[Off Newport, R.I.]
This morning at 9 Stood in to Wards the french fleet and st: amongst the french fleet that Lay of[f] New Poort Harbour then hove about and Stood out a Gain till 3 PM then Stood in A Gain and hove up the Easte River? Whare We Came to anchor With With two french fregits and a Brig? Where We Lay all Night So Ends this 24 howers
D, CtMyMHI. It is not certain what position Palmer held in Revenge but part of his duty may have been captain's clerk since a portion of the log of Revenge, also in Palmer's hand, is with this journal.
1. The Sakonnet, or East, Passage.
2. The French frigates Aimable, Lieutenant de vaisseau Antoine-Stanislas-Xavier de Curières de Castelnau de Saint-Cosme-Sainte-Eulalie, and Alcmène, Lieutenant de vaisseau Pierre-René-Bénigne-Mériadec, comte de Bonneval Ruffo, accompanied by the captured H.M. armed brigantine Stanley, patrolled the Sakonnet Passage.
