by John Marshall

“ I should hope that your native air, and the comforts you meet with at home, may soon restore your health; after which, when opportunity offers, I shall be very happy to have again the pleasure of seeing you on board the Courageux, or any other ship I may command. ”

“ During the mutiny in the North Sea fleet, a merchant vessel that had been boarded and plundered by the ships at the Nore, arrived off Gravesend with information that the delegates, although in the habit of searching and stripping every vessel attempting to pass them, not being able to procure a sufficient supply of provisions, had determined to take the fleet over to an enemy’s port, and had already commenced getting up their yards and top -masts in preparation for sailing. ”

“ Daniel received an appointment to act as a Lieutenant on board the Magnificent 74, which ship was soon after ordered to convoy a valuable fleet from Jamaica to England, where she arrived in a sinking state, after a tempestuous passage of thirteen weeks, during which she was obliged to be frequently fathered, and her crew became so completely exhausted as to fall down at the pumps [4] . ”

“ During the Dutch armament, in 1787, Lieutenant Daniel was employed in raising men for the fleet at a rendezvous in London; after which he remained on half-pay till 1790, when he served for a short time on board the Illustrious 74, commanded by Sir C. M. Pole. His next appointment was in Mar. 1793, to the Courageux of similar force, in which ship he assisted at the occupation of Toulon by the forces under Lord Hood [6] , and had his left leg broken, besides receiving three severe contusions in the head, breast, and left foot, whilst engaging the batteries and towers near St. ”