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A gornal [JOURNAL] of a voige [VOYAGE] By gods permishon [PERMISSION] in The good Sloop Diamond John Akin Commander from Nantucket To ye [THE] Grand [BANKS?] of Newfound land Remarks on Satdy [Saturday] July ye [THE] [STRUCK OUT] 1765 Dartmouth This day wee [WE] [STRUCK OUT] Came out of Nantucket att [AT] 2 of the clocke [CLOCK] and had an small [???] wee [WE] ancored [ANCHORED] under the point and lay all night and the next morning wee [WE] waied [WEIGHED] ancor [ANCHOR] and pot [PUT] to sea. Wee [WE] had an small Bouies [BUOYS] We stood of [OFF] E by S Att [AT] 10 of ye [THE] Clock wee [WE] saw ye [THE] land boer [BORE] W dist [DISTANT] 6 leagues from which I take My departure [STRUCK OUT] so ends thee [THE] 24 hours all in good health
H [HOUR] | K [KNOT] | HK [HALF KNOT] | COURSE | WINDS | Remarks on Sunday July ye [THE] 7 1765 |
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H [HOUR] | K [KNOT] | HK [HALF KNOT] | COURSE | WINDS | Remarks on Monday July ye [THE] 8 1765 |
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Distance maid [MADE] this 24 hours [STRUCK OUT] miles 68 Latd [LATITUDE] in by observation 41-32 Dif [DIFFERENCE] of Latd [LATITUDE] 17 miles Dif [DIFFERENCE] of Longd [LONGITUDE] 105 M [MILES] Longd in 64-18 [MAID?] distance 193 Miles
This 24 hours ye [THE] first Part [???] had a fine gail [GALE] att [AT] SW and so it [???] but [GAVE?] squall att [AT] 10 of the Clock wee [WE] att [AT] night spoke [???] 4 with John [???] and his [CREW?] who told us that they had [???] a whail [WHALE] and that they had [???] plenty and wee [WE] brought too [TO] and att [AT] 6 of ye [THE] Clock Maid [MADE] last More But could see no whails [WHALES] So Ends this 24 hours
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This 24 hours first Part and Last Part had fine weather and a fine gail [GALE] but The winds head one [PARTT?] att [AT] 6 of the Clock started back again. att [AT] 10 of ye [THE] Clock in the [???] wee [WE] spoake [SPOKE] with Christofare [CHRISTOPHER] [BARNARD?] who told us that They Saw to [TWO] [WHALE?] 2 days before but got none So Ends This 24 hours
Dartmouth July ye [THE] 23 4 fin [BACKS?] of 1/2 6-00
Thomas of Compton his hand and pen he may Bee [BE] good But God Noes [KNOWS] when
Now The winds was fair The seas Calm and [warm? word above "calm and"] Now Comes on My hand ships That I must Part [N?] My dead... But [SE? [SAY]] then from me that I am loyal and true Aand [AND] [SITTING?] [???] I will Bid her adood [ADIEU]
if She Loved Me as I love [HER?] [???] A lover [PUT?] it wee [WE] [SHOU?] To Bee [BE] [???] [KEEP?] too
[LAT?] [???] too [???] [???] these with [???] I [???] [CROSSED-OUT-TEXT]
Thomas Kempton his hand and [???] he May bee [BE] good but God Noes [KNOWS] when
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[CHART FROM PREVIOUS PAGE CONTINUES] Remarks on Wensday [WEDNESDAY] July ye [THE] 10 1765
Hour 2: 4 knots, Course EbN Hour 4: 4 knots, Course EbN Hour 6: 2 1/2 knots, Course No [NORTH] Hour 8: 2 1/2 knots, Course No [NORTH] Hour [10]: 2 knots, Course No [NORTH] Hour [12]: 3 knots, Course No [NORTH] Hour [2]: 1 1/2 knots, Course No [NORTH] Hour [4]: 2 knots, Course No [NORTH] Hour 6: 2 knots, Course No [NORTH] Hour 8: 3 knots, Course EbN Hour 10: 3 1/2 knots, Course EbN Hour 12: 3 1/2 knots, Course EbN
