Ships' Logs Collection

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

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

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

B A? 1/2? Corn put on bord [crossouts] Corn Put on board January February March Bush Half Bushel Peck? 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 2 5 - 2 6 - 2 3 - 3 6 - 3 7 - 3 4 - 4 7 - 4 1 - 4 5 - 5 1 - 5 6 - 6 2 - 6 2 - 5 7 - 7 3 - 7 3 - 6 1 - 8 4 - 8 4 - 7 2 - 9 5 - 9 6 - 9 3 - 10 7 - 11 1 - 11 4 - 11 1 - 12 2 - 12 5 - 12 2 - 13 3 - 13 6 - 13 3 - 14 4 - 14 7 - 14 4 - 15 5 - 15 1 - 15 5 - 16 6 - 16 2 - 16 7 - 18 1 - 18 3 - 17 1 - 19 2 - 19 4 - 18 2 - 20 3 - 20 5 - 19 3 - 21 4 - 21 6 - 20 4 - 22 5 - 22 7 - 21 5 - 23 6 - 23 1 - 22 6 - 24 7 - 24 2 - 33 7 - 25 1 - 25 3 - 24 1 - 26 2 - 26 4 - 25 3 - 28 4 - 28 5 - 26 4 - 29 5 - 29 6 - 27 6 - 30 7 - 28 7 - 31 1 - 29 2 - 30 3 - 31

Cong Constant Randal a helf [HALF] [QUENTEL?] of codfish sold at [VANDUE?] for 10/1 for corne [CORN] at 4/- pr [PER] Bushel 2 1/2 Bushel of corne [CORN] faf [FITH] [QUENTEL?] of dito [DITTO] sold for 11 pound of [BACKEM?] - - - - - - - - - - Uriah Paddack one helf [HALF] Dozan [DOZEN] cheeses sold for one pound eight shillings for corne [CORN] @ 4/- pr [PER] Bushel one Henachife [HANDKERCHIEF?] sold for 9/1 for corne [CORN] @ 4/ pr [PER] Bushel - - - - - - - - - - An [ACOUMPT?] of shipt [SHIPPED] on Board of the Schooner Swallew [SWALLOW] in Carralina [CAROLINA] 1792 Alexander Gardner, Master

Shipt [SHIPPED] on Board the Schooner Swallew [SWALLOW] 36 Bushels And 1/2 of corne [CORN] for my wenter [WINTER: WINTER OIL] in the year 1792 Alexander Gardner, Jun [JUNIOR] Master

An a Conmpt of the corne [CORN] shipt [SHIPPED] on board of the Schooner Swallew [SWALLOW] at Carolina in the year of our Lord 1792, Alexander Gardner, Master Corne [CORN] beloning [BELONGING] to Elihu Coleman and George Newbergin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[APER?] North Carralina [CAROLINA] 1792 Shipt [SHIPPED] on board of the Schooner Swallew 49 Bushels And 1/2 of corn, Allexander, Jr [JUNIOR] Master of said Schooner - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To 7 Barrels of floure [FLOUR] at - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Capt. [CAPTAIN] Seath t Daeter to

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LEFT SIDE OF PAGE:1/2 ?? of ?? for Hamden dr 16-10 _____________________________ to 1/ ?? for Coffey to 1/4 for Toback one shilling for Birds[?] to 25 of Codfish @ /4 ?? to [ILLEGIBLE] [ADDITION] _________________________ Alexander Gardner Dr to Elihu Goldman to seven bushels of Corne @ 4/ Bushel March ye 7 Day[SUPERSCRIPT] 1799 ________ Directions for Shaping a Course by middle Latt sailing the middle Latt and Difference of Longitude. Being given to find the Long and Distance by the [BOTTOM OF PAGE TORN/OBSCURED]

RIGHT SIDE OF PAGE: For ?? received I promised to pay to Elihu Goldman the ??? of 20 Pounds good anf lawful money By the first day of next May 1792 George Newbergson[?] [ADDITION] _______________________________ Dr to Elihu Goldman

April the 22 this Day chased whails and Struck 3 of them In Company with the Capt and 6st Bent Coastd Not of 29th 37 therm

April ye 28 this [?] killed two Black fins Total Latt 28-40

April the 29 This day Saw Plenty of Sperm whailes and Chast yhem But could not strike them Lat in 27 48

April of 30 Saw and chast whails all Day But could not strick them so ens this day Latt in by obs 27.56

May of 1 Day Saw a Plenty of whails and Struck one But could not kill her She granted some Line And Run of Latt in My Obs 27.44

May of 14 Saw a Long Whaile and chast her But could strick her in the [?] In by Obs 29.52

May of 17 This day Fresh Bllo at SE at 4 O'clock in the afternoon Our fore Stay and Jibb Stay Parted and we had a man fell out of our From Island[?] him Verry bad But took Soonn we got up a Tackel and Riungg and Stade our Mast Before we carred away anything Else.

June the 11 this Day saw Whales and chassed them But could not strick them this morninning the N SS Bea was in sight.

June the 25 this Day Chased Whails in Company with Profaserved [?], fist and struck on but she drawed her iron. Latte in By Obs 29.39

July of 24 Saw and Chased Whails in Company with Capt Crosbey But Could not Strik them Latt in By Obs 28.20

August of 11 Chased whails in Company Crosby struck and in sight of the Elboo Reef [?]

of 12 Saw a Larg Whaile and chast her.

August of 16 Saw a larg whaile and Chast her But could not strick her Latt by Obs 27.48