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Deare [DEAR] [PAGGY?] since the single state you've left and chose you're selfe a mate Since Metamorphased to A wife And bliss and woes insured for Life I findly [???] the why Would shew [SHOW] to gain gain the Bliss and miss the woe But first of All I must Suppose you with mature affection chose And this [???] i think you may Heare find to married Bliss the way Small is the province of A Wife And Narrow is her Sphere of Life With in that Speare to move [ARRIGH?] Should Be her principle Delight To Gide the house with prudant Care And properly to Spend and Spare To make her Husband Bless the Day He gave his Liberty Away To form the tender infant mind Those are the tasks to Wives assigned Then Never think Domistic [DOMESTIC] Care Beneath the Notice of the faire But Daily that affaires inspect That naught Be wasted by Neglect Be frugal plenty round you seem And Allways keep the Golden mien Be Allways Clean but Seldom fine Let Desent Neateness Round you Shine If one fair [???] be fled Love soon Departs the [?] Bed Not [???] you're house But Neate And Clean In all things there's a proper mine Sum [SOME?] of our [SEN?] may take in this Too Anxious [???] some to Remis The Early Days of early Life Are oft [???] by Childish Strife Then be at youre [???] Care To keep that season Bright and Fare
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A Journal of [???] [???] Voyage By Gods [???] from Nantucket Towards the Bahamas On a [???] [???] Benjamin Paddock Jr. Master in the good Sloop Dolphin February the 23 1790
Tuseday February 23 1790 At 7 o Clock in the morning Set Saile at Nantucket wharf with a Small Brease of wind at ESE and At 7 at Night we Came to ancar [anchor] in [?] So Ends this Day
Wednesday [?] 24 First part of this 24 Hours Hard [?] at ESE Latter Part wind at SSW Very Squaly[?] and [?] Rains at 6 pm We Moreed [moored] our vessel So Ends this 24 Hours Still Log at [?]
Thirsday [?] 25 first part of this 24 Hours thik of fog wind at W Latter part fine weather Capt Longe and Capt [?] and Capt Cartright Have up and went to Woods Hole Saw Nothing Else Remarkable So Ends This 24 Hours all well on Board
Friday February [?} 26 First part of this 24 Hours got on Board [?] potatoes Latter part we got 4 Hands and have [?] and [?] to [?] Cove fine weather Wind at WNW So Ends This 24
Saterday [?] 27 [?] at the Cove Wind [?] Latter part fine Brease of wind at NNE we [?] oure ancor and went to see [?] [?] SW[?] So Ends this 24 Hours all well on Board
Sunday February [?] 28 First part of this 24 Hours Small Winds and [?] Saw Nothing Remarkable Latter part fine weather Saw a Brig [?] to the Northwards So Ends this 24 Hours Lattd in By Obs 38.[?]
Monday March [?] 1 First part of this 24 Hours Fresh Gaile at W took in oure [?] Boat took in oure mainesaile [?] Still Set topsaile and foresaile Latter part fine weather Wind [?]N Saw Northing Remarkable So Ends This 24 Hours Latt [?]
Tueseday [?] First Part of this 24 Hours Small winds and [?] [?] of Rain Latter part [?] gails at N [?] oure mainfore [?] our [?]saile So Ends this 24 Hours No Obs to day
Wednesday March [?] 3 First part of this 24 Hours a gaile of wind at NW [?] By under [?] took in oure Boats and [?] Down our [?] Latter part fresh Bloo [?} Rain and [?] So Ends this 24 Hours
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Thursday March the 4. First part of this 24 Hours Still a gust At NSS Saw Nothing Remarkable. Latter part dito [DITTO]. So Ends.
Fryday [FRIDAY] March ye 5. First part of this 24 Hours Still a gentle [?] Latter part the weather abatted [?] So that we had our fore sails And Jibb and got Beffro [BEFORE] the wind Saw NOthing remaarkable Ends this 24 Hours. Latt in By Obs 35.25
Saterday march ye 6 Verry Squally Sea Nothing Remarkable Latter Part Dito [DITTO] Wind at ESS Ty [TIE?] two under a trysaile So So all well on Board Ends this 24 Hours no Obs to Day
Sunday march ye 7 first part of this 24 Hours first part of this 24 Hours Ruged [RUGGED] and Sqully [SQUALLY] at 7 in the morning Set oure foresaile and jibb at 9 in the mo [MORNING] hath them Down Hove Her two under a TrySaile So Ends this 24 Hours in By Obs 34.25
Monday ye 8 first part of this 24 Hours Saw Noting Remarkable Latter parft at 7 in morning Set our fore sails wind at SSW Steed [STEER] to the Southwards Nery Squally and Ruged So Ends this 24 Hours Latt in by Obs 33.20
Remarks on Tuseday [TUESDAY] march ye 9 first part of this 24 Hours Sumthing [SAME THING] Squally Latter part at 3 in the morning Hard Squalls of wind and Haile [HALE] at NW at 9 in the morning We set our for saile and Risen [MIZEN?] Set 7 Set our jibb and Two Reafe [REEF] Main saile Saw nothing remarkable So Ends this 24 Hours Latt in asl [?] 26
Wensday [WEDNESDAY] march ye 10 first part of this 24 hours fine Breese [BREEZE] At NNE Saw Nothing Remarkable Latt part Spock [SPOKE] A Scooner [SCHOONER] Enstocey [?] Bound to Poartland [PORTLAND?] So Ends this 24 Hours Latt in By Obs 28.30
Thursday ye 11 first part of this 24 Hours Small Breesse [BREEZE] at NE Latter part Squally with wind and raind at SSS So Ends this 24 Hours No Obs to Day
March ye 12 first part of this 24 Hours [?] gails [GALES] at NE Latter part fine weather Saw Noting Remarkable No obs this Day All well on Board Ends this 24 Hours
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Remarks in august ye 26 this day Calm we Saw a Brig And a Sloop a tryhing [?] So all well on Board Ends this 27.46
Ye 27 this day saw Nothing Remarkable. Latt [LATITUDE] 27..38 ---.
