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Journal of Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Kemble, Sunday July 4, 1773

Wind W. N. W. Light airs of Wind and thick foggy Weather, all sails set smooth Sea. Shifted driver and steering sails, set T. G. Steering sails, sprit Sail, T. G. &c. foggy with pleasant breeze, saw several Gannets. Distance 131. Lat. observed 49.21. Long. 7.34.

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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