Distance maid [MADE] this 24 hours 72 M [MILES] Dif [DIFFERENCE] of Latd [LATITUDE] 34 Mile [DEPARTEN?] 64 M [MILES] Dif [DIFFERENCE] of Longd [LONGITUDE] 74 M [MILES] Latd [LATITUDE] in by observation L [LATITUDE] 42-34 Longd [LONGITUDE] in 61-39 [MAID?] in distance 341 miles
This 24 hours wee [WE] had a fine gail [GALE] att [AT] SW But Thick of fog att [AT] 12 o Clock wee [WE] had it Calm till 2 of the Clock and then wee [WE] had the wind att [AT] NW But it stood There But abated while att 10 of the clock [???] to W and by S att [AT] 12 cleared away and W wee [WE] had ["the" CROSSED OUT] a celebration and found our selves [OURSELVES] in The Latd [LATITUDE] of 42-35 and saw 13 sail of vessels So ends this 24 hours all in good health
Remarks on Thirs Day [THURSDAY] July Ye [THE] 11 1765
Hour 2: 3 1/2 knots Hour 4: 4 1/2 knots Hour 6: 4 knots Hour 8: 3 knots Hour 10: 3 1/2 knots Hour 12: 4 knots Hour 2: 3 knots Hour 4: 3 knots Hour 6: 2 1/2 knots Hour 8: 2 1/2 knots Hour 10: 2 knots Hour 12: 3 knots
Course Mad [MADE] good This 24 hours E 21-0 N E by N by ye [THE] Compas [COMPASS]
Distance Maid [MADE] This 24 hours 79 Mils [MILES] [DEPARTEN?]73 M [MILES] Dif [DIFFERENCE] of Latd [LATITUDE] 28 M [MILES] Dif [DIFFERENCE] of Longd [LONGITUDE] 84 M [MILES] Latd [LATITUDE] in by observatn [OBSERVATION] 43-3 Longd [LONGITUDE] IN 60-14 Maid [MADE] in Dis [DISTANCE] 420 Mil [MILES]
This 24 hours first Part wee [WE] had a small [BRIAE?] att [AT] fault and five ["GAIL" CROSSED OUT] weather att 6 of ye [THE] Clock att [AT] SSE and Thick fogg [FOG] Weather att [AT] 12 Cleared a litel [LITTLE] att [AT] 4 in the Morn had Clear weather att [AT] 12 had But a poor observation and found our selves [OURSELVES] in Latd [LATITUDE] of 43-3 and [SPARSE?] with a schoonr [SCHOONER]] fom [FROM] flmoth [FALMOUTH] in sight of 8 sail of whail [WHALE] men bound four course So Ends This 24 hours all in good heth [HEALTH]
Remarks on Fryday [FRIDAY] July ye [THE] 12 1765
Hour 2: 4 knots Hour 4: 4 1/2 knots Hour 6: 4 1/2 knots Hour 8: 4 1/2 knots Hour 10: 4 knots Hour 12: 4 1/2 knots Hour 2: 4 1/2 knots Hour 4: 4 1/2 knots Hour 6: 4 knots Hour 8: 4 1/2 knots Hour 10: 6 knots Hour 12: 6 knots
Course: EBN E
Distance Maid [MADE] This 24 hours 114 M [MILES] dif [DIFFERENCE] of Latd [LATITUDE] by ded [DEAD] reckn [RECKON] 28 dif [DIFFERENCE] of Longd [LONGITUDE] 100 La Dopa 80 Latd [LATITUDE] is by ded [DEAD] Reck [RECKONING] 43-20 Longd [LONGITUDE] is 57-4[0?] Miad [MADE] in Distance 5340 Mils [MILES]
This 24 hours first part wee [WE] had the wind att [AT] SSW and thick weather att [AT] 12 a Clock [O'CLOCK] had Run awhile 3 of the Clock att [AT] 4 of The Clock in The morn The wind started att [AT] west we got our Try sail [TRYSAIL] up and drow [DRAW/DRAWING] her The wind att [AT] West [A LEADING?] gail [GALE] our galint [GALLANT] ship did Jauntly [JAUNTILY] [SAIL?] stedy [STEADY] along she will Never fail she is mand [MANNED] with Brito Boyes [BOYS?] so ends This 24 hours all well
Remarks on Satuday [SATURDAY] July ye [THE] 13 1765
Hour 2: 4 1/2 knots Hour 4: 6 1/2 knots Hour 6: 6 1/2 knots Hour 8: 6 1/2 knots Hour 10: 7 1/2 knots Hour 12: 7 knots Hour 2: 7 knots Hour 4: 7 knots Hour 6: 4 knots Hour 8: 5 1/2 knots Hour 10: 6 1/2 knots Hour 12: 7 knots
Corse [COURSE] maid [MADE] good [???] N
Dis Maid [MADE] This 24 hours 153 M [MILES] [DEPARTON?] 150 M [MILES] Diff [DIFFERENCE] of Lat [LATITUDE] 11 Diff [DIFFERENCE] of Long [LONGITUDE] 220 Latd [LATITUDE] is [DEVISED] by Observ [OBSERVATION] 43-31 Longd [LONGITUDE] is 44-00 Maid [MADE] in distance 687 M [MILES]
