Journal of a Voyage from New London to the North West coast of America in the Whale Ship Vesper Captain Clark

Tuesday 15 September the -----  15 1846  {1846/09/15}
at 6 Am hove short and made sail at half past 6 hove up the anchor and got under way with a moderate breeze  got abreast of the light  one of the boat stears Jumpt over bord and made for the shore  hove the head yards a back and lowered a boat and got him  the Pilot left us at 2 Pm  at 5 took in the Flying Jib main royal and fore and mizon top gallant sails  at 10 furled the main top gallant sail and double reeft the top sails strong breezes through the night

Wednesday 16 {1846/09/16} fresh gales at 5 shook out the reefs and set top gallant sails and sent a man to the mast head to look out for Whale  at 8[?] Am set Larboard top mast studding sail and main top gallant studding sail  corse E

Thursday 16 {1846/09/17}  fresh breezes took  took in the studding sails  at 10 Am took in the top gallant sails  at 3 Pm double reeft the top sails  strong breezes througt the night  wind S  corse E  
	
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Remarks on board Friday  September 18, 1846
Friday 18 {1846/09/18}  Commencet with a gale from the SE  at 2[?] Am the main sail fore and mizon  top sail and jib and clost reeft the main topsail  at 7[?] Am took in the fore sail and main top sail and lay to through the day and night with a heavy sea and rain

19 {1846/09/19}  wind hauled to the NW  a heavy sea from the SE  at 2 Am set a clost reeft main top sail and fore sail  at 6  Am set fore and mizon top sails clost reeft  at 9 Am shook out all the reefs and set top gallant sails and main sail  at 10 got all sail on the ship  top mast and top gallant studding sails  at 9 Am the wind hauled to the eastward  took in the studding sails and braced the yards  wind light and variable through the night from NNW to NNE  Lat obs 37 26  Long 66 35  #s037 26N#e $s066 35W$e

20 {1846/09/20}  wind NE strong breezes and squally and a heavy swell from the S  at 2 Am took in main royal and Flying Jib  at 5 Am took in top gallant sails and reeft the mizon topsail  at 4 Pm tact ship and stood to the N  made all sail  light air through the night  course made ESE

21 {1846/09/21}  light air from the N  at 6 Pm lowered the boats to learn the green hands to pull through the night calm

22 {1846/09/22}  wind W course E  set top mast top gallant and lower studding sails  all hands imployed in putting on chafeing gear  baflin wind through the night

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Remarks on board
23 {1846/09/23}  light wind and baflin  N to NNE and squally  all hands employed in ships duty and fitting the boats grinding irons and lances and so on

24 {1846/09/24}  wind baflin from NE to S  imployed in setting up the head stays  light breezes through the nite

25 {1846/09/25}  baflin wind from S to SSE  course E throught the night  light wind and cloudy

26 {1846/09/26}  wind SSE  course E  strong breezes and squally  took in topgallant sails at 5 Pm wind steady  set the top gallant sails

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September the 27    1846 {1846/09/27} 
September 27  strong gales  cloudy weather  saw a sail sanding to the Eastard  at 2 Pm took in the top gallant sails  at 8 took in a single reef  at at 10 Pm double reeft  corse ESE  Wind SSW  Lat by obs 38=01 N

September 28 {1846/09/28}  strong gales from the SSW  at 6 shook out one reef  at 8 Pm set hoal[?] top sails  at 1 Pm set top gallant sails  at 3 Pm set studding sails  saw three sails standing too the Westard

Tuesday 29 {1846/09/29}  moderate gales and cloudy weather  at 10 freshind  at 2 Pm took in the top gallant sails  at 2 squally

Wednesday 30 {1846/09/30}  fresh gales and thick cloudy weather  at 2 Am double reeft the top sails  at 3 squaaly and rainy  wind SSW  we ware steering to the SE with a strong gale  rough sea  hoysted up the lee boats too keep from roaling under

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October Thursday the first 1846 {1846/10/01}  Lat   Long

October 1  Strong gales and thick cloudy weather with rain  under double reeft top sails  at 9  Am shook out the reefs and set fore and main top gallant sails  at 3 Pm set top mast and top gallant studding sails  wind SW  corse SE by S  Lattitude 27 N

Friday 2 {1846/10/02}  Wind WSW  corse ES  moderate breezes  at half past seven saw a sperm Whale  at 8 lowered and gallied the Whale up on chaiseing and saw a school  chaist  and the waist boat got fast  hove the boat sail overboard  fild the boat up to the thaughts with water and the line running on in bunches  kild the whale and took him along side at noon got dinner and got up the cutting gear and at 3 Pm hookt on the Whale  the the blanket pease tore out twice and ___ came on so took in sail and let the Whale lay along side  splict the main brace and got supper  [whale stamp with "87" written inside]

Saturday 3 {1846/10/03} strong breezes  at 5 Pm called all hands and wore ship to cut to the leward  at 8 got off the head  at 12 got in the boddy  at 8 Pm had had the Junk an and the case baild  made sail and steard hur hur course SE  wind WSW

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October the forth 1846 {1846/10/04}
Saturday/Sunday 4  strong gales and cloudy weather  course E by N  at 8 started the works and comence on the junk  at noon got the Junk cut up and in casks  strong gales and squally through the night

Sunday/Monday 5 {1846/10/05} Moderate breezes and drizel wind WSW  course ESE  at 8 Pm coold down the Whale made betwen 85 and 90 bls

Monday/Tuesday 6 {1846/10/06} moderate breezes and plesant  corse ESE  wind WSW  at 5 Pm made the land  one of the western or azore Island  at 5 Pm got up the chains and bent them  stood off and on all night

Wednesday 7 {1846/10/07} moderate breezes  stood in shore  at 8 Am the cpt went ashore at ___  all hands a on deck a coopering the Oil  in the afternoon strong breezes and heavy squalls with rain  took in the top gallant sails and double reeft the top sails  it came on so heavy had too keepe bur before it  down between Fayal and Pico the wind ha around so came back  at 6 Pm the capt came a bord  stood of and on night

1852           Arrived home
March 8 {1852/03/08}  ??? hove in sight and hauld along side of the old Shanty  found the old Man in the Shop making mop handles and the old lady on the chair thinking of her past troubles

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Friday/Thursday 9 {1846/10/09} Strong breezes  at 7 Am called all hands too anchor, clost in under the land the wind dropt off, so lowered  three boats too tow the ship in  the lighter came off too take the Oil so gave up anchoring its being moderate the capt went ashore with a boat composing of three[?] boats se __ and the ship ceeper[?] and one foremast hand and second mate  the ship discharged of the oil and the oil gauged by 4 Pm  the capt came on bord and wore ship and stood too sea with prety near all hands prety well  how cane you so  unbent the chains and stowed them be low  while stowing below some words past with the mate and one of the fore mast hands and was some blows past but nothing very sear[?] 
landed 87 and 7 gallons of oil got too bls of Wine a hundred punkins some fouls and apples  had but 4 or 5 men too stand a watch

10 {1846/10/10} strong breezes and squally wind  Westly course S

11 {1846/10/11} moderate and plesant  course S

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October  Atlantic  Ocean

Saturday 13 {1846/10/13} moderat and plesant wind Westly course S

14 {1846/10/14} moderat breezes and thick cloudy weather  at 4 Am squally  took in the top galiant sails and hauld up the main sail  at half past four set the main sail  at 7 set the top gallant sails and flying jib  at half past 7 saw Fin Backs  at 9 Pm took in top mast studding sail and top gallant sails  squally through the night

15 {1846/10/15} strong breeze and squally wind E  course S by W carrying top mast studding sail

16 {1846/10/16} wind E  course S by W  moderate breezes  at 7 Am a steamer past us showing English colors  standing to the Eastward with fore top mast studding sails on both sides  at 2 Pm spoke a French Brig  sent too men to the mizon mast head for fighting  strong breezes and squally

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October the seventeenth  1846 {1846/10/17}

17 moderate and squally  wind E  course S by E  middle part strong  breezes and squally with rain

18 {1846/10/18} moderate breezes and cloudy at 4 Am strong breezes at 8 Am driz  at 2 Pm took in the flying jib and main top gallant studding sail  at 5 Pm parted the foot roup of the fore top gallant sail clewd up and unbent it  at half past 5 took in main and mizon top gallant sails and fore top mast studding sail  wind SSE[?]

19 {1846/10/19} wind SE by E  strong  breezes and cloudy weather  at 6 Am saw a sail standing too the Northward  at quarter past 6 set main top gallant sail  at 7 Am sent up fore top gallant sail and bent it and set it  at 2 Pm saw a sail standing too the Westward  at 7 Pm took in the fore top gallant sail  at 11 more moderat  set fore and mizon top gallant sails and flying jib  at half past 11 calm and rainy

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October
21 {1846/10/21} wind ESE  moderate breezes and cloudy  at 3 Am wind NE and and rainy  at 6 wind baflin and nearly calm  at half past six saw land off the larboard bow distant 30 miles  St Antony one of the Cape Verde island  at 10 Am wind WSW cour S by W  saw a sail standing to the N and W  at 9 Pm calm  at 11 rain

22 {1846/10/22} wind SSE  stood to the ESE  moderat breezes and cloudy  three island insight  Fogo Bravo and St Jago[?]  one bearing SSW  one SE by E and one S  at 8 Pm calm  Fogo N Point  Lat 14 57  Long 24 22 W #s014 57N#e $s024 22W$e Bravo S point     14 50 N  Long 24 23 at 9 Pm set studding sails

23 {1846/10/23} wind     course     the land insight  distant 29 miles at noon moderate breezes and pleasant  at 1 Am sent one boat off too learn the green hands too pull  at 5 Pm set a signal for them too come on board  at 8 wind E  stood clost in too Fogo  at 10 Pm Fogo bore W distant 2 miles  past between Fogo and St Jago stearind SSE  at mid night course S by W

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October
24 {1846/10/24} moderate breezes from the ENE  course S by W  Fogo bearing NW  St Jago bearing  NE 1/3 E 

25 {1846/10/25} wind NE  course S b W  moderate breezes and pleasant  set top mast top gallant and lower studding sails

26 {1846/10/26} wind E N  course S by W  moderate breezes and pleasant weather  at 6 Am saw a sail steering to the SSE

27 {1846/10/27} wind E by S  course S 1/2 E  strong breezes and cloudy  at 6 Am squally with rain  at half past 7 split the lower studding sail  8 took in topmast studding sail top gallant studding sail and flying jib  saw a brig showing Spanish colors  at half past 11 moderate  set the top gallant sails  at 6 Pm set flying jib

28 {1846/10/28} wind S  moderate breezes and cloudy  saw two sails

29 {1846/10/29} wind baflin from S to SE  saw a sail to the Northward showing American colors

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October
30 {1846/10/30} wind baflin  moderate breezes and calm  saw four sails  at 10 Pm strong breezes from the southard  at midnight saw a school of Black Fish clost too the ship

30 {1846/10/31} moderate breezes and cloudy and raind in torrents and but a little are the rain fell as straight as a loons leg  at seven bells cleard up with a moderate breeze from the

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November the first    1846 {1846/11/01}
1  calm and squally and plenty of rain  too sails insight  at 4 Pm ship showing American collors  at midnight spoke har  the Carter Braxton of Provincetown  fifty days out clean

2 {1846/11/02} light winds and squally  two sails insight  the night was dark and stormy piles of black and threatening clouds around the horizon and not a breath of are to fill the sails and the rain fell in torrents

3 {1846/11/03} calm and rainy  three sails insight  at 5 Pm  saw a large school of Porpoireses supposed to be spurm whales when first saw them  light are from the     set studding sails

4 {1846/11/04} calm and plenty of rain  at 3 Pm squally  at 10 Pm moderate breezes from the SSE

5 {1846/11/05} wind SSE  moderat and squally  three sails insight

6 {1846/11/06} wind S by E  moderate breezes  saw three sails  at 11 Am aship part a head of us standing too the N showing English colors

7 {1846/11/07} strong breezes and cloudy  wind S by E  course SW

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November the Eight    1846 {1846/11/08}

8  strong breezes from the SSE  course SW by S  at first part squally and rain  took in the studding sails and flying jib  at 3 Am set topmast studding sail  strong breezes and clear  at 8 Am set flying jib  at 10 Am set topgallant studding sail  at noon Lat 46 miles S 

9 {1846/11/09} wind SSE  course SW by S  strong breezes and cloudy weather wind SE course  strong breezes and squally with rain  middle and later part clear

