[Frigate Boston at sea]
This 24 hours begins with hard gales and Close weather Runing Under foresail att 2 PM I thought Propper to haul the foresail up handed it Lay by under Mizen att 3 do got down T Gallant yards att 4 do Carred away the Slings & Chain of the Missen Yard furld the Mizen and Sat the Mizen Staysail Midle Part Continues fresh gales att 4 AM Something moderate made Sail and began to Repair the Rigng in being much Shatred in the gale att 6 do Saw a Sail to the NE Runing to the Southward and westward I Stood on to the Southward & Eastward about half an hour She Crost me about a League to windward I Suposed her to be a french marchantman bound to america I then Wore Ship made Sail and Persewed her for fear She Should not be one of them I found I Came up with Chace Very fast I Perceivd She had Sat all the Sail she Possibly Could I then Crow[d]ed Sail about 11 AM it Came full of Rain and I Lost Sight of her for two or three hours—Here Ends this day—
No Observation
D, MH-H, Samuel Tucker Papers (fMS Am 812), vol. 6 (Log Book of Boston).
1. This entry runs from noon of 22 Feb. to noon of 23 Feb., following sea time.