[March 1776, cont.] make preparations for
Nooke Point
before mentioned, by carting Fash=
-ienes, & c, in the Face of the Day,
as nigh the Place as the Scituation
would allow ((there being a Mire betwee
-ne that & the Forts) this place is
about 3/4 Mile distant from the
Sentre of the Town, and as con
-venient a place as could even
have been wished for from wh=
-ich to through Bombs to the
Town, the Enemy discovring our
Motions by this imprudent Step
concluded that we Should be at
work that Night therefore, the
began a most Heavy Fire from
the Shipping in the Harbour from
Several of the Wharves & from
several Batteries; Such a Fir-
ing, before was never before heard
in New England they killd 4 Men
with one Ball which was all
the Dammage the did us,
and
the next morning we picked
up 700 Balls that they had
fired upon us; The next night
being the
17th of March [1776],
all