10 {1846/11/10} wind SE by E  course SSW  strong breezes  saw a sail standing to the S and W

11 {1846/11/11} wind SE  course SSW  strong  breezes

12 {1846/11/12} wind SE  course SSW  strong breezes  and cloudy  painted the boats  at 5 Pm saw a school of Spurm Whale three miles asturn wore ship but could not get to them before dark

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14 {1846/11/14} wind NE  course S by W  strong breeze and squally and torrents of rain  at 5 Pm carried away the end of the main top gallant yard too feet inside the sheave hole

15 {1846/11/15} moderate breezes and drizzling rain  wind N  course S by W  sent down the main top gallant yard and sent up another  at 4 Pm saw Whales  lowerd three boats and pulled for them  proved to be Hump Backs

16 {1846/11/16} wind W  course SSW  moderate and calm

17 {1846/11/17} moderate breezes  wind NNE  course SSW

18 {1846/11/18} wind NNE  course SSW  strong breezes  at 8 Am squally with wih rain  at noon moderat  at 4 light air and calm  at 8 Pm one of the boat steerer had a fit

19 {1846/11/19} wind baflin and moderate  at 5 Pm wore ship  wind SSE and nearly calm

20 {1846/11/20} wind SSE  light air and a heavy swell on  saw a number of Albetros and Dolphin  caught a Albetros and three Dolphin  latter part calm 

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21 {1846/11/21} calm  latter light air from the SSE  at 5 Pm caught two Dolphins  saw a nomber of gonys

22 {1846/11/22} light air SSE  at noon calm  at 3 Pm moderate breezes from the SE  course S  from 3 to 5 saw 12 or 14 water spouts  some of them within a half a mile of the ship

23 {1846/11/23} wind SSE  course S  moderate and pleasant  latter part cloudy

24 {1846/11/24} wind SSE  course S  moderate breezes

25 {1846/11/25} wind NNE  course S  strong breezes and thick fog  at 8 Am lit up at 3 Pm past a tar

26 {1846/11/26} wind NNE  course S by W  strong breezes and thick fog  latter part rain

27 {1846/11/27} wind NNE  course S by W  strong breezes and thick fog  at 8 Pm  wind back to the SSW  at 10 Pm wind NW

28 {1846/11/28} wind NNE  course S by W  strong breezes  saw Fin Backs  at 12 saw a Whale and plenty of feed lowerd and chaist until 3  very rugged  ship under hole topsails  at 7 Pm double reeft and took in the jib  at 10 Pm took in the mainsail  at 11 had a heavy squall and plenty of rain  the squall struck

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Banks
ship on the starboard bow hard up the helm and up hur be fore the wind which blew a gale  took in fore and mizon top sails and hove to  Lat 39 21  Long 40 #s039 21S#e $s040 00W$e

29 {1846/11/29} wind W  heavy gales  at 8 set fore top sail double reeft  at 10 set the main sail  at 4 Pm set mizon top sail single reeft and jib

30 {1846/11/30} wind WSW  strong breezes and a heavy swell on and squally with rain  at 10 more moderate  set main top gallant sail  at 12 saw Fin Backs  at 3 Pm caught a Po  latter part light air and hazy

31 {1846/11/31} strond breezes southward and westward

1 {1846/12/01} strong breezes wind SSW and squally  took in top gallant sai top gallant sails and double reeft top sai

2 {1846/12/02} strong breezes  wind SSW  under whole topsails   at 8 Am more moderate  shook out the reefs and set top gallant sails

3 {1846/12/03} wind baflin and light  set studding sails and squared the yards  shifted fore and main top sails  at 7 Pm strong breezes  at 8 Pm took in lower studding sail flying jib and main royal  at half past 11 double reeft the fore and mizon topsails

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Dec
4 {1846/12/04} wind NNW  course W by S  stong breezes and cloudy under double reeft fore and mizon top sails  at 1 Am double reeft the main topsail and took in the jib  at shipt a heavy sea over the starboard quarter  about three bells in the middle watch a heavy squall struck the ship and rain in torranc and the wind shifted suddinly to the SE and dropt off nearly calm and the heavy swell which came from the NW the ship rould heavy and the sails flaped heavy against the mast at half past 3 wore ship and set the jib  at 5 made all sail  light air and baflin  latter part calm

5 {1846/12/05} wind NW  strong breezes  stood to the N and W under double reeft topsails  unbent the mizon top sail and bent another

6 {1846/12/06} wind NNW  course WNW  strong breezes  saw Fin Backs at  noon  saw a sun fish  lowerd and struck him and took him aboard  at 3 Pm carried away the slings to the main yard  [marginal illustration of a sun fish?]

7 {1846/12/07} wind WNW  moderate breezes and cloudy  middle part calm  latter light air from the E  course W  a heavy swell from the S the ship rolling very heavy

8 {1846/12/08} wind E course W by S 1/2 S  moderate and cloudy

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9 {1846/12/09} wind E  course W by S 1/2 S  moderate and hazy  latter part calm

10 {1846/12/10} wind SSE  course SW by S  moderate breeze  saw plenty of Fin Backs  at 11 Am lowerd a boat and sounded but no sounding or bottom at fathom

11 {1846/12/11} wind N by W  course SW by S  strong breezes  latter part moderate breezes  at midnight saw a trilight off the larbord  cep a way for hur  at 1 spoke hur  it proove too be the Atlantic of Nantucket  three monts out  150 bls of spurm  Long 58" 00

12 {1846/12/12} wind N by W moderate and thick fog  cep the ship on the wind too keep company with the Atlantic until morning  at 4 the fog cleared up  the Atlantic four points of the starboard quarter  at 6 the Atlantic set colors  a school of spurm whales in sight  at half past 6 lowerd and about about too hours the Whales going quick too the Northard the wind hauled so got a sail to bear so by pulling and sailing the waist boat struck only got a slight hold  took out a bout one quarter of the line and drawed the boats 7 or 8 miles from the ship  it came in	thick fog  lost sight of the ship  they cep fireing from the ship  at last found hur and got a board  ar 12 cleard up  at 2 Pm the Cpt went on board of the Atlantic

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Sunday 13 {1846/12/13} first part calm  middle part moderate breezes from the N and W  stood to the S charing[?] all sail  at 5 saw a sparm whale about 6 miles off  stood for him  at 8 lowerd and the larboard quarter boat struck  at 10 got him along side  took in the boddy and junk  at 8 took in sail  Lat 44"20  [whale stamp]

14 {1846/12/14} moderat wind SSE  bailed the case and started the works and cut up the junk  lay by under clost reeft main top sail all day  the jaw measuring 16 feet 8 inches  at 7 Pm decks cleard up and washt off

15 {1846/12/15} wind NE  at 4 Am made all sail and stood to the S and Westward  at 7 Am spoke to the Atlantic again  standing to the Eastward under double reeft top sails  weather cloudy  at 4 Pm rain  got through boyling the body at 6 and 7 comencet on the head  took in top gallant sails and double reeft the top sails  at 9 Pm took in mizon topsail  at midnight took in the jib and fore topsail  at daylight coold down

16 {1846/12/16} wind SE  lay to under double reeft main topsail and fore sail  blowing very heavy and rain

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17 {1846/12/17} wind SSE  at 4 Am set double reet top sails and stood to the SW  at 5 set whole top sails  at 3 started the works  saw a sail standing to the S and W  at 12 set top gallant sails  at 5 Pm the Cpt went on board of Scotch brig Fanny

18 {1846/12/18} wind NNE  course S  moderat breezes  lower a boat to fish  caut a dog fish and shot a sea hen  soundings 60 fath

19 {1846/12/19} wind NNE  course SSE  moderate and plesant  later calm

20 {1846/12/20} wind SSE  stood to the Eastward  at 6 Pm calm

21 {1846/12/21} wind SE  stood to the Eastward  at 2 Pm wind hauld to the NE  at sundown saw land  one of the Falkland islands bearing ESE  cep for it  at 11 Pm saw areef[?] or supposed to be  wore ship  at 12 Pm reeft to prouved to be a sow wester comming

22 {1846/12/22} wind SSW under double reeft topsails  the land insight 4 points of the lee bow and quarter  at 8 ti lookt doutful about fetching by so colcluded to run for new island and make a harbor  got up the cables and bent them  at 12 came to anchor a long side of the Hannible[?] of N London  got dinner and went a shore a hunting

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23 {1846/12/23} wind SW  some went a shore and some employed in getting off sand  the hunters got a few rabbits and wounded a sheep  the men imployed in getting sand got 16 live rabbits  the Sarah Lavinia the Han___ tender came in at 2 Pm the wind hauld to the Northward

24 {1846/12/24} wind NNW and hazy  cauld all hands and hove up and towd the out of the way of the Hannible and came to annchor on the oposet side of the harbor  at 7 cleard up  hove short and loost the sails  while in the act of making sail the haud to the Southward furld the sails and started a gooseing at 2 a bout 2 arived at quaker harbor  got 50 gees  at 8 turned the boats over to sleep under

25 {1846/12/25} wind W  at 5 started one of the boats of a gooseing and left one boat and three men to get something to eat  got about 110[?] gees 5 of them caut alive  got back to the boat and fund the men aslep and nothing to eat  went to work and cokt[?] some gees  got some grub down and started for the ship  arived at the ship at 6 Pm  sent down the royal yards

26 {1846/12/26} wind NW  at 4 Am cauld all hands and hove short  loost the sails and single reeft the top sails  hove up and got under way  stowd the anchors and unbent the cables

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27 {1846/12/27} wind NW  course  strong breezes  under sail all hands imployed in picking gees

28 {1846/12/28} wind SW  strong gales  at 4 took in topgallant sails and settled the topsails in a squall  single reeft the fore topsail and and hoysted the topsails up  at half past 4 double reeft athe topsails and took in the jib  at 7 bells took in the mainsail and furld the fore and mizon topsails and clost reeft the main topsail  at 8 Pm more moderate  set fore topsail double reeft

29 {1846/12/29} wind NW  course    moderate  made all sail  at 4 Am saw statten Land

30 {1846/12/30} wind NW  course    strong breezes  at 1[?] Pm saw statten land at 12 clost in to the land  wind baflin and cloudy  at 1 wind SE strong current setting to the Eastward  at 4 wind NW  course SE by E

{1846/12/31} wind SE moderat and cloudy  at 7 squally  clost in to statten land  at 10 Am saw a sail standing to the Northward  middle and latter part drizling rain and strong breezes  stood off shore

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Atlantic Ocean   January

1 {1847/01/01} wind SW  stood to the S and E with a strong breeze and drizzling rain

2 {1847/01/02} wind SW strong breezes and drizzling rain  stood to the S and E at 6 Pm wind NW  course SW by S

3 {1847/01/03} wind NW  course SW by S  strong breezes at 1 Am carried away topmast studdingsail boom  took in royal top gallant studding sail and top gallant sails  at 2 Pm saw Cape Horn distant about 10 miles bearing W by S  wind hauld to the SW  at 3 Am set fore and main top gallant sails  at 4 Am took in top gallant sails  sent down main royal yard and hoysted up the lee boats  at 7 bells double reeft the topsails  too sails insight standing to the S and Westward  at 6 Pm clost reeft the top sails blowing heavy in squalls with drizzling rain

4 {1847/01/04} wind NW  strong breezes and squalls with hail under double reeft topsails  stood to the S and W  at 10 Am set topgallant sails

5 {1847/01/05} wind NW  stood to the S and W under all sail  at 6 Am took in top gallant sails  at 7 single reeft the topsails  fore part rain  latter part clear set

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PACIFIC
6 {1847/01/06} wind NW  stood to the S and W under clost reeft topsails  at 4 Pm reeft the main sail  wind hauld to the Westward  course NW by N 1/2 N  at 8 Pm shook out the reef in the main sail and set the jib  shook one reef out of the fore and main topsails

7 {1847/01/07} wind Westerly  course NW by W 1/2 N  strong breezes  set whole topsails  at 8 Am set top gallant sails  wind hauld to the SW  set topmast and top gallant studding sails  at 9 Pm sent up main royal yard

8 {1847/01/08} wind SW  course NW  moderate  middle part squally wind SW  stood to the Northward and Westward

9 {1847/01/09} first part calm  middle part wind SW  stood to the N and W under whole topsails

10 {1847/01/10} wind at NW  stood to the Northward  at noon saw land bearing N by W  at 1 landfall island distant 17 miles bearing N  tact ship and stood S and W  at 10 Pm squally with rain cloud

11 {1847/01/11} wind NW  stood to the S and W  double reeft topsails  strong gales and squally with rain