This 24 hours first Part wee [WE] had fine gail [GALE] att [AT] SW and towards Night griw [GREW] thick att [AT] 10 of ye [THE] [???] took a dubel [DOUBLE] [NEWS?] att [AT] 12 Raind [RAINED] and [GREW] squally att [AT] 4 modrated [MODERATED]and ["ATT" CROSSED OUT] 5 a The wind shifted to NNW att [AT] 6 saw a sail to the leward [LEEWARD] of us att AM spoake [SPOKE] with them which PM [AROUND?] So be Charles saw [ANN?] told us That he had Torn his main sail wery [VERY] Bad So Ends This 24 hours
Remarks on Sunday July Ye [THE] 14 1765 Hour 2: 6 1/2 knots EBN Hour 4: 5 knots Hour 6: 5 knots Hour 8: 3 knots SE B S Hour 10: 4 knots Hour 12: 3 1/2 knots SSE Hour 2: 3 knots Hour 4: 3 knots SBE Hour 6: 3 knots NE Hour 8: 3 knots [CORNER OF PAGE IS TORN OFF]
Winds Dist [DISTANCE] maid [MADE] This 24 hours 60 Corse [COURSE] E 5M N Dif [DIFFERENCE] of Latd [LATITUDE] 5M [MILES] Dif [DIFFERENCE] of Longd [LONGITUDE] 82M [MILES] Latd [LATITUDE] is Bi [BY] observation 43-36 Longd [LONGITUDE] is 52-38 Miaid [MADE] in Dis [DISTANCE] 747
This 24 hours wee [WE] had Ruged [RUGGED] weather att [AT] 8 of the Clock The wind shifted NNE and from Ther to NE and grew very Cold at of the Clock had SW wind att ESE we saw a ded [DEAD] whail [WHALE] But she was spilt att [AT] 12 o Clock had a OBservation found our selves in Latd [LATITUDE] of 43-36 So Ends This 24 hours all well
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Remarks on Monday July Ye [THE] 15 1765 [NO DATA IN HOURLY WIND SPEED CHARTS FOR THE ENTIRE PAGE]
Corse [COURSE] Maid [MADE] this 24 hrs Past from NE to N
Winds: This Day I judge my self in the Longd [LONGITUDE] of Cape [BRANCO?] Longd 51-52 wee [WE] have had no observation this day nor kept No run of her going
This 24 hours first Part wee [WE] had the wind [WAY IN ORR ABOUT?] from E to SE att [AT] 5 o the Clock wee [WE] sounded and got botom [BOTTOM] and found That wee [WE] was upon the grand Bank wee [WE] stood to the North Est [EAST] had Thick weather att [AT] 6 of ye [THE] Clock in The morn hove too [TO] and Cort [CAUGHT] 5 cod fish and saw five sail of ships some to [TWO] on or [our] [CORSE?] and some wind w [WINDWARD] sail att [AT] 12 of The Clock saw too [TWO] sloops to ye [THE] Northward of us which we Cold [CALLED] wailmen [WHALEMEN] att [AT] 12 had A [MIS?] of [CHONDASE?] So Ends This 24 Hours
Remarks on Tusday [TUESDAY] July ye [THE] 16 1765
Corse [COURSE] maid [MADE] this 24 h [HOURS] [FROM?] 12 to 1 Stood to the North then went about stood of [OFF] to ye [THE] W. EbS til 12 the next day
Winds: this 24 hours The winds has [HONTD?] from ESE to WbS Latd [LATITUDE] in by observ [OBSERVATION] 44-56 Dif [DIFFERENCE] of Latd [LATITUDE] sance [SINCE] The Last obseraition [OBSERVATION] 85 Miles
This 24 hours first part we spyed [SPIED] foor [FOUR] Cod fish but Could Catch None att [AT] 1 of The Clock went about and lay up EbS The winds stil [STILL] houls [HAULS] to the Northward and att 4 of ye [THE] Clock wind NW and wee [WE] stood of [OFF] To the Eastward att [AT] am of ye [the] Clock wee [WE] sounded had 30 fathoms of warter [WATER] att [AT] had an observation found our selves in Lattd [LATITUDE] of 44-56 Capt [CAPTAIN] 45-01 This day saw several sail of vessels a fishen [FISHING] some of Them wee [WE] cold [CALLED] fench [FRENCH] and some English
