[March 1776] exposed part thereof, but it
after=
-wards appeared that their long
delay was occasioned by the Con=
-fusion & Hurry in which they
qu-
-ited the Town, not having any Time
either to rig the Vessels or distrib=
ute the Provisions among the Vessels,
Those which Sail'd first were Said
to contain the Families of the Tories
which they Shipped of for
Halifax
as Soon as they could get them
ready -- after the first part of the
Fleet Sailed the other part was
reinforced by Several large Ships
of war but from whence they
cam I could never learn--
One of the Fleet having a
valuable cargo and m of Stolen
Goods together with a number of
Tories was cast away Soon after
on Cape Cod & another
whose
Cargo was estimated at 35,000£
Sterling was taken by Capt
Marry
what became of the others time
will discover--
While the Fleet was lying at
Nantascet our People were fixed