[Frigate Boston, Bordeaux]
[May] 11
Went ashore in search of Deserters & at 12 caught 2 Seamen who had been absent three weeks—sent them on board & dined ashore with Mr. Bates1 & Mr. Tucker the Capts. Brother2— In the Evening went to the Playhouse with them and saw the Deserter acted—3
D, DLC, Journal of Lieutenant William Jennison, p. 9.
1. Benjamin Bates, sailing master of Boston.
2. That is, Benjamin Tucker, acting master of Boston.
3. The comic opera Le Déserteur by Pierre Alexandre Monsigny.
