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[pre-printed sticker:] LOG BOOK. STEAM WHALER [handwritten:] Jessie H. Freeman VOYAGE[....] SEASON [80?]
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[pre-printed sticker:] Old Dartmouth WHALING MUSEUM LIBRARY Historical Society
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detailed sketch of a young woman upside down on the page another sketch, unidentified subject, at the top of the page a few scribblings and arithmetic totals on the page
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[This page contains 3 hand drawn sketches of three men and a few other unidentifiable scribblings]
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Thursday 1894 March 8
Jessie H. Freeman started on her voyage North having on board a [- - -] Twenty two Seamen five boat steerers two engineers, eighttwo firemen, Cook Steward Cabin and mess cabin boys, Captain wife and child. At 8.30 p.m passed out of the Heads wind N.W. and Westerly Sea running. I took a good last look at S. F and wonder how soon I shall see the City again. Friday March 9th Comes in fine weather. Head sea on and N.W. Wind. Passed a number of South bound vessels. Started Steam--
Saturday March 10th Wind same as yesterday Sunday March 11th Cloudy Weather moderate Breeze [-] Monday March 12th Cloudy weather, light N.W. wind Bar 31.0
Tuesday March 13th Cloudy weather, Under Steam light westerly wind. Lat by Observation 41.08 Long byChron-- 130.88 west
Wednesday March 14th Rain and strong S.S.W. wind head Sea [on?]
Thursday March 15th Rain with strong S.W. wind. Under [steam?] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES: Line 5: some words too faint, illegible. Lines 14-16: actually starts on Line 11 to left of text.
Line 7: firemen are the personnel who tend to the boiler fires and were sometimes referred top as stokers. This vessel is equipped with a boiler fired propulsion plant.
Line 9: passed out of the entrance to San Francisco Bay.
Line 31: Longitude by chronometer
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topsail Bar 29.68 Lat 43º.00 Long 131.24 W
Friday March 6 th Fine weather but squalls with slight rain at midnight strong gale wind S.S.W. Saturday March 17 th Thick weather with rain, moderate gale from S.W. Bar 29.85
Sunday March 18th Strong gale wind, high westerly Sea Bar 35.20 Strong gale throughout this twenty four hour
Monday March 19 th Strong westerly gale high sea running
Tuesday March 20th Comes in with strong E gale and a [cross?] sea running.
Wednesday March 21st Thick fog and light westerly wind Big Sea on from S.E.
[C Sar?] I have made my entries from the Captains Log, as thus far the voyage has not been of much interest. The first week we were all sea-sick and throughly miserable and it was no consolation to hear from all that the Jesse H Freeman is a splendid Seaboat in as much as she holds her course well & is very [dry?]. Dorothy overcame her