[Gironde] du mercredy 8eme [octobre]
les vents pendant la nuit ont été au sudsudest, le matin ils ont passé a lest, et cette aprés midy ils sont au nordest. ce matin a cinq heures la prise faite par les insurgents a appareillié.1
[Translation]
[Gironde River] Wednesday, 8 October
The winds during the night were to the southsoutheast, in the morning they passed to the east, and this afternoon they are to the northeast. This morning at 5 o'clock the prize made by the insurgents sailed.1
D, FrPNA, Marine B4 147, fol. 285.
1. Mercury, prize to New Hampshire privateer ship Portsmouth, John Hart.