Ye 28 this day Saw Nothing Strange. no Obs [OBSERVATION] to day
Ye 29 this Day Saw Nothing New nor Strange. Latt [LATTIDUE] 27.34
Ye 30 this day Speak with barque Barnard. no whales Latt. [LATTITUDE] 27-40
Ye 31 this Day Saw Nothing Strange. Latt [LATTITUDE] in By Obs [OBSERVATION] 27.38
Transactions on September 7ye 1 . this D [DAY] Calm. Latt [LATTITUDE] 27..39
Ye 2 this day we Saw Nothing Strange. Latt [LATTITUDE] in 27..30
Ye 3 this day in Company with Barnard. Saw No Waile [WHALE] Latt [LATTITUDE] 27-40
Ye 4 this day got 2 Porperssis [PORPOISES] Calm. So Ends. No Obs [OBSERVATION]
Ye 5 this day fine weather. We got 2 blackfish. Latt [LATTITUDE] in 27-42
Ye 6 this Day Saw Nothing Remarkable. So all well on Board ED
Ye 7 this day saw Whails [WHALES] and Chasst [CHASED] them. Latt [LATTITUDE] 27..54
Ye 8 this Day saw a larg [LARGE] whaile [WHALE] and Strouck [STRUCK] her But She But SHe Drawed iron [?] from and went of [OFF] . Latt [LATTITUDE] 28 - 52
Ye 9 this day Calm. Saw Nothing Strange Latt [LATTITUDE] in 30:24
Ye 10 this Day Saw Nothing Strang. So Ends this Day Latt [LATTITUDE] 30 - 10
Ye 11 this day Ruged [RUGGED] whale weather
Ye 12 this day hard squalls of wind and Rain at E
Ye 13 this day fine weather. Nothing Remarkable. Latt [LATTITUDE] 29:36
Ye 14 this Day Saw whails at Sunset 29 .39
Ye 15 this Day Saw A Larg [LARGE] whaile and Struck her once. Line Parted and She Run of all well on Board Latt [LATTITUDE] 29-05
Ye 16 this Day Ruged. Saw Nothing Strange. Lat . )
Ye 17 this day still Ruged. Saw Nothing New
Ye 18 this Day Ruged. all well on Board 28 - 38
Ye 19 this day struck a larg whaile. She Drawed Her iron And went of [OFF]. So Ends this Day. Latt [LATTITUDE] 28 - 20
Ye 20 This day this Day Cast them but could not strick 28.18
Ye 21 This day Chast Whails [?] Speak with Esen Broby with 40 barrels and LB with Nothing 28-51
Ye 22 this Day Chast whails But Did Not Strick
Ye 23 this day Chast whaile But Could not Strick Them Lat 29.37
Ye 24 this Day Saw a Larg whaile and Strick Her And She Dawed [DRAWED] oure Irons and Parted oure Lines it went off A Spouting Blase
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Transactions for this 29 of September in this Day Struck a Larg Whaile and had got Her [?] off had and Oure Lines parted and Se went of So Ends this Day WOrk Latt in By Obs 29.57
Ye 26 This Day Saw One Saile Nothing Else Strang 29-5
Ye 27 Saw NOthing Remarkable to Day Latt 30.36
Ye 28 Saw Nothing Strange Latt in Chast whaile 30
Ye 29 This day fresh winds at EB E we Put away to Trysaile and foresaile So Ends this Day 31.26
Ye 30 This Very Ruged wind at E Latt 32-20
Ye 1 Day October this Day frest gails at NE [?] one way and the other in the Current Saw one [?] to Lines So all well on Bord Ends this Day Latt in 33-15
Ye 2 This Day Ly two in the Current with WInd at NNE Saw Noting Strang at 6 PM we got Bolle Had 60 fathoms and Horse Stort [?] and store of under Trysail and Reaf foresail So Ends this Day Latt in 33-10
Ye 3 this Day fine Breas at WNW we Run NE By N WIth a [?] Saile and try Saile in the [?] at 6 PM we Sounded and had 20 fathoms and hove about and stood of [OFF] at 7 PM the Come in at [?] we took two Reafs in ours mainsaile at 9 PM Sounded and 20 fathoms The wind Blew Very hevy at 11 PM we Sounded and got No Bottom [?] Set oure Trysaile out handed [?] oure jib Trysaile with a Very hard gail[?] E So Ends this D Latt 33.20
Ye 4 This Day fresh gails at NE at 9 AM Set a Reaff Foresaile and Stood to the Eastward and South ward Latt [?]
Ye 5 This day at 6 am Som Breas at N Set a [?] Saile And steard ENE Latter part of this 24 Hours [?] of WInd and Raine Saw Nothing Strange
Ye 6 this dy Small Brea at NE and Rains at 6 pm frest wind out NNE Stood to the Eastward under Topsaile and foresaile Latt in By OBs. 34-27
