General Washington was mistaken, since the "shipa "suffered much, in their masts and rigging;" and Captain Parker subsequently reported that the Pho-nix lost a Midshipman, two Seamen, and one Servant, killed, and a Boatswain, a Carpenter, eight Seamen, a Servant, a negro Man, and a private Marine, wounded ; that the Jioebuck lost a Lieutenant, a Midshipman, and two Seamen, killed, and a Midshipman, two Seamen, and a Corporal of Marines, wounded ; and that the Tartar lost a Midshipman, killed, and a Lieutenaut of Marines wounded. -- (Keport of the Kilted and Woimded on board His Majesty's Ships pasting the Batteries, the 0th of October, 1776.)

See, also. Admiral Lord Howe's despatch to the Secretary of the Admiralty, "Eagle off New-Y^oek, November 23, 1776."

''General Washington to the Congress, "Heights of Harlem, 7 Octo- " her, 1776," postscript, dated "October Oth Lietitenaut colonel Tench Tilghman to tlie CommHtte of Safety, " HEAD-Ql AitTERS, Hablem-U eights, "9 Octr, 1776 ;" General George Clinton iothe Convention, " King's Beidgi, " 10 October, 1776 ; " The New-York Gazette and the Weekly Mercury No.

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