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12 {1847/01/12} wind SW  course NW  strong breezes and squally with hail midnight more moderate  thick cloudy wether and rain

13 {1847/01/13} wind NW  stood to the S and W  strong gales and foggy and drizzling rain  at 9 Am run over a Rite Whale  lowerd but saw him nomore  at midday single reeft  at 2 Pm double reeft  at 3 water green  4 Pm in blew

14 {1847/01/14} wind NW  strong breezes  stood to the S and W  wind hauled to the SW  course NW by N under double reeft top sails

15 {1847/01/15} wind SW  course NW  strong breezes and squally under double reeft topsails

16 {1847/01/16} wind SW  course NW  strong breezes  saw five sails lying to  heading to the Southward

17 {1847/01/17} wind SSW  strong breezes and cloudy  stood to the WNW under all sail  saw a Finback

18 {1847/01/18} light air from the SSW  stood to the WNW  at 2 Pm saw Finbacks  at 6 wind NNW  stood to the Westward  strong breezes and squally  at 8 Pm took in top gallant sails

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19 {1847/01/19} wind SW  strong breezes  stood to the NNE  strong breezes  saw plenty of Finbacks  at 8 double reeft the top sails and dvided the sea watches  course NNE

20 {1847/01/20} wind SW  stood to the NE  saw plent of Finbacks  at 8 stood to the NNW under double reeft topsails  squally with hail  at 8 took in heading to the Northward all night

21 {1847/01/21} wind WNW  moderate and cloudy  stood to the Northward under all sail  saw plenty of Finbacks  at 4 Pm tact ship and stood to the Southward and Westward

22 {1847/01/22} wind W  strong breezes  stood to the Northward  saw plenty of Finbacks  at 11 Pm tact ship and stood to the Southward and Westward  at 12 took in topgallant sails  at 2 Pm single reeft  at 3 double reeft and took in the jib  at 5 took in the mainsail  at 6 clost reeft

23 {1847/01/23} wind W  strong breezes  course NW by N  under double reeft topsails  at 5 Pm single reeftopsails  at noon double reeft the fore topsail  at 5 Pm past a ship showing Chilian colors  at 7 Pm squall with rain and hail

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January

24 {1847/01/24} wind SW  course NNW  strong breezes under single reef main fore and mizon double reeft  at 6  Am set whole topsails  at 10 set topgallant sails  at 11 set topgallant and topmast studding sails and flying jib

25 {1847/01/25} wind SSW  course NNW  all sail set   strong breezes and cloudy  saw a Finback  at 10 Pm wind hauled to the Westward  bract the yards and took in the studing sails

26 {1847/01/26} wind W  course N by W  moderate and cloudy  imployed in repaireing sails

27 {1847/01/27} wind WNW  course N by W 1/2 W  first part light air  middle part calm  saw Cow Fish  lowered one boat and chasest  at 5 Pm saw another school  lowerd all the boats and chaset but got none  shifted the topsails corser and jib

28 {1847/01/28} wind WNW  course N by W1/2W  moderate breezes  at 10 Am saw land bearing N by E  at noon the land distant 32 miles bearing N  at 3 saw a sail standing to the S and W  at 4 saw another standing the same  at 6 took in the studding sails and fore and mizon topgallants and hauld on the wind and stood to the Eastward  lay off and on all night

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29 {1847/01/29} wind NW  strong breezes  the land about 10 miles distant  at 9[?] two boats went in shore a fishing  at 3 Pm came off one boat with 102 fish and4 craw fish and the other boat with 30 fish  at 4 two boats went a shore and came off at 7 Pm one with 14 fish the other with none  saw plenty of goats  got one which fell from the mountain about 3 or 4 hundred feet  two men a shore one a spanyard the other a black  the last american had ben five years on the island  at half past seven stood to the WSW under whole top sails  landed on NW and NE side of the island  the best fishing on the NE side where the two men live  found the landing verry bad

30 {1847/01/30} wind SE  strong breezes  course WSW  at 7 Pm saw Black fish lowerd three boats but got none  took in topgallant sails and hauld up the mainsail and hauld on the wind to the S and W

{1847/01/31} calm  all hands imployed in brakeing{?} out between decks and coopering bread

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February {1847/02/01}
moderat breezes from the Westward  stood to the Northward  saw a number of peaces of squid and blubber

{1847/02/02} wind SW  stood to the NW under all sails

{1847/02/03} wind WNW  stood Northward  at 6 Pm tact and stood to Southward and Westward

{1847/02/04} wind WNW  stood to the Northward  at  6 Pm stood to the S and W  saw Albecores  caught one  weigt 68[?] pound  saw plenty of killers

{1847/02/05} wind W  stood to the NNW  at 7 Pm tact and stood to the Southward

{1847/02/06} wind E  course WSW  moderate weather continued  saw blows could not make out what they ware  lowerd and chasest but did not see them while off with the boats

{1847/02/07} wind E  course W by S  moderate weather continued  saw plenty of Albecore and Skip Jacks  saw plenty of Grampuses  at noon got topmast and topgallant studding sails aloft

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{1847/02/08} wind E  course W  moderate weather continue saw Jumpers

{1847/02/09} first part calm  middle part light air from the NW  latter part calm

{1847/02/10} first part calm  latter light are from the E  course W

{1847/02/11} light are  course W  at 11 Am saw bow[?] Fish  at 3 Pm rain and baflin wind

{1847/02/12} moderat weather continued  saw Spurm Whale  lowerd and chasest  Whale going quick to the Westward

{1847/02/13} moderate weather  wind West  at 9 Am saw Spurm Whales  lowerd and chasest out of sight of the ship  the thurd mate got on and darted and mist him  got ondoard at 5 Pm took in fore and mizon top-gallant sails and stood to the S and W

{1847/02/14} moderate weather  wind SSE  course W by S  under all sail fore main topmast and top-gallant studding sails set

{1847/02/015} moderat breezes from the ESE  course W by S  at 6 Pm saw a large school of Spurm Whales 3 miles off at 8 Pm hauld on the wind and lay with the head yards aback all night headend to the Northward

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{1847/02/16} strong breezes from the ESE  stood to the NW at  cep the ship hur course W by S

{1847/02/17} moderate breeezes from the E  at 4 Pm rain  course W by S

{1847/02/18} calm this 24 hours

{1847/02/19} this 24 hours calm

{1847/02/20} moderate breezes from the E  saw a ___ caught an Albicore weighing 100 pound

{1847/02/21} moderate breezes from the E  course W by S

{1847/02/22} Wind E  course W by S  moderate weather continue  at 4 Pm saw land Easter island Lat 27=8s  Long 109 =40 W #s027 08S#e $s109 40W$e distant 7 miles  at 8  Am two boats went in shore  the natives swim off to the boats to traid the men are interely naked  the women have a strip of bark around their waist and a bunch of leaves in their crotch  the natives will steal all they can lay their hand on be fore your eyes  when too menny get hold of the boat fire a gun and they will all leave  took in three of the wimmin in each boat and took them aboard of the ship at 12 o'clock  at 2 Pm went ashore again and carried the ladys

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February

when in about a mild the wimmin jumpt over board  the wimmin get in the boat and make love to the officer so the men can get a chance to steal  on the North side is a sand beach and good landing and good on the West but dare not land  saw none of the natives armd atall  saw a few huts but they mostly live in caves  saw one hogg and a dog  got about 10 bushel of sweet potatoes and a few of ber and 12 of their wooden gods we gave a sheath knife a pear  fired a nomber of guns too see the natives run and skulk  one of the natives dared us to cut his hand while on the gunwail of the boat  there were about 20 them hold of the boat  found we could not sceure them with a hatchet so lade the hatchet down to get a pistol and they stole hatchet  fired the pistol over their head  they all let go of the boat and went under water  they hauld a nomber of peaces of cloth out of the Cpt boat  [illustration of wooden god figurine?]

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February
23 {1847/02/23} wind SW  course NW  moderate  the land in sight  distant 25 miles  at 2 Pm saw a gramusess[?]

24 {1847/02/24} light air  latter part calm and rain

25 {1847/02/25} moderate weather  light air from N  took in the waist boat and got out a new one  cpt imployed in tearing down and building up the waist boat new

26 {1847/02/26} calm this 24 hours

27 {1847/02/27} first part calm  middle light air from thew N  stood to the W latter part calm

28 {1847/02/28} light breezes  middle part calm

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March
1 {1847/03/01} Commencet with moderate breezes from the SE

2 {1847/03/02} light air and and calm

3 {1847/03/03} light air from the SE  course NW

4 {1847/03/04} light air from the N and E  strong through out the nite  set studding sails

5 {1847/03/05} wind NE  at 6  Am wind hauld to the Eastward

6 {1847/03/06} wind E  moderate and squally

7 {1847/03/07} wind E  light and pleasant

8 {1847/03/08} light air from the E

9 {1847/03/09} light air E

10 {1847/03/10} light air E

11 {1847/03/11} strong breezes from the E and cloudy

12 {1847/03/12} moderate and cloudy  latter part light air from E

13 {1847/03/13} moderate breezes from the E and cloudy  at 7 Pm rain dark cloudy and rain in torrance through out the night  wind light and bafflin

14 {1847/03/14} calm and cloudy  at noon clear and light air from the SE

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1847      March
14 {1847/03/14} moderat breeze from the SE  course NW by W  at 1 Pm saw Sparm whale going quick to the WNW 3 miles distant  at 4 Pm lowerd and chasest untill dark  came on board at at dark and took in the studding sails top gallant sails and hauld up the courses clewd down the top sails and hauld out the reef tacles[?] and hauld down the jib  course WNW  at 10 Pm dropt the fore corse and luft by the wind with the head yards aback  at midnight cep the ship WNW the supposed course the are going.

15 {1847/03/15} wind SE and a little stronger than yesterday  at sunrise saw the whale ahead about three miles  at 6 Am called all hands  got all sail on the ship and chasest with the ship until 10 Am and then lowerd and chasest with the boats untill 1 Pm  the ??? got on but boat steerer mist him  came on board and chasest with the ship until 4 Pm and then lowered and chasest with the boats  the thurd Mt[?] struck and kild him  took him along side and rove the cutting falls and settled the topsails and hauld out the reef tacles and set boats crew watches  no observation  [whale stamp with "98 bls" written inside]

16 {1847/03/16} wind SE  at daylight calld all hands  hokt on the whale at 6 Am a heavy swell on  wore ship and cut to the leward{?}  at 12 got the boddy and junk in  at 1 Pm hokt on the case  got through bayling the case  at 4 Pm made sail and cep the ship  hur course NW by W  and started the works   Lat 3:12 S  Long

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March  1847
17 {1847/03/17} wind SE  course N by W  at midnight coold down the whale turnd up about 98 bls

18 {1847/03/18} moderate breezes from the SE  course N by W  at 10 Am saw a large school of Sparm whales 3 miles distant  lowerd and chasest the thurd mate struck and the whale took his line  went on to another and hove in a drug iron  the second mate struck and the boat steerer kild him with his irons  tok the whale along side head first and run the ship for the boats and cut the whale in while running before the wind  at 6 Pm started the works  [whale stamp with "30 bls" written inside)

19 {1847/03/19} moderate breezes from E  at 6 Am coold down the whale turnd up ___ bls  at 6 Pm the wind S  course N by W

20 {1847/03/20} light air  cloudy  Lat 00=37N

21 {1847/03/21} moderate weather  wind S  course N by W  at 2 Am rain in torranc until 7 Am  saw sharks and skipjacks  Lat  1=26N

22 {1847/03/22} moderate breezes from the S  all hands imployed in coopering and stowing down oil between decks  

{1847/03/23} moderate breezes and bafflin wind all imployed in coopering and stowing down oil between decks  at 4 Pm wind hauld to the NE

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March
23 {1847/03/23} wind at NE  strong breezes  all hands imployed in stowing cask for water and beceketing cask for a raft

24 {1847/03/24} wind NE  course NW by W  strong breezes  all hands imployed in cleaning ship in side  at 10 Am saw a humpback  lowerd and chasest

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NE trades

25 {1847/03/25} wind E  course W by N 1/2 N  moderate breezes  the crew imployed cleaning ship outside

26 {1847/03/26} wind E  course WNW  at 5 Pm wind hauld to the N  course W by N  at 6 saw finbacks

27 {1847/03/27} wind NNE  course NW by W  strong breezes  at 1 Pm found that the main topmast was sprung  took in the top-gallant studding sail top-gallant sail and top-gallant and main top-mast studding  at 6 Pm took in lower studding-sail and caried away the top-mast studding-sail boom  at half past eight split the fore top-gallant-sail  unbent it and the main and sent the main up forward  the carpenter in making a new top-mast

