Was at Chelsea
Hospital, where there is a noble Institution for Maimed, and worn out Soldiers.
The building Fine and worthy of the generous spirit of the British Nation.
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. 11
Went by Water from
London to Woolwich, past by Greenwich where there is a most Noble Hospital for
the Reception of old, Wounded, and Infirm Sailors Discharged from the Navy. At
Woolwich is an Artillery Store house where all sorts of Cannon are lodged and a
Battalion of Artillery Quartered. An Academy is there founded for the Education
of Young Gentlemen who are intended for the Military Life, where fortification,
Gunnery &c. is taught in the highest Perfection. Was much pleased with the
dry Dock for Building his Majesty's Shipping, several of which were there on the
Stocks, one or two 74 Gun Ships and some smaller.
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. 12
