Friday, July 31, 2026

Journal of Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Kemble, Wednesday June 30, 1773

Wind S. E. B. S. Small breeze and clear pleasant Weather, swell from N. E. a large ship to the Southward of us, standing to the East. Wind S. S. E. In Royals and T. G. Stay sails, Cloudy unsettled Weather, Wind South set sprit sail T. S. and Mizn T. G. Sail, at Meridian cloudy Weather with a pleasant little Breeze, all sail set. Distance 152. Lat. observed 48.30. Long. 19.45.

SOURCE: New York Historical Society, Publisher, Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1883: The Kemble Papers, Vol. 1 1773-1789, pp. 6-7

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