28 {1847/03/28} strong breezes and squally wind NNE  course NW by W  at 6 Am set fore top-mast studding sail  at 8 Am set main top-gallant sail  at 10 Am took it in the carpenters imployed in making a new topmast but the spar is to small but will doo if the old wone goes before the ship gets intoo port

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March
29 {1847/03/29} wind NE  course NW by W  strong breezes and cloudy squally weather  settle the top-gallant sails in the squalls and set them when over

30 {1847/03/30} wind NE  course NW by W  strong breezes and cloudy squally weather  settle the top-gallant sails in the squalls and set them when over

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NE trades

31 {1847/03/31} wind NE  course NW by W  strong breezes and cloudy weather settle top gallant sails in squalls and set them when over  at 5 Pm sent down main royal and main top-gallant yards and took in fore and mizon top-gallant sails  wind NE  course NW by W  strong breezes

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April     1846
1 {1847/04/01} wind NE  course NW by W  strong breezes  at 8 set top-gallant sails and top-mast studding sail and lower and top-gallant studding sails saw a sail standing to the WNW

2 {1847/04/02} wind NE  course NW by W  strong breezes  the above sail insight at midday cep the ship W h N

3 {1847/04/03} wind NE  course W h N  strong breezes and squally  at 6 Am saw ____  at 2 Pm spoke the ship Patriot of Brim  at 6 Pm saw M___

4 {1847/04/04} at 10 Pm got the chains bent and run clost in a long the land

5 {1847/04/05} light air from the NE at 7 Am came to anchor at Lahaina in 12 fathom water  the starboard watch went ashore on libberty  Wiliam Dean the ship keeper sent to the hospital

6 {1847/04/06} light wind from the E  towd a raft ashore for water  the larboard watch went ashore on libberty  sent down the main royal top gallant and topsail yards and top gallant and topmast

7 {1847/04/07} light wind from the E  the larboard watch ashore  took in 100 bushel of potatoes  got a top-mast from the ship Wm Tompson  towd it along side and took it aboard and cut it off three feet its being too long  one man a missing supposed

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April
8 {1847/04/08} calm squally and rainy  the larboard watch a shore on libberty  sent up the main top-mast topgallant mast and set up the riggin  middle and latter part fine clear weather

9 {1847/04/09} strong breezes  starboard watch ashore on libberty  got of sweet potatoes and punkins

10 {1847/04/10} strong breezes from the SE  larboard watch ashore on libberty  sent up the top-sail and top gallant yards  at 7 Pm a man fel down in lower hole and broke his collar bone  took him ashore sent him to the hospital

11 {1847/04/11} strong breezes SE  the starboard watch on shore on libberty  too men in the fort  one went in of his owne acchord and wanted to stay to take cumfort  so let him stay and left orders to put him in irons at sun down let go larboard anchor

12 {1847/04/12} calm at daylight  hove up the larboard anchor and sent three boats in for the raft of water  rafted the water and commenced towing  a heavy surf on the reef got one boat up set  made the raft fast to a tree and went aboard  the larboard watch went a shore on libberty  at 3 Pm went ashore and rolled the casks up on the beach

13 {1847/04/13} calm at daylight  sent in again for the raft and towd it along side and hoysted it in and stowd it down and sent in the casks again and got it of at 4 Pm

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April
14 {1847/04/14} com with light wind from the Westward  stowd down the water and hove short  at 10 got under way and stood off and on one boat ashore for the Capt  at 3 the Capt came off with two natives which which had shipt  made sail for Oahu

15 {1847/04/15} these 24 hours moderate breezes from the Eastward  Oahu distant 7 miles at daylight  at 8 Am Cpt went ashore  at 10 run in 17 fathom water and then hauld off shore  at 1 Pm another boat went a shore and the Cpt sent off word to come to anchor the ship 10 miles off shore and a head wind to get in stood off and on all night  one boat and crew ashore

16 {1847/04/16} these 24 hours moderate breezes  at 7 the Capt sent word to the Mate doo as he pleased a about coming to anchor and to send $15  at 9 Am came to anchor in 16 fathom water off ___  one boat a shore all night

17 {1847/04/17} these 24 hours moderate breezes  at 8 Am sent off the boat that was ashore all night  at at 4 Pm the Capt came of  hove up the anchor and got under way  course W  at 10 Pm hauld up NW

18 {1847/04/18} wind NE  course NW  strong breezes  took in fore top-gallant sail and flying jib

19 {1847/04/19} strong breezes from the NE  stowd the anchors  unbent the chains and stowd them below  imployed in putting on chafeing gear

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April
20 {1847/04/20} moderate breezes NE  set fore top-gallant sail and flying jib

21 {1847/04/21} moderate breezes NE  all hands imployed in braking out and stowing down oil

22 {1847/04/22} light air NE  at 8 Am wind hauld to the E  set the starboard studding sails imployed in stowing down oil

23 {1847/04/23} light wind NE  at 2 Pm wind hauld to the SE  at 4 Pm wind hauld NW  strong breezes  took in top gallant sails and studding sails split the fore sail  clewd down and double reeft the topsails  unbent the fore sail and bent another

24 {1847/04/24} these 24 hours light wind from NE  a heavy swell heaving from the Westward  shook out the reefs and set top-gallant sails  at 7 Am wore ship and stood to the Westward

25 {1847/04/25} commence with moderate breezes from the NE  course N by W  at 9 Am wind hauld to the E  set starboard studding sails  imployed in painting boats

26 {1847/04/26} wind south  first part moderate  middle drizing rain  at 11 Pm wind hauld to the Northward  took in the studding sails and top-gallant sails and double reeft the topsails  stood to the Eastward

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April
27 {1847/04/27} moderate from the N  at 7[?] Am wore ship and stood to the N and Westward and set whole topsails  at 10 drizzling rain  at 11 Am set all sail  at noon clear and calm

28 {1847/04/28} strong breezes from the Northward  stood to the Westward  at 6 Pm double reeft the topsails  saw a large flock of burds

29 {1847/04/29} strong breezes  wind NNW  stood to the N and E  latter part more moderate  made all sail  saw large flocks of birds  saw a sunfish

30 {1847/04/30} moderate breezes NNW  stood to the N and E  at 2 Pm wind hauld to the Westward  course N by W  at 10 Pm squally  wind  hauld to the NW  bracet the yards and took in the studding sails and top-gallant sails and doble reeft the top-sails

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May the first  1847
1 {1847/05/01} wind NNW  stood to the NE  moderate and squally  at 8 Am shook out the reefs and set the top-gallant sails  saw finbacks  wind hauld to the NNE  stood to the NW  Lat 39"39

2 {1847/05/02} wind NNE  stood to the NW strong breezes  at 8 took in top-gallant sails  single reeft the top-sails  hands imployed in repairing and riping up sails  1 Pm a man was hove overbord by the jib whips off the boom  he caught hold of the jib down hall and held on  lowerd a boat and pict him up

3 {1847/05/03} wind at NE  stood to the NW  strong  breezes and cloudy  under double reeft topsails  at 4 Pm took in the jib and main sail  at 5 Pm clost reeft the top sails  saw finbacks  Lat 41"20

4 {1847/05/04} wind NNE  moderate breezes  at 4 Am shook out the reefs and set the topgallant sails  at 4 Pm took in the top gallant sails  at 5 Pm single reefs breezing on all the while  at half past five double reeft the topsails  at seven clost reeft the fore and mizon top sails split the main top sail  unbent it  at midnight took in the fore topsail  Lat  42"12

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May
5 {1847/05/05} wind NNE  stood to the N and W  strong gales at daylight  bent a main top sail and closly reeft it  at 8 Pm moderate  wore ship head to the E  Lat 42"44

6 {1847/05/06} wind N  strong gales  stood to the NE  at 4 Pm made all sail wind S  course N by W  at 5 Pm wind N  stood to the NE  saw a sail standing to the NE  later part calm  Lat 42"46

7 {1847/05/07} calm  at 5 Pm light air  course N  one sail in sight standing to the N  at 8 wind N  stood to the N and W  at 12 wind hauld to the S and W  course N by W  set studding sails  at 10 Pm wind hauld to the Northward  stood to the N and E  Lat 42"26

8 {1847/05/08} wind N  stood to the N and E  at 12 spoke to the ship Metacom of New Bedford 17 months out 170 bls  at 2 Pm tackt ship and stood to the N  Lat 42"32

9 {1847/05/09} calm and light airs and cloudy this 24 hours

10 {1847/05/10} light air from the S  course N  set studding sails  at 1 Pm shifted studding sails on the starboard side  at 8 shifted studding sails again again  wind baflin from SSE to SSW

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May North West Coast
11 {1847/05/11} wind S  course N  strong breezes and cloudy  at 1 Pm wind hauld to the W  took in studding sails and bracet the yards  at midnight took in top-gallant sails and double reeft the top-sails

12 {1847/05/12} wind WNW  stood to the NNE  strong breezes and cloudy at 8 Am shook out the reefs  wind hauld to the W  course N by W  at 8 Pm double reeft the top-sails  latter part foggy and moderate  Lat 49"25  Long 163"30 #s049 25N#e $s163 30W$e

13 {1847/05/13} wind W  course NW by W 1/2 W  saw plenty finbacks  at 4 Pm RW  lowerd and the L[?] boat struck and drawd  cloudy and foggy by spells throuought the day  Lat 52"10 = Lat 163"48 #s052 10N#e $s163 48W$e
at 8 took in sail for the night

14 {1847/05/14} wind W  moderate and foggy  at 4 Pm made sail and stoo to the northward  at 8 Am saw a bark  at 9 wind hauld to the Northward  stood to the eastward  saw finbacks humpbacks and one R whale  lowerd for him but to shy[?] to get on  cloudy foggy squally rainy and snow  saw largeflocks of burds  Lat 52"54

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May North West Coast
15 {1847/05/15} light air from the Eastward and snow  stood to the S and Eastward  at 8 saw R.W.  lowerd and gallied  came on board and wore ship and stood to the N and E  saw another whale  at 9 Am lowerd and the Mt struck.  the Br boat got the midship oar broak by the whales flooks when they struck.  the W boat got the steerer nockt overboard by the whales flooks.  the whale hove his flooks over the boat without tutching hur.  the whale stove the S boat with his fins.  thurd Mt kild the whale and he sunk.  lancht another boat and took the stoven boat aboard. and bracet forward.  at 4 Pm saw a whale, lowerd and gallied him.  at 8 took in sail  that is double reeft top sails.  stood to the S and E all night

16 {1847/05/16} moderate breezes and cloudy  saw whales  lowerd and chasest  at 4 Pm in thick green water  at 8 took in sail blowing heavy  at midnight took in the fore sail  at 4 Pm in green water

17 {1847/05/17} wind NNW  lay to all day under double reeft main top-sail  saw whale  stood to the Westward  at 10 wore ship and stood to the Eastward  Lat 52" 25

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May 18th  North West Coast
18 {1847/05/18} wind NNE  stood to the N and Westward  at 8 Am saw whale  lowerd and the B boat struck and the whale stove the boat and the line foul of the thurd Mt so cut the line  pict up the crew and oars and towd the boat abord  at 12 saw whale lowrd and the B boat struck the too other boats  got fast  the whale sounded and one iron broke one drawed and got cut off  at 8 Pm took in sail and headed to the S and E  no obs  Lat 52"50  Long 163"48 #s052 50N#e $s163 48W$e

19 {1847/05/19} wind SSE  moderate and thick fog  spoke the ship Charles Drew of N B  too whales  Lat 52"45

20 {1847/05/20} moderate breezes from the ESE  stood to the NE  at 8 tact and stood to the S  at 12 run to the WSW  at 7 thick fog  took in sail and hove to head to the S  at midnight wore ship headed to the Northeast in green water  saw a sail standing to NE  Lat  52"44  Long 162"12 #s052 44N#e $s162 12W$e

21 {1847/05/21} wind SW and moderate with thick fog  at 8 lit up  made sail and stood to the NNE  at 11 wind hauld to the South  at 1 PM set studding sails below and aloft  at 5 PM saw a sail  at 8 spoke the Thames of Sag harbor  shortend sail for the night heading SE

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May  North West Coast
22 {1847/05/22} wind SE  moderate breezes and clear weather  11 AM saw a whale  lowerd and the third Mt struck  all four boats got fast  at last the thurd Mt kild him and he began to sink but four boats hauld him up took him along side at 2 PM and got in the head throat and lips and let him lay for the night  [whale stamp]

