Journal of H.M. Frigate Sphynx, Captain Alexander Graeme, July 30, 1778

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July 1778

Thursday 30

Off Rhode Island

at 4 AM w[e]lighed and came to Sail TK^d. Occasionally. at 7 Saw 10 Sail of the French Fleet at Anchor Off Rhode Island & 2 under Sail.¹

Off Rhode Island

Moderate and hazey W^r. with a swell from the S^d. Tacked Occasion ally

D, UkLPR, Adm, 51/922.

1. The two French Navy ships under sail were the ships of the line Fantasque, Capitaine de vaisseau Pierre-André bailli de Suffren de Saint-Tropez, and Sagittaire, Capitaine de vaisseau François-Hector, comte d'Albert de Rions.

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1778 July 30

Volume

Volume 13

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American Theater, June 1 to August 15, 1778

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