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[H.M.S. Juno at sea off Cape Ann and Cape Cod] On the 26th [July] a cask of molasses was taken out of a prize for each of the three ships companies, and eight casks of limes were divided among them; the Orpheus had one half of the limes, as her people were the most sickly with fever and scurvy. I got 18 bottles of small French wine for the use of the sick.
On the 28th, I put three gallons of lime...
Date: 26 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
[H.M.S. Juno in Narragansett Bay] On the 13th [August] we arrived at Rhode-Island; — the people of the Orpheus continued sickly all the voyage. The dysentery began now to attack the people. I sent to sick quarters on the 14th, one with fever, three with Hux, one with bad cough, and three with scurvy. From the 14th the list varied frequently until the end of the month. — On the 28th, one with...
Date: 13 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9