the 9th of July 1755. as related by some of the Principal Officers that day in the Field, from the 10th April 1755 to the 18th Augst. when the Detachment of Seamen embark'd on board His Majisty's Ship Guarland at Hampton in Virginia
April 10th Orders were given to March to Morrow with 6 Companies of Sr P. Halket's Regiment for Winchester towards Will's Creeks; April 11th Yesterdays Orders were Countermanded and others given to furnish Eight days Provisions, to proceed to Rock's Creek[1] (8 Miles from Alexandria) in the Sea Horse & Nightingale Boats; April 12th: Arrived at Rock's Creek 5 Miles from the lower falls of Potomack & 4 Miles from the Eastern branch of it; where we encamped with Colonel Dunbars Regiment
April 13th: Employed in loading Waggon's with Stores Provisions and all other conviniences very dear Rock's Creek a very pleasant Situation.
- ↑ This form of the name of the modern Rock Creek is significant and is not given in the expanded form of this journal. "Rock's Creek" suggests that the great bowlder known as "Braddock's Rock" was a landmark in 1755 and had given the name to the stream which entered the Potomac near it.
