[H.M.S. Blenheim, Plymouth Harbor, 1777]
9th [May] Josias Smith taken by the Albion in the Franklin [sic Montgomery] with Capt Rowe this Day Obtained Liberty to come on board to see His Brother Samll who was Chirurgeon to the Da[lt]on 2
1. MeHS.
2. "May 9. Josiah Smith (Bro to our surgeon) came on board to see him. He was taken by the Albion in the ship Franklin, Jos. Row, commander, from Newburyport, bound to France, and sent to this port. This day Mr. Smith obtained his liberty from the board, as he was only a passenger with Capt. Row. Capt. Row obtained his own and brother's liberty after he was brought in here, which was ori tile 18th of March ... We are not treated so well on board this ship as we were on board the Burford, or even any other ship we have been on board. Mr. [Paul] Brustis, the first lieutenant of the Raisonable, is second lieutenant here, by which means we are severly treated. He was accessory to our being robbed by the Raisonable's company. At sunset we are turned down to the lower gun deck, under a guard of six sentries, and locked down till 8 o'clock in the m,orning." "Cutler's Journal," New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, XXXII, 185.