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Journal of Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Kemble, Monday July 5, 1773

Wind N. W. Pleasant breeze with thick foggy Weather and swell from N. W. bent Cables, at 8, P. M. at 80 Fathom water fine white sand. Variable and flattering, in Steering Sails, set stay sails, about 78 Fathom water fine sand. Wind N. N. E. Squally with some rain unsettled Weather. Wind N. B. E. at Meridian fine Breeze and cloudy Weather. Distance 137. Lat. observed 49.29. Long. 4.16. M. Distance 2,971.

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. 7

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