Saturday, September 26, 2026

Journal of Captain John Montresor, July 26, 1777

Light southerly winds all this morning. At 3 o'clock P. M. Came on a Gale of wind at South with a high sea, close reefed topsails, a tumbling sea all night. Overcast this day, Could take no latitude. Engineers' schooner Alert carried away her Topmast. Our people on Board remarkably well and healthy.

SOURCE: G. D. Scull, Editor, The Montresor Journals, p. 430

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