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June 1775
Sunday 25
At Single Anchor in Sandy Hook
A M Arrived here Govr [William] Tryon At 11 he Came on Bd Saluted with 11 Guns on His Coming on Bd & his Return
At 1 PM Weighed & Came to Sail Empd working up for Town At 10 Anchored off Red Hook
Date: 25 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
June 1776
Wednesy 19th
Sandy Hook N 71 W 47 Leags
at 4 AM Let the Reefs out of the topsails saw a sail to the NW. ー
Light airs & Clear Wr fir'd 5 Guns at a schooner to bring her too Lay'd the main topsail to the mast Hoist'd a boat out & sent on board & found her to be a Schooner from St Luzee [Lucial] Bound to Cape Ann: Left on board her a Petty Officer & 6 men
Date: 19 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I landed here the Evening before last and by reason of Several Inconven[i]enices Could not make an attack untill this morning at 4 oclock when I advanced within a 150 yds of the Light house in So Secret a manner that my party were not Discoverd, I advanced with an Officer & desired to Speak with the Commanding Officer and after a few words he fired Severel Shot at me but as God would have it...
Date: 21 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
June 1776
Friday 21st
Moor'd off Sandy Hook The Light Hse EBN Distance 1 Mile
A M at 3 the Rebels came down & Attacked the Light House, Do kept up Constant Fire, for an Hour and a Half to Disperse them.
Date: 21 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
June 1776
Satury 22nd
Sandy Hook N 70°W 23 Leags
at 6 AM Sound'd 75 fathm, small brown sand with black specks at 8 Do saw two Strange sail Eastwd & one to the N W. ー
Light Breezes & Clear Wr Gave chace to a Brigg in the N W Qr 2 PM Hoist'd out the Pinnis & sent her onboard the Chace found her to be a Brigg from Barbadoes Bound to Nantuckett wt Oil sent on board a Petty Officer...
Date: 22 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
June 1776
Sunday 23rd
Sandy Hook W3° S 15 Leags
at 6 A M saw a strange sail in the N W Qr set Studing sails & Gave chace hoist'd out a boat & sent her in Chace fir'd 8 Guns at her to bring her too Return'd the boat from the Chace a Sloop from Road Island bound to Cape Francesway [François]2 Light Breezes & Cloudy Wr 4 Sail in Sight
Date: 23 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
June 1776
Mondy 24th
Sandy Hook W 3° N 9 Leags
at 3 AM Sound'd 28 faths Grey sand with black specks at 6 AM Lost Sight of the Prizes.2
Light Breezes & fair Wr
at 8 P M in Reef topsails Hand'd top Gallt sails at 11 Do sounded 18 Fathom3
Date: 24 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
June
Saturday 29
Came to an Anchor at Sandy Hook The Light House bears EBS dce 1 Mile
AM Calm at 4 Sounded 20 fm White & Red Sand at 5Saw the Land from NWBW to WSW. Sounded 17 fm fine sand at 8 the Centurion Joined Company at Noon 112 sail in sight ー
Fresh Breezes & Clear Wr Laying too for Water to go over the Barr. at 3 Made sail at 5 Made the signal for Anchoring, Came too at Sandy...
Date: 29 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
June 1776
Saturday 29th
Sandy hook N35W Distce 13 Leags
at 3 A M the Centurion join'd the Fleet set Top Gt Sails & TKd at 5 lost Log and 2 lines at 7 saw the land NWbW 9 or 10 Leags at 8 out all Reefs 109 Sail in sight at 11 High Land of Never Sink N W 4 or 5 Leags At Noon Sandy Hook light House NWbW. 3 or 4 Leags
Fresh Breezes & Hazey at 1 P M. got on board a Pilot from the Adms...
Date: 29 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
June 1776
Saturdy 29th
Moor'd off Sandy Hook The Light Ho EBN Distance 1 Mile
Saw a Fleet to the S E Sent the Pilots out in the Shuldham [tender].
