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Having appointed you Captain of His Majesty's Ship Flora at Chatham, which we have order'd to be fitted and stored at that Place for Foreign Service, mann'd with Two Hundred Men and victualled for six Months with all Species of Provisions except Beer, of which she is to be have as much as she can conveniently stow, and to be supplied with a proportion of Wine or Spirits in lieu of the remainder;...
Date: 5 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
After passing the Ship under your Command last Monday, I continued the Chace of the Rebel Frigate the rest of the day, with all the Sail I could croud; but I gained so little upori her by Wind, that I was extremely apprehensive I should lose Sight of her when Night came on, an Hour before Sun-set however she kept away large, and about Midnight, I got within Musquet Shot of her, but it was nine o'...
Date: 13 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9