At 7 this morning I
attended Sir Wm. Howe and Lord Howe with my armed Schooner, an armed Sloop and
a Galley to the mouths of the Rivers Rappahannock and the Elk and Turkey Point,
the different vessels and Boats attending, sounding the Channel. The whole
returned in the afternoon
to the fleet. George Ford, principal tenant of Pasoosy Island came off to offer
his Services to supply the Troops and Fleet with Stock &c. — after which the militia. A hard squall with
very heavy rain and sharp lightning and thunder which continued from 8
till 12 this night and the whole night distressingly hot and close.
SOURCE: G. D. Scull,
Editor, The Montresor Journals, pp. 441-2
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