27 [July 1776] we
Sot Sail again but
wind faild & we
Dropd anker
till after Noon then sot out again
& went 60 or 70 miles by night
28 [July 1776]
S. Day we came to ye
mouth
of hell gate Lay at anker
all Night
29 [July 1776] went
through
to
york Lay at anker
till
toards Night then returnd
to hell gate and Landed
there
30 [July 1776]
ye Col. orders was
that No Soldier went Eigh
tty rods from the fort
31 [July 1776]
I Se
gageborough men in
york Six of them and I was
much pleasd to hear from home