Saturday, September 19, 2026

Journal of Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Kemble, Tuesday July 6, 1773

At half after 4 P. M. made Scilly about 5 Leagues distant, stood up Channel. Met Admiral Spry with five or six sail on their Passage from Portsmouth to Falmouth, where they had been to receive his Majesty who was greatly pleased with the Appearance of the Fleet in Portsmouth.

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. 8

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