Contrary wind, came
to an anchor off Maryland Point. Went ashore and dined at Capt. Harrison's. Had
a very genteel dinner, but the Captn. is a violent opposer of the Government.
Got on board in the evening. Fair wind, got up to Colonel George Washington's,
came to an Anchor in the Creek. Here is a small Insect which appears in the
Night like sparks of Fire. Every time it extends its wings there is something
of a luminous nature on the body, just under the wings, which is seen only when
it extends them, only discernible in the night, and is called the Fire Fly. A
great number of pleasant Houses along the River, both on the Virginia and
Maryland side. All Tobacco Planters, some of them people of considerable
property. This River parts the Province of Maryland and Colony of Virginia.
SOURCE: Nicholas
Cresswell, The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell 1774—1777, p. 26
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