23 {1847/05/23} wind ESE  saw three sails  too boyling  at 6 Am cut in the remander of the whale  made sail and stood Southward and Eastward  at 5 PM saw too whales  the Georgia boats struck  at 6 PM  boarded the Georga of NL  600 bls  at 8 took top-gallant sails for the night  started the works at 9 AM  Lat  52 56   Long  160 20 #s052 56N#e $s160 20W$e

24 {1847/05/24} wind NNW  stod to the Westward  at 9 AM S. and. E  at 10 run to the SW  saw three sails  at 4 PM saw a whale  double reeft the top-sails and lowerd and chasest  stood to the West all night  Lat  52 48  Long  161 18 #s052 48N#e $s161 18W$e

25 {1847/05/25} wind NNW  stood to the W under double reeft topsails all day  strong breezes and clear weather
		
26 {1847/05/26} wind NNW  moderat breezes  all hands imployed in stowing down the oil  coold down  at 8 AM saw whales  lowerd and chasest but gt none  Lat  55 27  Long 165 06 #s055 27N#e $s165 06W$e

27 {1847/05/27} wind NNW  moderate  breezes  all hands imployed in stowing down  saw whales  lowerd three times  the whale stowd down 180 bls    Lat 52 43  Long 165 55 #s052 43N#e $s165 55W$e

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May 28  North West Coast
May 28 {1847/05/28} NNW  moderate breezes  at 6 AM saw a whale  lowerd but no go  at 10 saw a whale to the windward  lowerd and the Mt struck and the boat steerer set him spouting thin blood with his irons  got the whale along side  at 4 PM got dinner and hokt on and cut him in  got through cutting about 10 PM and lay with the yards on the cap[?]  headed to the Eastward all night  [whale stamp]

29 {1847/05/29} wind ESE  stood to the Southward  saw plenty humpbacks and large flocks of burds  at 7 AM started the works  at 8 pm spoke the Bingham of Mist.

30 {1847/05/30} wind ESE  moderate breezes  stood to the Northward  saw finbacks  at 10  AM saw land bearing NW  one part and the other N  at the same time saw whales  lowerd and chasest and galled  at 12 lowerd again and the third Mt struck and the Mt kild  took him along side at 20 minutes before 5 and wore ship and headed to the SE  at 8 pm spoke the ship Bingham of Mistic.  caried whole topsails all night  Aonalaska[?] distant about 15 miles  Lat  52"02  [whale stamp with "212" written inside]

31 {1847/05/31} at 6 AM hokt on the whale  took in the head gear and wore ship and took in the boddy to the windward  finished cutting at 8 PM  took in sail for the night heading SE  parted the cutting falls lost the hook and block  

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North West Coast
1 {1847/06/01} wind NNE  strong breezes and a heavy swell on in thick green water  at 3 PM  spoke the ship Bingham of Mystic.  Scholfield.  all day under double reeft fore and main top sail  mizon furled

2 {1847/06/02} wind  strong breezes  at 6 shook out the reefs in the main top-sail and set the mizon top sail  at 8 took in fore and mizon top-sail and double reeft main top-sail and took in the jib and all hands imployed in boyling and stowing down oil  at 6 PM set fore topsail jib and spanker  stowd down about 100 bls  saw humpbacks  Lat 5

3 {1847/06/03} wind NNW  moderate breezes  stood to the NE  saw finbacks

4 {1847/06/04} first part calm  latter part light air from the NNW  stood to the W  stowd down oil  continued boyling

5 {1847/06/05} Begins with light airs from the SE heading NW  stowd down oil  saw great number of HB  saw Sulpher Bottoms  at 8 PM saw a RW  Too late to lower

6 {1847/06/06} Begins with heavy gales from the NE  stood stood to the W under double reef top-sails  at 4 PM hauld our wind SE by E  at 6 handed the mizon top-sail and clost reeft the fore and main  at 10 PM took in the fore sail  heading E by S  latter part strong gales with thick fog

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June 7 {1847/06/07} Continue fogy and moderate  heading NW  at 8 AM tact ship  stood to the Eastward  at 8 P shortened sail for the night   Lat

8 {1847/06/08} moderate wind from NW  headed Northward  at 8 AM double reeft the top sails  stowed oil  heading NE  fresh gales NNW  this 24 hours ends with fresh gales NW  stood sea watches

9 {1847/06/09} commencet with fresh gales from the NW  at 4 AM tact ship and stood to the WNW under single reeft top sails  at 10 AM saw the land Oonalaska[?] bearing NW  this 24 hours ends with a calm  carried all sail all night  stood whole watches

10 {1847/06/10} commencet with calm  at 10 AM light air from the W  headed NNW  the land in sight  saw HB at 4 PM  cep off NE by E  at 6 PM hauld to the N  at half past six lowerd one boat and chasest HB  at 8 light light air SW caried all sail  all course NE by E

11 {1847/06/11} commencet with strong gales from the SW and foggy  course NE by E  at 10 AM hauld up E  at 7 PM saw large flocks of burds and Sulpher Bottoms  at 8 took in sail for the night  heaved to the W

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12 {1847/06/12} commencet with moderate gales from the SW and thick fog with rain  course E by S  at 9 AM saw a RW  lowerd and struck the third Mt struck at last  the Mt got him spouting thin blood  the Cpt got the head of his boat knock off  captured the whale  at 3 PM mate got the whale along side  hokt on too the whale  at 5 PM took in the head throat and lips  took in sail and lay for the night  head to the Northward  at midnight caried the spanker boom away  the boat steerer cut his sturn when cutting off the head

13 {1847/06/13} commencet with heavy gales from the SW  at 5 AM commencet heaving in the boddy  got the boddy in and wore ship and stood to the SE by S under clost reeft main top sail and fore sail  at 8 PM took in the fore sail and hauld on the wind  hove to the W  squally with hail

14 {1847/06/14} heavy gales continued from the SW  at 5 PM saw a sail laying to under short sail  cep off for her  at 8 AM spoke her  it proved to be the Hannibal of Sagharbor  lay to all day under clost reef main top sail

15 {1847/06/15} heavy gales continued from the SW  at 8 AM set the fore sail and double reeft top-sails  at 11 made all sail and stood to the NNW  at noon calm  at 4 PM wind hauld to the Westward  hauld on the wind  heading to the North

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16 {1847/06/16} Commence with light air from the NW and drizzling rain  made sail and stood to the NNE  at 10 AM wind hauld SSE  stood to the Eastward  at 8 AM started the works  HB FB and SB  at 6 PM took in top gallant sails  at 7 double reef the top sails for the night  squally throughout the night  at midnight took in mizon top sail

17 {1847/06/17} Commenc with strong gales from the S  stood to the ESE under double reeft fore and main top-sail  saw finbacks  cloudy and squally throughout the night with a drizzling rain

18 {1847/06/18} moderate breezes from the SW  steered to the NNE  at 10 AM coold down  at 4 PM saw HB  lowerd one boat and gallied them  caried sail all night  stood to the NNW

19 {1847/06/19} moderate breezes from the SW and drizzling rain  stood to the NNW  saw one HB  caried whole top sails all night  heading NNW 

20 {1847/06/20} first part strong breezes from the SW  sood to the NNW  at 3 AM wind headed off ENE  at 3 saw five HB  at 8 AM moderate  saw plenty of HB and FB  at 1 Pm cep off E

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21 {1847/06/21} moderate breezes from the W  course E  saw plenty of HB and FB  caried sail all night

22 {1847/06/22} moderate breezes W  steerd to the E  at 12 wind hauld to the SW  sterd to the N  saw HB and FB  at 4 saw BW  at 6 lowerd and the Mt struck  the Cpt kild him and got his boat cract  the whale sank but hauld him up and held him up  took him along side and let him lay for the night

23 {1847/06/23} moderate breezes from the SE  at 3 AM calld all hands and commencet cutting  at noon got through cutting  made sail and steered to NNW  saw FB

24 {1847/06/24} moderate breezes from the SE  course NNW  at 1 AM wind hauld to the NE  bracet the yards and head to the N by W  at 2 strong breezes took the top-gallant sails  at 8 blowing heavy  double reefe the top-sails and took in the jib and hoysted the lee boats up on upper crane  at 10 took in the main sail  at noon took in fore and mizzen top-sails  all hands in the blubber room imployed in cutting it up and heaving it forward  at 1 PM wore ship head to the South  at 2 PM rain  at 8 Pm took in fore sail main top sail and top mast staysail and lay to under bare poles

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June 25 {1847/06/25} Heavy gales continue from the E  headind to Southward  at 4 AM set mizzen top-sail single reefed  at 9 AM wore ship head to the N at 8 set double reefe top-sails main sail and jib  at 9 wind hauld to the SE  course NNE  at 9 took in main sail and jib for the night  wind haild  at 10 to the SW  headed to the NE

26 {1847/06/26} strong breezes  at 3 AM set whole top-sails and run to the NE  saw a sail standing to SE  at 5 AM saw a plenty Finback  spoke the Caledonia Sonington  6 whales at 9 PM  saw a Whale  lowerd three boats and galled  came on board and double reefed the top sails for the night

27 {1847/06/27} strong gales from the NE  at 3 AM set whole top sails and stood to the S and East  at 8 AM double reefe the top sails and took in the jib  at 10 took in the fore main and mizzen top-sails and fore-sail  heavy gales and foggy  at 1 PM more moderate  set mizzen top-sail and fore sail and started the works  at 4 PM set the main top sail

28 {1847/06/28} strong breezes from the Northward  stood to the Westward under double reef top-sails  at 6 PM took in sail for the night

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29 {1847/06/29} strong breezes from the NW  steered from NE. - E.S.E. and SW under double reef top-sails

30 {1847/06/30} first part moderate breezes from the NW  stood to the NE  at 8 AM wore ship and stood to the SW  at 9 AM saw a sail  at 10 AM spoke the Mary Frazier of New Bedford  4 whales  foggy and rain thruought the day

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July  1 {1847/07/01} strong breezes from the SE  stood to the N  at 5 PM saw 4 sails  stood to the Eastward all night under whole top sails

2 {1847/07/02} strong breezes  at 8 AM spoke the ship Cabinet Stonington and
Brookly New London  
Dover New London  
Navy New Bedford  
Mary Frazier New Bedford  
gamd all day  thick fog and rain throuought the day    Lat 57"12  Lon 139"54 W #s057 12N#e $s139 54W$e

3 {1847/07/03} moderate and foggy and rain  gamd with Brooklyn  Dover and Cabinet  fired from each ship a number of times and all set colors

4 {1847/07/04} moderate breezes and clear weather  Spoke the Catharine New London  saw plenty of whales  saw one whale dead but too far gone  at 8 shortend sail for the night  Eleven sails insight

5 {1847/07/05} moderate and clear  saw plenty of whale chhase  saw one ship take a whale  at 7 AM chast  at 12 and 3 PM  whales going quick  saw a nomber of ships a whaleing

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6 {1847/07/06} moderate  saw plenty of whales  lowerd and chase but could not strike  whales going quick  spoke the Pacific New Bedford  three whales

7 {1847/07/07} strong breezes from the Westward  under single reefe top sails  saw plenty of whales  lowerd and chasest a nomber but got none  whales shy and going quick  strong breezes throughout the day  at 8 took in sail for the night

8 {1847/07/08} strong breezes from the E  under single reef top sails  saw plenty whales  lowerd three times in the forenoon  afternoon saw plenty but too rugged to lower  saw three sails a laying to  one boyling and a whale along side  at 8 took in sail for the night  headed to the Northward

9 {1847/07/09} first part strong breeze from the __  under double reefe top-sails  saw plenty whales  lowerd and the Mt struck and the whale took the line  the Cpt struck another and the whale took his line  afternoon more moderate  set whole top-sails  saw the ship Navy a whaleing  saw too other sails  one boyling  at 5 got dinner and supper all in one  shifted boats and coiled too new lines

10 {1847/07/10} First part strong breezes from the Southward  saw plenty whales  Mt struck one  too boats fast drawd and iron broke  the whale went off spouting blood  lost sight of him in the fog  foggy throughout the day

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July 11 {1847/07/11} calm  saw plenty whales  lowerd and chast  at 10 AM light air from the S  all hands imployed in stowing down oil  broke one of the boat steerers for missing a whale  saw three ships all whaling

