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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 931 | Adams, John | Feb. 15. Sunday. | 1778-02-15 | This Morning weigh’d the last Anchor, and came under Sail, before Breakfast. A fine Wind, and a... | |
| 932 | Adams, John | 1778. Feb. 16. Monday. | 1778-02-16 | Another Storm for our Mortification—the Wind at N.E. and the Snow so thick that the Captain... | |
| 933 | Adams, John | 17. Tuesday. | 1778-02-17 | I set a Lesson to my Son in Chambauds French Grammar and asked the Favour of Dr. Noel to shew him... | |
| 934 | Adams, John | 1778. Feb. 18. Wednesday. | 1778-02-18 | Last night, about Sunsett We sailed out of Marblehead Harbour, and have had a fine Wind, from... | |
| 935 | Adams, John | Feb. 19. Thursday. | 1778-02-19 | Arose at 4 O Clock. The Wind and Weather still fair. The Ship rolls less than Yesterday, and I... | |
| 936 | Adams, John | Feb. 20. Fryday. | 1778-02-20 | In the Morning nothing to be seen, but soon after another Sail discovered ahead, which is... | |
| 937 | Adams, John | Feb. 21. Saturday, 22. Sunday, and 23d. Monday. | ≈1778-02-21 | Exhibited such Scaenes as were new to me. We lost Sight of our Enemy it is true but We found our... | |
| 938 | Adams, John | Tuesday 24. Wednesday 25. Thursday 26. | ≈1778-02-24 | Tuesday We spyd a Sail and gave her Chase. We overhawled her, and upon firing a Gun to Leeward,... | |
| 939 | Adams, John | 1778. Feb. 26. Thursday. | 1778-02-26 | I have made many Observations, in the late bad Weather, some of which I do not think it prudent... | |
| 940 | Adams, John | Feb. 27. Fryday. | 1778-02-27 | A Calm. As soft and warm as Summer. A Species of black Fish, which our officers call Beneaters,... | |
| 941 | Adams, John | 1778. Feb. 28. Saturday. | 1778-02-28 | Last Night and this Day We have enjoyed a fine easy Breeze. The Ship has had no Motion but... | |
| 942 | Adams, John | [March 1778] | ≈1778-03-01 | Discovered that our Mainmast was sprung in two Places—one beneath the Main Deck, where if the... | |
| 943 | Adams, John | 1778. March 1. Sunday. | 1778-03-01 | Discovered that our Mainmast was sprung in two Places—one beneath the Main Deck, where if the... | |
| 944 | Adams, John | March 2. Monday. | 1778-03-02 | A fine Wind still and a pleasant Morning. The Colour of the Water which is green, not blue as it... | |
| 945 | Adams, John | 1778. March 3. Tuesday. | 1778-03-03 | Our Wind continued brisk and fresh all the last Night, and this Morning. Our Course is about N.E.... | |
| 946 | Adams, John | 1778. March 4. Wednesday. | 1778-03-04 | Fair Weather, but an Adverse Wind, from the N.E., which ob liges Us to go to the Southward of the... | |
| 947 | Adams, John | March 5. Thursday. | 1778-03-05 | This Morning We have the pleasantest Prospect we have yet seen —a fine easy Breeze, from the... | |
| 948 | Adams, John | 1778. March 6. Fryday. | 1778-03-06 | The Wind continued in the same Point, about S outh all Night, and the Ship has gone 9 Knotts upon... | |
| 949 | Adams, John | March 7. Saturday. | 1778-03-07 | The same prosperous Wind, and the same beautifull Weather continue. We proceed in our Course at... | |
| 950 | Adams, John | 1778. March 8. Sunday. | 1778-03-08 | The same Wind and Weather continues, and We go at 7 and 1/2 and 8 Knots. We are supposed to be... | |
| 951 | Adams, John | 1778. March 9. Monday. | 1778-03-09 | Last Night the Wind shifted to the N. West, and blew fresh. It is now still fairer for Us than... | |
| 952 | Adams, John | Saturday. March 14. | 1778-03-14 | I have omitted inserting the Occurrences of this Week, on Account of the Hurry and Confusion, We... | |
| 953 | Adams, John | 1778. March 19. Thursday. | 1778-03-19 | I have scarcely been able to stand, or sit, without holding fast, with both my Hands, upon some... | |
| 954 | Adams, John | March 20 Fryday. | 1778-03-20 | Yester Afternoon, the Weather cleared up, and the Wind came about very fair. We had a great Run,... | |
| 955 | Adams, John | 21. Saturday. | 1778-03-21 | Five Weeks Yesterday, since my Embarkation. This Morning an heavy Wind, and high Sea. We go E.S.E. | |
| 956 | Adams, John | 27. Fryday. | 1778-03-27 | On Wednesday Evening Mr. Barons died, and Yesterday was committed to the Deep, from the Quarter... | |
| 957 | Adams, John | March 28. Saturday. | 1778-03-28 | Last night and this Morning We were in the thoroughfare of all the Ships from Bourdeaux. We had... | |
| 958 | Adams, John | 1778. March 29. Sunday. | 1778-03-29 | Becalmed all last Night. This Morning a vast Number of Sails in Sight. St. Martins, and Oleron in... | |
| 959 | Adams, John | March 30. Monday. | 1778-03-30 | This Morning at 5, the Officer came down and told the Captain that a lofty Ship was close by Us,... | |
| 960 | Adams, John | March 31. Tuesday. | 1778-03-31 | Lying in the River of Bourdeaux, near Pouliac. A 24 Gun Ship close by Us, under French Colours,... |