Remarks on Board the Boston Saturday Augst. 8th. 1778-
This morning at 3 oClock—weighed Anchor at St. Nazarie1 in Company with Capt. Whipple of the Providence & 8 Sails of Ships & other Vessells, under our Convoy; we being bound to Brest. with the Intention of Joyning Capt. Simpson2 in the Ranger Ship, & their thank God, there will be Two frigates & a Sloop of War, belonging to the thirteen united states together—& I hope Heaven will send us success in the Cruise; & that we all may return to America, plentifully loaded, with his devine Goodness.- at 8- AM. The Tower of Crozix3 beares NE½E— distance 15 Miles, the Commodore4 & all the Fleet in sight.
Latt ⅌ Obs: 46.59. No-
D, MH-H, Samuel Tucker Papers (MS Am 812), vol. 6 (Log Book of Boston).
1. That is, Saint-Nazaire.
2. Lt. Thomas Simpson, commanding Continental Navy ship Ranger.
3. That is, Le Croisic, France.
4. That is, Capt. Abraham Whipple who assumed the rank of commodore because, as senior captain, he commanded this flotilla.
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