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Sunday, August 23, 2026

Journal of Captain John Montresor, July 15, 1777

Arrived 12 Sail-victuallers from Cork—all armed. Came in an Express from Lt.-Gen'l Burgoyne with dispatches to Sir Wm. Howe, dated 2d July from below Ticonderoga. This day sailed from hence up the river the Vigilant armed Ship carrying 18 twenty-four pounders and 10 of Nine pounders.

SOURCE: G. D. Scull, Editor, The Montresor Journals, p. 428