12 {1847/07/12} moderate breezes from the N  saw plenty whales  lowerd and chast and galled  at 12 noon saw a dead whale  bustled[?]  took him along side and cut him in  saved half of the bone  saw three sails  one boyling and one cutting and one ship's boats fast and got loos again  at 7 took in sail for the night and started the works  [whale stamp with "40" written inside]

13 {1847/07/13} moderate breezes from the ___ and clear weather  spoke the Brooklyn and Dover and Caledonia  gamd  got a boat out of the Brooklyn and exchanged one of the broken boat steereers for another man  saw too whales and seven sails  the Brooklyn and the Caledonia both boyling  saw the Navy boyling  carried whole topsails all night standing too the ___

14 {1847/07/14} moderate breezes  SSW  at 4 AM saw a whale  called hands and lowerd  the Capt struck  the thurd Mt got stove by his fin and the boat steerer hurt  Cpt kild the whale  took him alongside and cut him in  the Wm Thompson took a whale clost to us  the S Mt got stove and one man hurt  face all stove in  saw 4 sails  all a whaling  one a cutting  the Wiliam Thompson saved hur whale  [whale stamp with "120" written inside]

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North West Coast
15 {1847/07/15} moderate breezes SSW  first part rain  middle part thick fog  saw whales and chast  saw three ships a boyling

16 {1847/07/16} light air from the SSW and thick fog  at 4 AM saw whales  lowerd and chast  saw two sails  saw more whales three miles off  Spoke the Mag___  they had lost a boat steer by a whale too  knockt over board saved one but saw nothing of the boat steerer

17 {1847/07/17} light air from the SSW and thick fog  at 3 AM saw whales  lowerd and chaste  at 8 AM spoke the Newark of Stonington  at 11 saw more whales  lowerd and chasse  at 1 PM mate saw the Newark strike a whale and turn him up  run down and took a line and towd him about a mile to leward for them  at 1 PM rain  continue rain throuought the day  at 7 PM took in sail for the night

18 {1847/07/18} light air from the SW  all hands imployed in stowing down oil  saw whales going Southward  at 6 PM saw a whale  lowerd one boat and chasse  foggy throuought the day  at 8 took in sail for the night head to the Southward and Eastward

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North West Coast
July 19 {1847/07/19} light air from the ____  stowd down the remainder of the oil in watches which choct of the main hatch within seven bls  at 11 AM saw land bearing from NW to E distant about 25 or 30 miles  snow on it in spots  saw a FB

20 {1847/07/20} fair weather and calm  land insight distant 2 miles  caried all sail throuought the night  standing to the NW  saw grampus and finbacks  Norfolk sound bearing ENE distant 20 miles at 6 PM  Lat  56 57[?]

21 {1847/07/21} light air from the SW  at 10 AM strong breezes from the NW  stood to the SW  at 12 noon spoke the Brooklyn New London boyling and the Citezon ____ boyling  at 5 PM saw plenty whale  got a slight hold of one and drawd

22 {1847/07/22} strong breezes  caried double reefe top-sails  saw whales  lowerd and chast  at 5 PM took in sail and hove to heading to the SW  spoke the Hamilton Sagharbor  3 whales  saw 9 sails

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23 {1847/07/23} strong breezes from the Westward and thick fog  at 10 AM more moderate and cleard up  made all sail  three sails in sight  at noon saw a whale  lowerd and the Mt struck at last cap  the whale three miles to windward of the ship and it came in thick fog  the Cpt started for the ship  the rest of the boats took the whale and towed to leward  the Cpt got onboard and fired a gun loading again and the gun went of and nearly kild one man Jack Williams  they fired a number of times  at last caut sight sight of a ship suppose to be ours  sent the thurd Mt to let the Cpt now whare the the whale and the boats was but it proved to be the the Newark of Stonington so he went on board and stopt  at 8 PM got the whale along side  the ship came clost too us and the thurd Mt came a board  took in sail and let the whale lay alongside all night  [whale stamp with "200" written inside]

24 {1847/07/24} strong gales from the Westward  at 3 AM calld all hands hookt on too the whale  at 3 PM got through cutting  cleard up decks and started the works  too sails insight  one cutting and boyling  at 10 PM past a dead whale or carcas

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North West Coast
July 25 {1847/07/25} strong gales from the WNW  under clost reef main top sail and fore sail  stood to the Northward  at noon saw whales  lowerd and the thurd Mt struck one iron drawd and cut the short warp and the whale went off  saw plenty whales  six sails in sight  saw the land bearing NNE distant 15 or 20 miles

26 {1847/07/26} strong breezes from the WNW  thick fog  stood too the Northward  saw plenty of HB  FB and SB  at 4 PM saw land distant about 15 miles  at 7 saw brakers distant one or too miles  wore ship and stood to the S and W  at half past seven fog lit up  saw very high land asturn   Lat 55=55

27 {1847/07/27} strong breezes from the WNW and thick fog  stood to the Northward  at 2 PM saw land  at 7 PM land distant 12 or 15 miles wore ship and stood to the SW by S all night under whole top-sails  Lat 55=36

28 {1847/07/28} strong breezes WNW  stood to the N under whole top-sails  slowd down  oil thick fog throught the 24 hours  at 7 PM wore ship and stood to the SW  all night under whole top-sails

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29 {1847/07/29} moderate breezes WNW  stood to the N under whole top-sails  thick fog thruought these 24 hours  stowd down oil  at 7 wore ship and stood to SW  at 10 lit up  cared whole top sails all night

30 {1847/07/30} first part calm  middle part light air from the NW  course SW  stowd shooks between decks  the blacksmith mate stole a knife from one of the men  had some Jaw about it so let them fight it out  the Cpt told them to take off their shurts and he would giv them fair play  the blacksmith mate said he would not take off his shurt so the Cpt tore it off and then cut off the top-gallant cluline and whip them both forward

31 {1847/07/31} strong breezes from the Westward  stood to the Northward
spoke the Citizen Sagharbor  
spoke the Magnet Warren  
spoke the Alexander New Bedford  
saw one whale going quick  lowerd but saw nothing of him  at 8 PM took in sail for the night  stood N

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August 1 {1847/08/01} strong breezes from the WNW  spoke the ship Newark of  Stonington  spoke the Thames of Stonington  at 4 PM saw whales  lowerd and the Mt got a slight hold of one and drawd  thre sails in sight  at 8 PM took in sail for the night  stood to the SW all night

2 {1847/08/02} moderate breezes WNW  at 12 saw two whales  lowerd  and chast and gallied  at 8 took in sail for the night  heading to the SW

3 {1847/08/03} moderate breezes from the WNW  steerd to the S by W  first part foggy  saw eight sails  spoke the ship Wiliam Thompson New Bedford  saw the Clement New London  eight whales  saw the Dover New London  at 8 thick fog and nearly calm  clewd down the sails and let them hang for the night

4 {1847/08/04} moderate breezes from the WNW  steerd to the S by W  at 4 PM thick fog  at 7 PM took in sail for the night

5 {1847/08/05} moderate breezes WNW  first part thick fog  at noon cleard up  made sail and steerd to the ENE saw three sails  one boyling

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August 6 {1847/08/06} strong gales from the WNW  steerd to the ENE  spoke ship George of Fairhaven  nine whales  caried sail all night  course ENE

7 {1847/08/07} moderate breezes from the WNW  steerd NE  at 3 PM wind hauld West  hauld on the wind heading SSE  caried all sail all night

8 {1847/08/08} moderate breezes from the WSW  stood to the SE by S all night  caried all sail

9 {1847/08/09} moderate breezes and cloudy weather with light squalls and drizling rain  wind baffling from WSW to South  stood to the Southward and Eastward  at 4 PM wore ship and stood to the Northward and  Westward

10 {1847/08/10} first part of these 24 hours moderate breezes  at 5 AM saw a whale lowerd and the S Mt struck the whale  took the line  the Mt bent on and the whale took one of his lines  the whale run and sound  took the Mt nearly out of sight and the irons came out and the whale went off  got onboard again at 12 noon  one sail in sight  at 4 PM spoke the Edward of New Bedford

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11 {1847/08/11} strong gales from the SE  course W  at 8 AM drizling rain  at 12 noon past a dead whale with one iron in him but too far gon  at 4 wind hauld to the NNW with thick fog  caried all sail thruought the night  heading to the W

12 {1847/08/12} strong gales from the ESE  course W  at 4 PM took in the top gallant sails  at 12 midnight took in too reefs in the top-sails and main-sail and jib  heading to the SW

13 {1847/08/13} strong gales ESE  stood to the SW under double reefe top-sails  at 9 AM set main-sail and jib and steerd to the W  at midnight  more moderate

14 {1847/08/14} calm  at 10 AM light air from the SW  at 3 PM strong breezes from the SSE  steered to the W by S  made all sail  at 4 PM thick fog  caried all sail all night

15 {1847/08/15} strong breezes and thick fog  wind SSE  course WSW  at 4 PM wind hauld to the Southward  at 6 nearly calm  at 7 wind hauld to the SSE  caried sail all night  thick fog and squally throuought the night

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16 {1847/08/16} moderate breezes from the SE and thick fog  at 8 AM cleard up  saw the ship Orozimbo of New Bedford and spoke hur

17 {1847/08/17} moderate breezes and squally and drizling rain  at 11 AM saw plenty fin backs and one Rite Whale  lowerd and the Mt struck at last another boat got fast and the whale run quick to the leward  took the lines from both boats  chast him until 5 PM and then gave him up  came on board and took in the top gallant sails and flying jib for the night  at  10 PM spoke the Orozimbo of New Bedford

18 {1847/08/18} first part moderate breezes from the SE  at 10 AM wind hauld to the N  course WSW  saw plenty of FB  latter part strong breezes  at 8 shortened sail for the night  heading to the Nortward and Westward

19 {1847/08/19} moderate breezes WSW  stood to the NW  at 5 PM saw too whales going quick to the Westward  dark cloudy weather and squally  took in the top gallant sails and stood to the NW all night  Lat 54"30

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20 {1847/08/20} strong breezes from the WSW  course WNW  at 10 AM saw land North part of ___ bearing NNW  stood in shore to go a fishing  at 11 within three miles of the shore saw a whale  lowerd and the mate struck and kild him  took him alongside and commence cutting the peas[?] partly tore off so let him lay for the night  [whale stamp]

21 {1847/08/21} moderate gales and thick fog and drizling rain  at 5 calld all hands and commencet cutting  finesht at 8 AM  cleard up decks and started the works  land insight  at 4 PM distant 5 miles  wore ship and stood to the Eastward all night under double reef top-sails

22 {1847/08/22} moderat breezes from the SSE and thick fog  stood to the Southward and Westward  at 8 PM wore ship and stood to the Eastward under double reefe top-sails all night

23 {1847/08/23} moderate Southerly winds and thick fog  stood to the SW under easy sail  at 2 PM wore ship and stood to the E  at 8 PM wore ship and stood to the SW  drizling rain thruought the night 

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24 {1847/08/24} begins with moderate winds from ESE and thick fog and drizling rain  stood southward  at 5 AM wore ship and stood to the NE  at 4 PM wore ship and stood on opozit tack Southward

25 {1847/08/25} begins with strong gales from the SE  stood to the Southward  at 8 cep off WSW  at half past eight coold down  at 12 noon hauld on the wind under clost reefe main top-sail and one fore sail  headind to the Southward  at 4 PM the wind hauld to the Eastward

26 {1847/08/26} begins with very heavy gales from the E  at 3 AM blowd the fore sail and the main top sail away  lay untill 4 PM set a reeft main sail  at 5 PM sent down the remaining of the main top-sail and bent a new cotton canvas main top-sail and clost reefet it and set it heading to the SSE

27 {1847/08/27} whole gale from the E  heading to the SSE  drizling rain under clost reef main top sail  fore-sail and top mast stay-sail and reeft main-sail  at 10  AM blowd away the main sail  at 11 AM blowd away the top-mast-stay sail  at 4 PM began to moderate  unbent the fore sail or what remained of it and bent a new one  reefet it and set it  at 4 wind hauld to the SE  at 6 wore ship and headed to the ENE  a very heavy sea on

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28 {1847/08/28} Strong gales from the SE and dark cloudy weather  under short sail but towards midnight shook out the reef in the fore-sail  at 1 AM set a clost reef fore top-sail  at 2 AM set a clost reefe mizon top-sail  at 3 AM set the jib  at 3 shipt a very heavy sea  at 8 shook out one reefe out of the fore and main top-sails  unbent the main sail and bent the old one

29 {1847/08/29} strong gales from the SE  under double reefe top-sails  stood to the NE  at 4 PM more moderate  set whole top-sails

