Nancy (Brig) of Rochester, Nathan Briggs, NBW_1450

1810 Remarks on Board the Nancy York ________________________________________________ New York Sunday April the 1^st ________________________________________________ This Day begins with a hard Rane Storm Wind variable. Wrote two Letters To Send Home the one to Betsey Briggs and the Other to My Parents in which I enclosed two Bank Bills on the Manhattan Company, one was N^o. 12719 the other 12752 Gave them both to M^r. N. Cuishion to [Conveigh?], This Day Dined with M^rs. [Hilmes?] Paid her for Board and Washing --- $3..60 --- Spent 12⅛ So end the Day with a Clear and Serene Sky ________________________________________________ [Write?] the 16^th of February 1811 in Norway at Midnite. Blowing a Gale of Wind from the North West. attended with Snow, and Severe Cold, how unhappy is the Life of a Sailor ________________________________________________ Seth Barlow of Rochester Massachusetts North America

1810 Remarks on Board the Nancy at NewYork, ________________________________________________ New York Monday April the 2^nd ________________________________________________ This Day Pleasant Weather, Wind S S W. Imployed in Mending Sailes, fitted a Pare of Topsail, Sheets Bent the ForeSail Trysail Jib Both New Sailes, also bent the foretopmast Staysail and Main Staysails, got the Sprisal yard athwart, in the forenoon 2 Men to Work on Board Lashing Warter and Getting Down the Dyrick Just at Nite Sent up the Main top Gallant Yard, and handed all the Sails fore and Aft. This Evening bough for the Voyage One Pair of thickleather Shoes -- $1,,25 One Pare of thin Shoes -- -------------2,,11 One Quire of Writing Paper --------- 0,,25 Two Stone Pencils for Slaites -- -----0,,03 One Jack Nife -- --------------------------0,,25 One Pen Nife -- ---------------------------0,,37 One Short Sailors Jacket -- ------------5,,50 One Pair of Trowsers -- ---------------- 3,,50 One Vest -- ----------------------------------2,,50 One Pair of Drawers -- ------------------1,,00 One Hankerchief -- ----------------------0,,37 One Skein of Thread ------------------- 0,,25 Three lbs of Tobbacco at 25 per lb -0,,75 One Bunch of Sigars -- -----------------0,,25 One Matterass -- -------------------------4,,50 Capt Briggs Cleared out for Gottenburg, Also Shiped two Men for 20 Dollors per Month, which Makes the Whole Ships Ships Crew So ends the Day Mr Hillar gone withe the Ladies to play

1810 Remarks on board the Nancy N York New York April Teusday 3^rd

This Day Cloudy with Some SNOW Wind N, E, Imployed in Mending the foretop Gallant Sail, Got the yard athwart, Broke out the Cabbin and Stowed anew, Took on Board the remainder of our Warter Over hauled a range of our Best Bower Cable, Cockbiled the anchor, and [tossed?] the lower Yards Received of ALLEN DEXTER $3 for Money lent got clear Decks fore and aft ready for Sea, Spent $11..12 took of Board for Ships Use 1 Box of Herring For a Pare of Shoes [tasuing?] [-] 00..75 To Money paid M^iss Holmes- - - - - - - -Washing 00..75 This evening Wrote 3 LETTERS for Rochester one to M^iss Parents One to M^r C. Brownell and the third to M^iss Betsey Briggs A Gun Brig Dropt Down - So ends the DAY All alive on Board the Nancy ____________________________________________________________________________________ New York Apil 4th Fresh Winds at the North Eastward at 8 P.M. the Pilot Came on Board and took Charge at ½ past 10 Cast of from the Wharf, in Compay of a Brig bound out at noon Abrest of the Hopital or Quarentine Ground Bought this Day 1 Pare of Yarn Stocking- - - - - - $1..00 1 Pare of Worsted Do 1..00 1 Pare of Mittens Wrote a few LETTERS Gave them to the Pilot to Carry to York So ends the Day all well.

A JOURNAL of a Voyage from NEW YORK, Towards GOTTENBOURG,

Began Monday March 26 ^th AD 1810, kept on board the good Brig NANCY of Rochester kept by SETH BARLOW

Remarks April 5 Thursday

These 24 Good weather at 2 A.M. the Pilot left us in Company with a Ship and Brig and Several Small Craft Past a Sloop at anchor on the fishing Ground, at 8 P.M. the Lite bore NW by West from which I take my Departure it being in the Latitude of 40_''25N Longitude 74 West, at 10 lost Site of the Lite.

Jibed Ship and Shifted [St?] Sailes

all hands Imployed in Stowing and lashing things, put the Cables below two Sail in Site Variation ½ Point W

H2 Winds N.N.E. H4 Courses SE. by E. H6 H8 K1 Winds S.E. H10 K2 H12 K2 H2 K3 H4 K3 Winds S.W. H6 K3 Courses E. H8 K3 Winds W. H10 K2 H12 K2 Winds W.Nw _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Course S 75.E, Dis. 51, D.L. 13, Dep 49, L by Ob 40_''12, L by A. 40_''12, M.D. 49, L.M. 1_''4, Lon. In 72_''56

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Remarks April 6 ^th Fryday This Day Good Weather Part Cloudy took in Studing Sails

Moderate People Imployed in mending Sailes Fresh Breezes and Clear Saw a Ship Standing to NE

Passed a Sloop and Schooner bound to the Northard, took in fortopgallant Sail Variation ½ P.W.

H2 K1 1/2 ½ Winds S Courses EbyS H4 K1 1/2 ½ H6 K2 Winds W.S.W. H8 K1 1/2 ½ H10 K2 Courses SE½E H12 K2 Winds E.N.E. H2 K2 1/2 ½ Courses ES.E H4 K3 1/2 ½ H6 K4 1/2 ½ H8 K4 Courses S.E. H10 K3 1/2 ½ H12 K3 1/2 ½ Winds N.E. Courses E by S.

Course S 68 E, Dis 59, D.L. 26, Dep 53 , L by Ob 39.40, L by A 39_''47, M.D. 2_''33, L.M. 1_''9, L. In 71_''50