Wind W. N. W. Light Airs and flattering with Cloudy unsettled Weather and high Sea from S. E. Quarter, at 4 P. M. set T. G. Sails Driver &c. Wind N. W. variable and flattering with much Rain and large head Sea going, in steering sails. Wind N. set stay Sails fore and aft, set Steering Sails below and aloft Royalls &c. Wind N. W. at Meridian flattering and small Air of wind inclining to S. W. Shifted steering sails. Distance 97. Lat. Observed 38.45. Long. 68.7.
SOURCE: New York Historical Society, Publisher, Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1883: The Kemble Papers, Vol. 1 1773-1789, p. 2
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