Master's Journal of H.M.S. Chatham, Captain Toby Caulfield, R.N., November 22, 1777

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November 1777
Friday 21^st.

Moord in Rhode Island Harbour
AM Cleard hawse.
First and Middle fresh Breezes and hazey with rain. the Latter Calm. at ½ past 9 PM came down from Providance a Rebel Cartel with the Syrens Men on board¹
D^o. Sent a boat to row guard.

Saturday 22d

AM Loosed Sails to Dry. D^o. our Flatt Boat Employd Shifting the prisoners from the prison ship to the Cartel.
First & Middle parts Light Airs and Cloudy & Latter Moderate Breezes and Clear. at 3 PM Saild up for Providance the Rebel Cartel. at 8 D^o. Sent a Boat to row guard.

D, UkLPR, Adm. 52/1656.

1. The cartel, commanded by Lt. Brown, with sixty-nine British seamen From Syren and Juno, including fifty-eight seamen and two midshipmen from Syren, sailed from Providence on 19 Nov. for Newport. Rhode Island Council of War to Rear Admiral Sir Peter Parker, 19 Nov. 1777, R-Ar, Letters from the Governor (1768-77), vol. 2, 175; Rear Admiral Sir Peter Parker to Governor Nicholas Cooke, R-Ar, Letters to the Governor (1777-78), vol. 11, 86. The list of prisoners in the cartel is in R-Ar, Council of War Papers: Exchange of Prisoners (1775-81), 116.

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Date

1777 November 22

Volume

Volume 10

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American Theatre from October 1, 1777, to December 31, 1777