May 26 [1776] Sunday
being lame I could
not attend upon divine Service but
Spent the Chief part of the Day with Majr
Haden in his & my own Tent in reading
Herveys Meditations, I wrote to my
Mother-- The Enemy
are collecting a Fleet, of Transports &
Ships of War at,
Sandy Hook ... Our
27 Men have been very busied in building
Forts & Breast Works on the
Jersie Side--
This is the first Time I did Duty Since
my late indisposition (from which
thro the Goodness of God, I have almost
perfectly
recovered excepting a lameness from
a very bad Boil under my left Ham)
I mounted Piquet unable to do other
Duty: The Men complain of hard Duty.
a thing not uncommon in Armies.
The Duty is very constant tho not hard.
29th [May 1776]
Genl Election at
Boston I took a walk
into the Town the City---
30th [May 1776] I went
upon Fatiegue upon the
Jersie
Side Lieuts
Hudson Church & Myself were the
Officers from our Regt, we worked upon a
Small
Fort, the Men in General worked Well. had
Some disagreement with the Engineers
assistant about about detaining us too
long, as the Men would not work after
5 o clock as we had to row across the River
home. however we tarried till Six o clock
tho we did no work after 5. The Men
behaved well to the Officers---
I enjoy myself well on the recovery of my Health