Diary of Captain Frederick Mackenzie, British Army, June 13, 1778

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[Newport. Rhode Island]
13^th June. Very fine weather. Wind S.

Commodore Griffith¹ is going from hence immediately in The Nonsuch.² It is said all the line of Battle ships are to assemble in the Delaware, as a French Squadron, convoy to a fleet of American store ships, is expected there.³

Mackenzie, Diary 1: 300.

1. Capt. Walter Griffith was acting commodore of the British squadron at Newport.

2. H.M.S. Nonsuch sailed on 18 June with a convoy for New York City. Ibid., 303.

3. As seen in Vice Adm. Viscount Howe to Philip Stephens, 10 June, above, Howe was informed on 2 Apr. that Chef d'Escadre La Motte-Picquet's squadron had returned to Brest.

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1778 June 13

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American Theater, June 1 to August 15, 1778

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