30 {1847/08/30} moderate breezes from the Southward  stood to the Eastward  at 3 PM saw two whales  lowerd and chast whales going quick  at 4 took in sail for the night

31 {1847/08/31} first part moderate breezes  stood to the E  saw plenty of FB and HB  at 10 AM wore ship and stood to the SE  at 12 noon took in top gallant sails  strong gale and rain  at 2 PM saw whales  took in sail and hove to head to the ___  at 4 PM thick fog

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September 1 {1847/09/01} first part strong gales from the SSW  course E by S  under double reefe fore and mizon top-sail and single reefe main top-sail  saw FB  at midnight moderate  set main top-gallant sail

2 {1847/09/02} moderate breezes from the SSW and foggy and drizling rain  at 2 PM fog cleard up  stood to the SSE  latter part calm

3 {1847/09/03} first part calm  at 3 AM light air from the Eastward  tackt ship at 4 AM and stood to the N  at 7 AM strong breezes bursted the mizon top gallant sail  at 7 took in the fore top gallant sail  at half past seven took in main top gallant sail and single reefet the fore top sail  at 11 tackt ship  wind hauld to the SSW  course E by S  thick fog and drizling rain

4 {1847/09/04} these 24 hours strong breezes from the SSW and thick fog  course E by S  at 4 AM made all sail

5 {1847/09/05} this 24 hours begins with thick fog and strong breezes from the SSW  latter part moderate breezes from the W  course E by S  thick fog throuought the 24 hours

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6 {1847/09/06} This 24 hours moderate breezes from the W  course E by S  thick fog

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Mr. Sfl.[?] Terry  Esq of Hartford Conn

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6 {1847/09/06} This 24 hours begins with thick fog and moderate breezes from the W  course E by S  at 8 AM cleard up  set studding sails

7 {1847/09/07} moderate breezes from the N  course E by S  studding sails below and aloft  bent fore and main royal  hove over board the remainds of the main top-sail and fore sail too rotton for for enny thing  bent mizon top gallant sail and wove[?] new braces

8 {1847/09/08} first part moderate breezes from the N  course E by S  studding below and aloft  at 4 PM the wind hauld to the S  shifted the studding sail on the larboard side  strong breezes

9 {1847/09/09} This 24 hours moderate breezes from the S  course E by S

10 {1847/09/10} First part of this 24 hours moderate breezes from the S  at 8 AM wind hauld to the NNE  course E

11 {1847/09/11} First part of this 24 hours moderate breezes from the NNE  course E by N  At 10[?] wind hauld to the S

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12 {1847/09/12} First part of this 24 hours begins with moderate breezes from the W  course E  at 12 wind S  stood to the SSE  took in studding sails  at 4 PM took in royals  at 8 PM took in mizen top gallant sail   at __ PM saw light streaks in the water  tackt ship and stood to the W by S and took in fore and main top gallant sails  thick cloudy weather  at 11 PM double reeft the fore and mizen topsails  at half past Eleven wind hauld suddingly to West and cleard up and nearly calm  stood to the Northward

13 {1847/09/13} moderate breezes from the West  at 7 PM the wind hauld to the NNE  stood to the E  at 8 PM wind hauld to the South  set fore and main royal and top mast studding sail top gallant studding sail and lower studding sails  course SE

14 {1847/09/14} moderate breezes from the NNE  course E by S  at daylight saw land dis 10 leagus  bearing __  distant __  hauld up E  at 2 PM strong gales  at 9 PM under double reef top-sails  at 12 midnight hauld on the wind  head offshore  blowing heavy

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Oct  California  San Francisco
Oct 1847 15 {1847/09/15} Begins with strong gales from the NNE  under double reefe top-sails heading SW  at 7 AM more moderate  set whole top-sails  course E  at 8 moderate  made all sail  set studding sails  land about 40 miles distant bearing __  at 6 clost in to the land  at 7 PM took in studding sails royals top-gallant sails flying Jib and hauld up the courses and wore ship head off shore SW  land about one mile distant  in 30 fathoms water  stood off and on wareing ship every hour laying with the head yards aback on both tacks

16 {1847/09/16} moderate breezes from the SW  at 4 PM made all sail and run down the land E  at 12 noon saw the American flag  a shoar at __  saw five ships and one brig too anchor  saw to ships bound in  at 11 got the anchors off the bow  at 2 PM came to anchor at Yerba Buna in 7 fathoms water  ships one brig and one schooner laying to anchor and one came in  at 1 PM the schooner and brig  the Americans taken from the Mexicans

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California  San Francisco
18 {1847/09/17} moderate breezes from the __  at 10 AM the starboard watch went on shore on liberty  the larboard watch imployed in cleaning the bens  at 4 PM the Mate came on shore stabd by one of the men  a ___ Antone Lops[?] by name  went and found  the Capt and sent down a doctor  took the Mt and took the Mt up to the docters  sent too boats a shore and hauld them up the Carpenter refuse to haul up the boat part of the men came off  five slopt ashore  strong breezes thruought the night

17 {1847/09/18} forenoon calm  the afternoon strong breezes  the larboard watch ashore  the starboard watch imployed in cleaning ship outside at 3 PM too brigs came in  Mr Morris and Cook and two men slopt ashore all night

19 {1847/09/19} First part moderate breezes from the __  at 2 PM strong breezes from the __  the larboard watch ashore on lyberty  Mr Morris and the Cook remains on shore this 24 hours and part of both watches

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California
Sunday 20 {1847/09/20} first part calm  middle part strong breezes  the starboard watch ashore  at dark four came on board  the the remainder stop on shore  eight came off some time in the night and took their clothing and left the ship
Names  Richard
John Sheay  seaman
David Fox  Do
William Vanderwater  Do
David Rouse  Do
Paul Bec  Boat steer
___ Swan  Boat steer
suppose some of them went out in the ship Conferation

21 {1847/09/21} First part calm  middle part strong breezes  all hands that we could muster cep aboard to clean ship  Mr Morris and Carpenter Cook remeinds on shore  had a man onboard to find out hoo els was going to run

22 {1847/09/22} First part calm  middle strong breezes  Mr Morris and the Cook came on board  at 8 AM all hands remeind on board with  the exception of the runaways  at 8 this evening H Smith imployed by Cpt C to watch the crew to find the runaways came off  at 8  the boat went on shore with all that intended to leave the ship and H Smith with them to watch them  Crandal a boat steer run with but to find out whare the rest ware stowd so too take them all together

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Jer Beck
___ Johnson boat steer
Charles
Jack Williams
Stephen Ho{?}
Simeon Crandall  boat steer

23 {1847/09/23} moderate but towards noon  strong breezes and extremely squally but towrds night became steadier and more moderate  only eight men on board forward  at 2 PM the ship Sittezen [Citizen] saild  the Carpenter and David Nail in prison  Mr Lee is getting along very well  the Capt started out at eight this evening with six soldiers after the runaways and a lieutenant

24 {1847/09/24} Took part of the runaways and braut them in and put them in the caleboos  Simeon Crandall  Jere Beck  Johnson  Stephen Holms  Jack  Charles Croy[?]

24 {1847/09/24} Took the Carpenters mate Dani Fox  John Shay and Mingo the spanyard and put them in the caleboos at Santa Clar  Paul Beck  Richard Salsbury and two other that would not tell their names.

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25 {1847/09/25} moderate breezes and pleasant weather  Mr Lee came a board and is getting along very well  the Larboard watch ashore on liberty but nearly all the watch remeins in the caleboos and part of the starboard watch

26 {1847/09/26} moderate and clear  the starboard watch ashore on liberty  at Angel island a hunting Deer  five in nomber  three of the starboard watch in caleboos and part of them yet in the country

27 {1847/09/27} Acrouse to san say in the boat  calm  at 10 AM started for ___ in aboat with a few days provision  arived at ___  at 5 PM the Capt started up to a ranch a bout four miles distant for a horse to go to the misshion but remeind at the ranch all night  in open field in the morning got a horse and went to the mishion  Wednesday sent for me to come up to the misshion and we both remeind their all night and took lodging in the orchard  Thursday I came down to the boat and the Capt went on bear hunt  when I got down to the boat their was nothing to eat  the crew kild a crow and a black burd and eat them for dinner  me and Crandall

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started up to the ranch and got a sheep which lasted too days and Friday sent and got too robes[?] of potatoes  live on potatoes all this day  Saturday went to the ranch and got another sheep  at 3 PM noos came for us to go to sant a Clar and Capt Clark would meet us at sant a Clar and two of the men Paul Beck and Richard Saulsbury started at 4 PM started down san Fransa crick  got down about 5 miles  at dark hauld up the boat and got someting to eat  at 6[?] Sunday morning started for sant a Clar  arived at 12 noon  at 6 PM started for San Francisco  at midnight run the boat on a flat and shoved an oar down in the mud and made fast to it  Monday morning at 6 started again arived at the ship at 1 PM with two of the men Paul Beck and Richard Salsbury at ___  Quambo a negro run away

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California  San Francisco
4 {1847/10/04} moderate and cloudy  imployed in painting ship  at 10 AM the Capt came on board with Jer Beck  Johnson  Holmes  John Shay  Fox  Carpenter  Charles Croy  David Nail  at 3 PM rain  Carpenters Mate at the doctors sick not expected to live

5 {1847/10/05} all hands imployed in painting ship

6 {1847/10/06} moderate and clear  plesant weather

7 {1847/10/07} first part calm  afternoon strong breezes from the SE by

saturd 8 {1847/10/08} first part calm  after noon strong breezes from the SE by __  at 3 PM weid anchor for Sausolito to get water

sunday 9 {1847/10/09} calm  got off three rafts of water and stowd it down at about midnight  three men swam a shore with a tab[?]  Mingo the span and two

10 {1847/10/10} first part calm  got of a raft of water and stowd it down  at 1 PM weid anchor for San Francisco  at 4 PM came to anchor in 6 fathom water off San Francesco

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California  San Francisco
11 {1847/10/11} moderate  exchange one man for another man on board of the Armaty[?] of NL

12 {1847/10/12} This morning shipt anothe man and he came on board  Charles Williams  

{1847/10/13} This day strong breezes and cloudy

14 {1847/10/14} First part calm  at 6 AM went a shore after beef with four men  all went to market  in five minutes one was missing  James Allen could not be found  at half past three the bark ___ came in  at 4 PM  weid anchor for ___  at 8 PM came to anchor inside of the mouth of the bay in eight fathom water and lay untill daylight

15 {1847/10/15} At 6 AM weid anchor for sea  at 10 AM San Francisco harbour bearing NN distant 20 miles  at 4 stowd the anchors and unbent the starboard cable and stowd it below

16 {1847/10/16} This 24 hours calm and light airs from the Eastward  

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17 {1847/10/17} moderate breezes from SE  stood to the NE

18 {1847/10/18} moderate breezes from the SW  course SE by S  running along the land  studding sails below and aloft

19 {1847/10/19} moderate breezes from the SW  running along the land  course SE by S  studding sails below and aloft  saw a sail standing to the N

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California  San Diego
19 {1847/10/19} Moderate breezes from the W  course E by S  at 10 AM saw the land  at 7 PM came to anchor at the mouth of San ___ outer harbor in five fathom water  furld the sails and one boat went up to the hide house and braught down a lanch to take Capt Fich ashore

20 {1847/10/20} at 6 AM lowded the liter and towd it up to the hide house  at 4 PM a ship showing French colors came to anchor in the outer harbor

21 {1847/10/21} This morning found the store room open and a bull of gin[?] taken out which was found in the steerage and half of it gorn

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California  San Diego
22 {1847/10/22} at 2 PM the Capt came onboard with Capt Fich two lieutenants  at 3 PM ___ the harbor master  all went ashore again at 5 PM  at 8 set the watch as usual  Mr Harris first watch  Wansleys second watch  in the first watch heard a great deal of noys of running about deck  at 10 Wansley took charge of the deck  at about quarter past 10 heard so mutch noys that the Mate Mr Lee went on deck to see what it all ment  saw the cabbin boy standing by the gally  as soon as he saw Mr Lee comming he the cabbin boy run forward and saw a nomber run  he Mr Lee inquired what all the running ment about deck  he Mr Lee saw the falls of the bow boat lying on deck  came below and got his pants and shoes and went on deck and put them on and went forward and lookt in the bow boat and saw a great deal of clothing in the boat  came aft and called to me to come on deck that their was something going on  I took my pistol and gun out of my burth which was loaded  the pistol one ball in each barriel  the gun with five of the pistol balls  the gun I gave to Crandall the fourth mate  the third mate had nothing  got on deck past out of the boat bags and bundals of clothing and one bag of bread and one Jug of gin

