Monday Augst. 3d. 1778.-
This Day comes in with pleasant weather, at 7 in the Morning weigh’d anchor, at 9. a Branch Pilot1 came on Board, at Noon anchored, carried the Ketch anchor, in Warping the Ship the towline broke & the Anchor lost, made sail for the River,2 at 5. PM. anchored oposite the lowermost light House, at 7 weigh’d anchor again & at 8 Anchored opposite a Town called St. Nazarie.3 Capt. Whipple came on Board & I returned with him on Board his Ship4
D, MH-H, Samuel Tucker Papers (MS Am 812), vol. 6 (Log Book of Boston).
1. A “Branch Pilot” was one holding a certificate of competency.
2. That is, the Loire River.
3. That is, Saint-Nazaire, France.
4. Capt. Abraham Whipple commanded the Continental Navy frigate Providence.