Remarks on Wensday [WEDNESDAY] July ye [THE] 17 1765
Corse [COURSE] maid [MADE] This 24 hours EBS By ye [THE] Compas [COMPASS] ["THOMAS THOM TOM" WRITTEN IN THIS COLUMN AFTER SHEET HAD BEEN TURNED TO A LANDSCAPE ORIENTATION]
Winds froum [FROM] West to SW Latd [LATITUDE] 45-16 Dif [DIFFERENCE] of Latd [LATITUDE] 20 M [MILES]
This 24 hours have had good weather and att [AT] 12 of the Night sounded had 25 fan [FATHOMS] att [AT] 4 sounded had [???] att [AT] 6 In the Morn had 50 and Sand 8 sail of sail [WHALE] Min [MEN] att [at] 12 had an obesn [OBSERVATION] found ourselves in Latd [LATITUDE] of 45-16 Capt [CAPTAIN] AC [ACCOUNT] 45-26 So End This 24 H [HOURS]
Remarks on Thurdy Day [THURSDAY] July ye [THE] 18 1765
Winds this 24 hhs [HOURS] of W att [AT] 6 past NW Brought too [TO] and Lay under a trysail with our head to the South we arr [ARE] att [AT] 5 N The Morn maid [MADE] sail and Run To The NN E Very Thick Weatr [WEATHER]
This 24 hours first part wee [WE] had fine W [???] att [AT] 2 past maid [MADE] in spoake [SPOKE] with Ruben [Rufe?] and John Pinkham att [AT] 8 thick fog [THIS?] of [???] [???] saw 10 sail of wail [WHALE] men and one ship had fine weather But thick so ends this 24 hhs [HOURS] all in good health Thomas [HEMPTON?] Thomas
Remarks on Fryday [FRIDAY] July ye [THE] 19 1765
Windy this 24 hhs I saw thick of fog had no observation this 24 hhs
This 24 hours first part and last part had smooth weather but thick of fog att [AT] 6 past Meridin [MERIDIAN] sounded got Botom [BOTTOM] had 80 fathomm of water histed [HOISTED] the gibb [JIB] and forsail [FORESAIL] stod [STOOD] of [OFF] to ye [THE] Eastward att [AT] night [LAY?] [LANDED?] topsail and forsail [FORESAIL] to ye [THE] southward [AND?] Eward [EASTWARD] att [AT] 10 M hould [HAULED] down our foarsail [FORESAIL] so ends this 24 hhs
Remarks on Saturday July 20 1765 winds this 24 hhs [HOURS] had ye [THE] wind from SW to [NW?] att [AT] 10 [HAULED?] our for [FORE] sail Lay about [JIG?] westward att [AT] had an observation found latd 44-57
This 24 hhs [HOURS] had thick of fog att [AT] 4 past Meridin [MERIDIAN] saw too [TWO] sail to the Westward of us att [AT] 6 past Meridin [MERIDIAN] spoake [SPOKE] with [THREE?] who [???] to be fromm [FROM] [???] and his [CONSORT?] the weather [HELM?] very thick att [AT] [AM?] the morn saw an island of ise [ICE] to ye [THE] NE of us so ends the 24 [???]
Remarks on Sunday July ye [THE] 21 1765 Thomas Kempton [rest of sentence too blurry to read] Thomas Kempton this day spoake [SPOKE] with John Bacot and [SOLOMAN?] [FOLGER?] who had got [???] [???] [HAIL?] [???] [???] [???]
Winds: has shifted from SW to N say with W head to ye [THE] westward to and all night att [AT] 10 of ye [THE] clock ye [THE] wind shifted from NW to N day about W with our head to ye [THE] Eastward
this 24 hhs att [AT] 12 saw 6 sail of sloops spoake [SPOKE] with John Bacot and his consort who had got one whail [WHALE] between them in sight of ye [THE] Isl [ISLAND] of ise [ICE] the weather to be very thik [THICK] of fog att [AT] of [???] night had rain till 4 in ye [THE] morn to att [AT] 6 saw 3 sail of sloops att [AT] 10 [HEAVED?] [SHIP?] from SW to N wee [WE] woar [WORE] ship and stod [STOOD] of [OFF] to ye [THE] Eastward att [AT] 11 saw a school f [PILERS?] and had an observation found our selves in Lat of 46 + 20 so ends this 24 hhs all well but Capt AKen [AIKEN] has got a bad cold