Remarks on Board the Boston Thursday June 25th.
Steady Gales & pleasent, the Sun this Affternoon in the Eclipxt,1 at 7 PM. came up with the Chase the Capt. pretended to be a Frenchman from Newfoundland bound to Oporto, he afterwards proved a Jersey Man, Mann’d her & sent her for Loriant, with John Vickery one of my Mates as Prize Master, John Elliot, Laour, Roussett, Imassurign, Daniville, & Bourguinon, with him.—The Prize was a Brig. commanded by Thomas Anquetit, called the Elizabeth and Loaded with Fish.—2 in Chase after another Brig, gave her several Shott.—
Lattd. ⅌ Obs: 45..35.—
D, MH-H, Samuel Tucker Papers (MS Am 812), vol. 6 (Log Book of Boston). This entry runs from noon of 24 June to noon of 25 June, following sea time.
1. On the afternoon of 24 June a total solar eclipse occurred over parts of the southern United States, the North Atlantic, and northwestern Africa. The Bay of Biscay experienced a partial eclipse, beginning about 3:40 pm, reaching its maximum of about 69 percent an hour later, and ending about 5:40 pm. NASA Eclipse Home Page, Solar Eclipse Search Page, http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/ SEsearch/ SEsearch.php.
2. Brig Elizabeth, Anquetin, master, 80 tons burthen, built in America and owned by T. Durell. Lloyd’s Register of Ships, 1777–1778. This brig is sometimes referred to as Nontompa.
