Journal of John Palmer, Connecticut Privateer Sloop Revenge, August 1, 1778

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Saterday the 1 Day of August 1778

This morning foggy and at 9 am it Brook away and a Lite Bres¹ We discoverd the fleet We hove up and Stood after them— the armed Brig and We Exchang^d five or Six Shot and then hove about and We Stood to the Easterd and at PM maids a Sail of[f] in the of[f]ing We Gave Chaise to her and the Beaver.² With us[:] She Was Was a Sloop But Night Comming on We Lost Sight of her We Standing of[f] and on all Night So ends this 24 hower

D, CtMyMHi, The John Palmer Papers, Coll. 53, Manuscripts Collection. It is not certain what position Palmer held in Revenge but part of his duty may have been captain's clerk since a portion of the log of Revenge, also in Palmer's hand, is with this journal.

1. That is, light breeze.

2. Connecticut Privateer sloop Beaver, Capt. William Havens, commanding, carried 12 guns, a crew of 65, and was owned by Joseph Trumbull, John and Samuel Broome, and John Livingston. Middlebrook, Maritime Connecticut, 2: 54.

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1778 August 1

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American Theater, June 1 to August 15, 1778

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