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[1779-12-04]
A middling breeze from the SW. ...

Mon 6th. -

[1779-12-06]
This morning my brother Charles ...

Sun. 5th.

Docno: DQA01d026

Author: JQA
Date: 1779-12-05
A middling breeze from the S.W. We replaced our guns. We took in the Main, and forsails in order to get the Anchors ready. The Captain expects to spy Land tuesday.
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2007.
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