Thursday June 4th. [Gironde River, France]
This Day begins with Cloudy Weather & Rain, weighed Anchor in the Morning at 7 AM. came by a French Frigate that was under sail, turning down the River, at 4 PM Came to Anchor, below the Commadore & saluted with 13 Cannon, he returned the salute with 7 & I returned one.—1
D, MH-H, Samuel Tucker Papers (MS Am 812), vol. 6 (Log Book of Boston).
1. Tucker had earlier been involved in a controversy concerning the giving and receiving of such a salute. See Gabriel de Sartine to the American Commissioners in France, 26 Apr., in NDAR 12: 608–9.
