after having gaz'd & wonder'd
for a long time I return'd to
Albany about 12 Miles from
the admiring the stupendous
Works or [of] nature & not a little
humbl'd by thoughts of
my own insignificancy
Sunday Jany
6th 7th [1776]
albany
The Cannon which the night
before last came over at Sloss's
ferry we attempted to get
Over the ferry here, which we
effected excepting the last which
fell into the River notwithstanding
the precautions we took, & in its
fall broke All the Ice for
14 feet around It -- this was
a misfortune as It retarded