Tuesday. July. 28th. 1778. [Port Louis, France] This Day pleasant weather. In the Morning ordered Wm. Granger to be brought to the Gang way & receive 12 Stripes on his naked back; his Crime was taulking amoung the people & makeing them beleive that the Officers on Board had embasseld, some part of the prizes Cargo, & other abuse.—
D, MH-H, Samuel Tucker Papers (MS Am 812), vol. 6 (Log Book of Boston).