her, leaving her Colours flying, Guns loaded, with all her Ammunition, Provisions and stores on board. They had not been long...
Date: 4 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5