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Journal of Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Kemble, Friday June 18, 1773

Wind S. W. Small winds and hazy Weather with Smooth Sea, all sail set. In small sails, wind W. S. W. Fresh breeze and thick Weather with Rain. Set steering sails below and aloft Royalls &c. on all sides. At meridian Cloudy Weather and fresh Breeze, in T. G. Steering Sails, Royalls and set Stay Sails and M. Sails. Distance 165. Lat. observed 43.37. Long. 50.8.

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. 3

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