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Rh April 14undefined: Detachment of Seamen were order'd to March in the Front: arrived at Mundefined. Lawrence Owen's: 15 Miles from Rock's Creek; and encamp'd upon good Ground 8 Miles from the Upper falls of Potomack

April 15undefined: Encamp'd on the side of a Hill near Mundefined. Michael Dowden's; 15 Miles from Mundefined. Owen's, in very bad Ground and in 1½ foot Snow

April 16undefined: Halted, but found it extreamly difficult to get either Provisions or Forrage.

April 17undefined: March'd to Fredericks Town; 15 Miles from Dowden's, the road very Mountanious, March'd 11 Miles, when we came to a River call'd Monskiso, which empties itself into the Potomack; it runs very rapid; and is, after hard Rain, 13 feet deep: We ferried over in a Float for that purpose. This Town has not been settled Above 7. Years; there are 200 Houses & 2 Churches 1 Dutch, 1 English; the inhab-