Log of Rhode Island Privateer Ship Marlborough, Captain George Wait Babcock, June 8, 1778

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[at Old Town, Martha's Vineyard, Mass.]

Remarks for Monday June 8^th. 1778—

att 4 AM we weighd Anchor & Stood into the Sound.¹ But att 7 AM when wer[e] as far as Woods hole. there Came a Pilot Boat who Informd us that the Unicorn² frigate was in Buzzard Bay. We wore Ship and Returnd towards Old town—³

[PM] The first fresh Breezes Beatt the Ship up to Old town Harbour and att 1 PM Came to Anchor. the middle part foggy with Rain.⁴

D, NjMoHP, Lloyd W. Smith Collection, “Journal of A Voyage in the Good Ship Marlborough George W^r: Babcock Commander Bound on A Five Months Cruize Against the Enemies of The United States of America from Rhode Island Kept by John Linscom Boss. Capt^ns: Clerk.—”

1. Vineyard Sound.

2. H.M. frigate Unicorn, Capt. John Ford, commander.

3. Possibly, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard.

4. On 9 June the log continues: “att 1 AM Clear Weather the wind att NW. att 3 AM weighd anchor got under weigh after Sending a Boat a head to Look Out we proceeded on to Bedford.”

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1778 June 8

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American Theater, June 1 to August 15, 1778

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