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Journal of Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Kemble, Friday June 25, 1773

Wind W. S. W. Very light Air of Wind and Cloudy Weather all sail set, swell from the N. E. Wind S. S. W. in Larboard Steering sails, set M. Sail and Stay Sails fore and aft, in T. G. Steering Sail, Wind S. W. set T. G. Steering Sail. Spoke a Ship from St. Croix bound for Copenhagen, 4 Weeks out, the Roosavel, Capt. Johnson. At Meridian fine pleasant Weather small air of Wind and smooth Sea, the Dean astern. Distance 90. Lat. 47.39. Long. 32.29.

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. 5-6

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