Sunday-July-26. 1778. [Port Louis, France]
This day pleasant & moderate Weather, at 4 PM Hans Persons a Seaman on Board departed this Life after being four or five Days sick, all which Time he was Distracted.1
D, MH-H, Samuel Tucker Papers (MS Am 812), vol. 6 (Log Book of Boston).
1. By “Distracted,” Tucker meant in a state of delirium.