11 [1776] As
Mr Stone was about to leave
the City to return Home, (tho I was
very unwell) I made Shift to write
two Letters for home but he was So
disengenious as to disappoint
both Lieut
Hayward & myself in the
Same thing, Viz in not calling for
our Letters, tho he past the Door; I
know not what to impute this to
but his heedlessness or his disobliging
Temper--- We had an Express from
Philadelphia that 13 of our Gallies had
attacked the Roebuck Man of War 44 Guns
and
a 28 Gun Ship had run the Roebuck
a ground on the Top of the Tide & were
waiting for the Tide
to fall to make the Second Attack--
12 Continueing to be unwell in
the
Evening I took a Vomit-- Our Regt
which had before this been unsupplied
with Tents now had their Compliment
& pitched them in the Place allotted
them about a Mile to the North of
the Town; but did not remove--
12 [May 1776] Sunday. I
was very unwell weak
& unwell nevertheless I went to the
Brick Meeting to attend Service, but
was so grievously afflicted partly with