Monthly Archives: October 2012

8ber 1st put out of the shoare 3 in the morning. not able to weather Jersey came in \again/ by 8 of the clock in morning 8ber 4 put out from Gern[1] a 2d time and ar[rive]d at anc[h]or before St Malo that night [1] Guernsey

From St. Malo to Rennes by Messenger. 10 leag[ues][1] [1] He then proceeded by “messenger” or by the postal coach to Rennes.  Distance was commonly measured in “leagues.” On land, the league was most commonly defined as three miles (about 4.8 km), although the length of a “mile” could vary from place to place and at […]