[Frigate Boston, Port Louis, France]
[July] 7
at 8 am I was ordered to attend Capt. Tucker to L’Orient on Account of the Marines—At 1 PM. went to the Broker’s1 & dined, & recieved 6 Crowns of him—At 8 pm the Brittania2 arrived, captd. June 23—
D, DLC, Journal of Lieutenant William Jennison, p. 12.
1. The broker was a Mr. Field.
2. For details on the brig Britannia and its capture, see Journal of the Continental Navy Frigate Boston, 23 June, above.