ABSTRACT
C O R R E S P O N D E N C E W I T H T H E O F F I C E R S O F
T H E M A R Y G A L L E Y I N H O M E W A T E R S , 1704
SEVERAL letters, written in October 1704, have been preserved (see Papers 40 to 46 below). These show that Tolson left Gravesend about 16 October and was in the Downs by the 21st. He left the Downs on the 25th and was off Portsmouth on the 26th. He had a tussle with French privateers from Beachy Head to the Isle of Wight on the last of the above days (see his letter, p. 211, and Illustration, No. 10), and was at Spithead, between the Isle of Wight and the mainland, on the 27th. Finally, he left England on 31 October (see Paper 57 below) in company with the Litchfield, man-of-war, for the Cape Verde Islands direct. The above dates are of importance in considering his correspondence with Bowrey while in home waters.
