9 [September 1776] ye Cannonnadeing
held very brisk I Recd a
Letter from Neheh. Cleved.
I was very Sick at Night
10 [September 1776] ye earth Mearly trembled
with ye Sound of Cannon
ye regalers Landed on a
Nother Island Near us
a boy took up a Shell to get
ye powder out and a Nother boy
Struck on it to get ye fuse
out it went of tore ones
thies all to peces a
-Larm at Night