Fresh Breezes and Cloudy with Lightning in the firstpart. P M Anchor'd here his Majestys Ship Chatham, Vice Adml Shuldham, Centurion, Rose, Swan & Senegal with a Fleet of Transports, Saluted the Admiral with 15 Guns, which he Returned.
Date: 29 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
June 1776
Sunday 30
[Anchored at Sandy Hook]
at 8 AM Made the signal to Unmoor & hove into ⅓ of a Cable ー
at 1 PM the Phoenix weighd & made sail up towards the Narrows at 2 Made the signal for the Phoenix to come to an anchor. Carryed out the Stream Anchor to Steady the ship
Date: 30 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
July [1776]
Monday 1
[Anchored at Sandy Hook]
AM Light Winds & very foggy ー
at 3 PM the fog clear'd away. at 4 made the signal Weighd made sail in Company with the fleet at ½ past 5 past HM Ship Asia in the Narrows at 7 Came too in Gravesend Bay with the fleet & Moor'd with the Stream Anchor at 9 PM Came on a thick fog with thunder & Lightning
Date: 1 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
8 [A. M.]
Saw a Sail to the Wt Wd Standing to the Soward
9
gave Chace found her to be a Schooner
11
Fired 4 p[ounde]r Shotted at the Chace
12
Fired Several Shott at the Chace & Brt too
1 [P.M.]
Fird a 4 pr and Made the Chace bear down under our Stern Brt too Hoisted out the Boat and Sent her on Board found her to be the Schooner Rose Noble 5 days from Nantuckett...
Date: 2 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
July 1776
Monday 1st
Anchd In Sandy Hook Road
First part light breezes and foggy at times Midle Calm, with Thunder, Lightning and hard rain, latter Cloudy, PM at 4 the Adml made the Sigl to Weigh, do Weigh'd and Came to Sail as did the Fleet, Steering up for New York, left riding at the Hook H M Sloop Swan, at 7 Anchor'd in Gravesend Bay, 4 fm the Church NEBN and the So point of Long Island...
Date: 3 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
July 1776
Thursday 4
Sandy hook N39°W Distce 11 Le ー
A M saw the Land Tack'd Ship & stood N E at 12 saw the Land bearing from NNW to W ー 6 or 7 Miles ー
Light Breezes & fair ー at 4 P M gave chase to a Privateer drove her ashore & fired a Number of Guns at her at 5 came too off the Southmost Wood Lands
Date: 4 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
July 1776
Mond 1st
Moord at Sandy Hook
AM light winds & foggy Adml Sigl for sailing Empd WateringPM Modt & hazey at 4 the Adml Sigl to weigh & the fleetweighd & Came to sail Sent the Sergant & Men on Shore tothe light house the Mercury packett & 4 Transports lying here
Tuesd 2
AM 3 Men Came from long Isld for Protecktion on board of us ー
P M Light Winds &...
Date: 4 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
July 5th the Merlin with a prize Ship belonging to N York with flour and provision for Surrinam2 proceeded up to the fleet. Thermometer morning 70 noon 78. The army is cantond in Staten Island.
Date: 5 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
July 6th morning Thermom[eter] 67. noon 72. P M Twelve refugees came aboard the Swan being of Connecticut and Long Island.
Date: 6 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I send you this by the Mercury packet, bound for Falmouth, which I hope will be the last, until I shall have the happy enjoyment of seeing you myself, which may be about the middle of next September; it depends upon the arrival of Lord Howe and the fleet which we expect hourly; we should have been sent to England from Halifax, but being acquainted with the coast about this place, the Admiral...
Date: 7 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
July 8th [1776] Thermometer morning 71 Noon 78. Three Negroes took refuge in the Swan, afterwards came aboard two Quakers also another person with letters and Cloaths for their Friends who had joind the Kings Army. Dind aboard the Mercury pacquett.
Date: 8 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5