Journal of Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Kemble, Thursday June 17, 1773

Wind N. W. Pleasant and clear weather, all sail set. In Royalls squally, in T. G. steering sails, wind W. N. W. Set Royalls T. G. stearing sails, &c. Flattering, the wind inclining to the S. W. Shift steering sails, driver &c. Distance 154. Lat. observed 42.5. Long. 53.17.

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