[Frigate Boston, at sea, off France]
[June] 18
At 10 am All the Commissioned Officers were summoned to the Cabin & held a Consultation concerning our Cruize, the Capt. having discretionary Orders,1 & they unanimously advised the Destruction of the Fishery on the Banks of Newfoundland.—
D, DLC, Journal of Lieutenant William Jennison, p. 10.
1. See American Commissioners in France to Captain Samuel Tucker, 13 Apr., in NDAR 12: 556–57.