8th. About 2 k this morning the Wind died away and at.... p at No. Wt. and variable.... e hard Squals of Wind and rain by Observation were in the Lattude of 32° 30' ye Maredn. of Bermudas 9th. At 2 A: M came on excessive hard Wind at No. Wt; Rain Lightning and some thunder the Wind increased so violently and had raiz'd so Mountanous a Sea that oblig'd the hauling all her Sails and driving with bear Masts which She did untill 4 P: M: when the Wind had something Moderated and Sea abated and then She was laid too ander...... Stay Sail. this day h.... me a criple by the ships. 10th. This Mor....... Wind was moderate tho.... head about 8 A: M: we made sail and stood Wt. So. Wt. upon searching my chest discover'd I had been rob'd of 16 pistols at 2 P: M the Wind had changed to So. Wt. and blew fresh which increasing obliged us to Haul all but the fore Sail and that cou'd be carryed no longer than 12 when the Wind was so Violent the Sea so high with great Quantity of Rain.... nder and Sharp Light.... the Ship was Laid.... Reefed fore Sail. 11th. The wind still as violent as ever (with many hard Squals of Rain) Wind got somewhat more to the Westward the Sea excessively high lay too all day. 12th. The Wind as violent as the preceding day with Rain Hail and Snow and high and Mountanous Sea from WN Wt. Lat too all the Last night and this day under Main Stay Sail [13th.] This day is br..... inferior.... the former.... hard Wind high Sea Rain &c the Wind in the Same Quarter lay too as yesterday. 1752] THE VOYAGE HOME 14th. Last night the Wind ceased of its violence and by 2 A: M was calm and continued so till 6 when it sprung up at East and came on Squals of Rain, much and very Large hail with violent Thunder at 8 the Wind had got to ye Wt. of the No. and blew a fret with constant Rain..... we carried Sa... hile it was at E[a]st... re oblig'd to Lay too under..... he Main stay Sail both by reason of the Winds being so excessive high and directly ahead before Night it was at No. Wt. and there remained. 15th. This morng. the Wind was not so violent as yesterday but still at No. Wt. and so hard as to hinder us from carrying Sail the Day was squally with some Intermission of Sunshine which.... en sinc.... observatio. got and found ourselv[es] in the Latitude of....oo' At 2 P: M: Espy'd a Sail laying too bearing So. Et. abt. a League dist. was 16th. Moderate and clear with ye Wind where it was made Sail and stood No. No Et. abt. 8 A M ye Vessel we saw Yesterday came up and spoke with us She was from St. Cits bound to Norfolk Matthew Stroud Comr. She was a Sloop call'd ye Glasgow has from us Candles Twine &c. ... d promis... s upon comp. .... found them to agree nea[rl]y alike [a]nd that Ca[p]t Henry boar W NW abt. 120 Leagues She had been beating abt. the Coast with contrary Winds 14 or 15 days with very rough Weather. 17th. Wind still at No. Wt. we had lost sight of the sloop and abt. 6 A M discovered another Vessel which came up with us abt. 10 She also was from St. Christopher's a Billander and bound to Philidelphia and had been out 2 St. Kitts or St. Christopher's, Leeward Islands. • A bilander, a two-masted vessel, square-rigged with a lateen-shaped mainsail. five Weeks: and ten days ago ... of Cape H[enry of Water.... iscovers another Sai[l] bearing No. Wt. abt. 2 Leagues standg. close to Windward as She cou'd whether it was ye Sloop we saw Yesterday or not it was too far to distinguish this Philiadelphia Man proposed keeping Company and also of going into Virginia if he saw no better prospect the two Captns. mutually agg. to alter their Course at 6 oclock and westward [18th.] nged and g...... ne very fresh with... other Ship was very sociable in keeping company being seldom more than ‡ Mile dist both steering West as the day advanced the Wind increased with continued Rain and by 10 P: M was oblig'd to hand all our Sails and lay too under a Stay Sail reef'd at 11 lost sight of the Vessel 19th. The wind had shifted from S to No and blew extreaml[y] hard with Mountainous Sea but moderating somewhat was ... 20[th.] .... died away and w ... this Morning whe .... time we had been out and .... pect of arriving put the Capt.... on allowancing the Hands whi..... at 8 AM was accordingly done at 10 ye Wind sprang up So. Wt. we made Sail and stood at WNW but before Midnight the Wind had got to West directly ahead blew excessive hard with thunder and Lightning... ... · [21st.] .... or. ... . Sou....d N by y was 22d. The Wind had moderated and got to No. Wt. made Sail at 8 and stood W SW and after alter'd as ye Wind which by Noon had got to No. and Wt to W N W ye skie quite clouded so that there was not the least appearance 1752] ARRIVAL IN VIRGINIA of Sun towards night ye Wind was fallen and in ye Night grew calm. [23d.] ..... Since leaving....d observation wa . attitude the agreeable.... this day inticed the Mate to c..... from his Cabbin (as a snail enlivened by the genial heat of the Sun) who since the third or four[th] day after leaving Barbados has been coop'd up with a fashionable disorder contracted there... 25th. The weathr. extreamly cold and clear with wind at No. Wt. sounded at 8 A M witht. bottom stood SW by W by observation was in 37° 08′ Latitude... [26th.] ...n was go. rd it seem'd g ad judged we were not.... the Number of birds; and g..... of sedge and Marsh weed. we se... say and judg'd rightly for at 6... sounded in 22 Fathom Water ye Wind breez'd up fair tho the Captn. carried but small Sails for fear of getting too near Land before Morning. off of Cape.... ght on a Calm... Wind sprang up at Sp. Et. made Sail under easy Gales past the Cape abt. Sun's Rising and got to the Mouth of York River abt. II P. M and was met by a pilot boat.... ... Hired. . . . . Williamsburg.. ... Letters to the Gover1... had just gone to greensprin .... Dinner as I got to ye great... polis; upon his return (which... at Night) I waited upon and wa[s] received Graceously he enquired kindly after the health of my Br. and invited me to stay and dine ..... * Governor Robert Dinwiddie. things Lan... ..A Great Main of....cks' fought in Yorktown.. tween Glouster and York for 5 pistoles each battle and 100 ye odd I left it with Colo. Lewis before it was decided and had part of his chariot to his house. . . . . [FEBRUARY] 2d. From..... his chair to Majr. Dan.... field at Hobs Hole 3-who - who.... 4th. Kindly conveyed Me to Layton's Ferry where, I crossed and was favoured with. 1 Cock-fight. ' Colonel Robert Lewis? 3 Hobbs Hole, now Tappahannock, Essex County, Virginia. Layton's on Rappahannock River about twenty miles above Tappahannock. Washington reached Pope's Creek, Westmoreland, March 4, 1752; from thence he went to Fredericksburg, March 5th, and arrived at Mount Vernon, with his letters and messages from Lawrence Washington to his wife, March 6th. (Toner.) |