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California  San Diego
put every thing into the cabbin  the cook came aft and grould about so mutch noys tha he could not sleep but he the Cook was then half drunk  Mr Lee and my self stood watch the remeinder of the night  Mr Lee had a six barriel pistol and a double barriel pistol  my gun I set in the round hous  at 12 midnight lowded a musket and a fowling pe  the musket with six balls and the fowling pe with five and set them in the round house with the other gun  Crandall Wansley and Williams stayd ondeck  at 12 found that the stower room had ben bro open again and the bool of Gin gone  Crandall Wansley Williams once in about a half hour would go into the forecastle and get something to drink

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California  San Diego
23 {1847/10/23} This morning at 7 AM cauld all hands  Mr Lee told Daniel Fox to set the collors byt he refused and went forward  ___ set the colors at the main mast head for Capt Clark  at 12 Capt Clark came onboard and cauld for all hands to come aft but none started  cauld twice more and none started  Capt Clark then cauld Johnson but he did not start so Capt Clark took a stave and struck him lightly so all hands started aft and then Capt Clark ask Fox why he did not set the col when Mr Lee told him  he said becaus the rest of them had knoct off and he would do eny thing unles the rest did so seize him up  Capt Clark told Paul Be to go and haul down the colo but he would not so seized him up  then Capt told Paul Be to go and haul down the col but he would not  told him anomber of times and then draud apistol and pointed at him but he would not go  then put up the pistol and said he would not shoot him so caut him by the throat but he would not go so seiz him up  at half past twelve lieutenant ___ and lieutenant ___ came on board  advisee Capt Clark to get underway  told the mate 

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California  San Diego
to mand the windles and a nomber would not go to the wind  Charles Croy.  John Shay.  Carpenter.  John Williams. so seiz them up  the lieutenants advise them to go to their duty and behave lik men  all but Jery agreed to go to their duty   Capt Clark gave him twenty lashes which braught him to his duty  so mand the windlass and got underway and workt up about a mild and then came to anchor at about 4 PM  Captain ___ came onboard with 12 soldiers and Dem[?] with 12 more  Capt ___ said if their was anything to be dun he would do it for us damnd quick  at 5 PM they went ashore but left us six soldiers a sargent and lieutenant Can  and lieutenant Lieutenant Barrows remeind on board  lieutenant Canfield went a shore and Charles Williams went a shore on liberty  Paul Beck and Jerimiah Beckweth turnd them forward in the forecastle  sieze up the cabbin boy to make him tel whare the bull was but he said he did not know  so cut him down with out floggin  turned him forward

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California  San Diego
24 {1847/10/24} at 8 AM Capt Clark and Lieutenant Burrows went ashore  at 10 AM the boat came off with punkins and onions  at 5 PM the boat went a shore for Capt Clark and stopt until dark and then came off without him

25 {1847/10/25} At 10 AM sent the boat ashore  at 12 Capt Clark came off and ashore a boat came off with Capt Fich  Lieutenant Canfield and Donnagil the harbour master and Williams which was on liberty  at 3 pm they all went ashore and the soldiers allso  at 5 PM Capt C came off with three sheep a hog and four quarters of beef  at 7 set the watches  the first second and third oficers to stand forward with a loaded gun and to not allow but one man to come on deck at a time.  one man aft to look out for them in the steerage

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Coast of California
{1847/10/26} First part calm  at half past 10 AM light air from the NW  at 11 AM weid anchor and put to sea  at 1 PM stowd the anchors  steered S by W

27 {1847/10/27} moderate breeezes from the NW  course S by W  latter fresh breezes and fair weather  at 12 midnight saw land bearing SSW hauld up on the wind heading WSW

28 {1847/10/28} Strong breezes from the NW and clear weather  at 5 AM tack ship and stood in for the land which proved to be the island Gaude  at 8 AM lowerd a boat and poulld in shore to look for Ela[?] but found none  at 12 came on board  cep off East

29 {1847/10/29} First part moderate breezes from the NNE and cloudy weather  at 6 AM saw land the island ___ bearing E by N  at 1 PM one boat went in shore  at 5 PM the boat came off with five fur seal  at 5 steerd S by E  commence wetting hole at 4 PM

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Coast of California
30 {1847/10/30} strong breezes from the N  course S by E  at 4 AM hauld up ENE  at 7 AM saw land a head  S. S. Mark  at 1 PM one boat went in shore and run a long the land but saw nothing  came aboard again stood off and on all night under whole top sails

island s Mark
31 {1847/10/31} at 8 AM a boat went ashore to look for Eliphant  saw none  at 3 PM boat returnd to ship with green turtle  at quarter past three brace forward ant stood fo the Southward  at 4 boat put off for the shore  at dark returnd with more turtle  saw Eliphant  took one  saw plenty hair seal  at half past seven brace forward and stood off shore untill midnight  SW and then tact ship and stood in shore

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Novem   Coast of California 
isl MARK
October 1 {1847/11/01} Croused along the shore  at 8 two boats wint ashore for Eliphant  wind NW at 9 AM wind hauld suddingly to the eastward  at 10 AM calm  at 1 PM moderate breeze WNW  at 4 PM one boat came off with turtle  at 5 the other boat came off  got four Elephant on one island and skend them and kild 17 on another island distant betwen the island 8 or 10 miles  left them all on the beach  stood off and on all night

2 {1847/11/02} at 8 AM two boats went ashore for the Elephant  kid five more and skind and rafted[?] them all 26 in all and towd them along side and took them aboard  kild a nomber of seal but left them on the beach  stood to the SW until midnight then sterd South.

3 {1847/11/03} moderat breezes WNW  run along the land steering various coorses from S to E  at 5 PM hauld aback head of shore  at 9 bracet forward  stood off and on all night

4 {1847/11/04} at 8 AM one boat put of for the shore to look for Elephant  at 2 PM boat returnd  saw nothing but Cioties ashore  wind WNW  stood to the Southward and Westward

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Coast of California
5 {1847/11/05} Strong breezes from the N and W and squally  stood to the S and W  at 9 AM tact ship and stood to the NE

6 {1847/11/06} strong breezes from the WNW  first part stood to the N  latter part  stood to the S and W

{1847/11/00} strong breezes WNW  stood to the N  at 12 noon tact and stood to the S and W

7 {1847/11/07} strong breezes  at 4 PM took in the top gallant sails  at 8 AM the island s Mark bearing ESE distant 9 miles  at 10 AM one boat put of for the shore  got at 40 fathoms of each chain  ready for anchoring   at 12 noon boat returnd  found no Elephants  at 1 PM boat put off for the shoar again  at 5 PM returnd with two Elephant and shells  kild about 40 seals and left them  at 6 PM the island distant 10 miles  course S  thick cloudy weather throught the night

8 {1847/11/08} strong breezes WNW  course S  dark cloudy weather  at 6 AM course SSE  at 2 PM hauld up on the wind NNE  sounded evry hour throuought the night  the night the night but got no bottom

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Coast of California  1847
November 9 {1847/11/09} moderate breezes WNW  course NNW  at 10 AM course E  at 8 PM hauld a back  at 9 bracet forward and steerd ENE  at 12 midnight got bottom 58 fathom water  lay a back the remeinder of the night

10 {1847/11/10} light airs and calms  at daylight saw the land  
stood off and on all night heading SW by W on one tack and NNE on the other tack  at 12 20 fathom  at 4, 16 fathom water

11 {1847/11/11} moderate breezes from the __  land distant about 16 miles  at 10 one boat put of for the shore but found so mutch tide rips returned to the ship  at 1 PM two boats put of for the shore  found a very strong tide and very roughf for about two miles  sounded out the smoothes passage  found shoalest to be 2 1/2 fathoms on the har and 7 fathoms in side of the bar found the harbour to be good  a large lagoon or rivver[?] about one mile wide  saw a part of a rack ashore  saw in another place one cask and about a mild saw another cask markt Valiant  at 5 PM  returned to the ship stood to the Westward all night

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Nov  Coast of California  1847
12 {1847/11/12} moderate breezes from the N  course S by E  at 10 AM saw two sails standing to the NE  at 4 spoke the Clement NL and Alis Cold  at 5 the land in sight  stood off and on all night

13 {1847/11/13} moderate breezes NW  Clement and Alis insight and the land insight  saw blackfish  got two  stood off and on all night under all sail

14 {1847/11/14} moderate breezes NNW  land in sight  saw humpbacks  Clement and Alis in sight  at 6 PM boarded the Clement

15 {1847/11/15} First part calm  middle part light air  latter part breezes WNW  saw humpbacks  Clement and Alis insight  the land insight distant at noon 8 miles bearing E by N  stood to the NNE  at 3 tact ship and stood to the SW

{1847/11/16} strong breezes NNW  stood to the ENE  onshore at 12 noon one boat put off for the shore  St Marys bay  at 6 PM south pint of St Marys bearing ENE distant three miles  the Clement and Alis boats ashore  at 6 1/2 boat returned to the ship  stood of shore all night under whole top sails

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November 17 {1847/11/17} wind NNW  at 4 AM tact ship and stood to the __  split the fore top sail  unbent it and bent another  all hands imployed in cleaning deck  at 4 PM double reeft the fore top sail  one sail in sight to leeward  at 6 PM tact ship and stood off shore

18 {1847/11/18} moderate breezes WNW  made all sail and stood in shore  two sails in sight  at 2 PM lowerd one boat for Humpbacks and gallied him  at 3 spoke the Clement and gamd  at 6 spoke the Alis and his boat came along side  at 10 PM boats returned to their ships  stood in shore until 12 midnight and then tact ship and stood off shore

19 {1847/11/19} calm  imployed in setting up top mast riggin  at 4 PM light air from the WNW  stood to the NNW until 9 PM and then tact and stood to the SW  three sails in sight

20 {1847/11/20} moderate breezes WNW  stood off the land  at 7 PM tact ship and stood to the NNE[?] in shore  at 11 AM spoke the ship Canton of New Bedford  14 monts out  140 bls  the Clement and Alis in sight

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{1847/11/21} Moderate breezes NNW  stood to the Westward  at 6 PM tact ship and stood to NE  saw Hump-backs  two sails in sight  at 1 PM saw another sail  at 5 PM took in top gallant sails  stood to the SW

{1847/11/22} Light air WNW  stood too the WSW  one sail in sight  spoke to the ship Cortes of New Bedford  2000 bls  saw four others[?] sails  stood to the NNE  at 6 PM took in the top gallant sails for the night

{1847/11/23} Light airs WNW  stood to the WSW  one sail in sight  at 3 PM saw whales 3 miles off  lowerd for them  boats leeking very bad  third mate returnd to the ship  the other three boats continued chaseing  at last came up with the suppose whales which prouve to be blackfish  starboard boat struck one and saved[?] him  the thurd mate saw spurm whales so put in the boat two deck buckets and started off and got clost on but boat half full of water  could only pull four oars  one man haveing to bail the boat  at dark got a long side with the blackfish and took him in  saw the other ships boats down a whaleing 

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California  St Marys
{1847/11/24} Calm air  clear weather  saw Sordfish  lowerd one boat for them but no catch him  saw one turtle  at 10 PM light air NNW  steerd NE

{1847/11/25} Light air Westward  steerd ESE  the land in sight St Marys harbor bearing ESE  one sail insight  a boyling  at 1 PM caught a shark which had 48 sharks in side of him and two suckers in his gills  all alive

26 {1847/11/26} Light air W  steerd ESE for St Mary harbor  at 5 AM thick fog  wind hauld NE  at 8 AM cleard up  the land at St Marys harbor bearing ESE distant 10 miles  at 9 A got up the chains and bent them  at 10 two boats put off for the harbor to get turtle  at 5 boats returned with 6 turtle

{1847/11/27} Light air W  run down the __  at 10 AM one boat put off for the shore  at 2 PM boat returnd  steerd for ___ bay  at 6 PM came to anchor in Mar___ bay  14 fathoms water

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Novemb  Margareta Bay  California
28 {1847/11/28} Moderate breezes  at 5 AM called all hands and got under way  at half past five calm  lowerd the boats and towd  at 6 calld the boats along side   light air from the NE  at 7 calm and thick fog  at half past eight let the anchor drop under foot  at 9 one boat put off to sound  struck a devil fish and kilt him  cut off his tail and let him go  at half past nine hove up  at 10 came to anchor in 14 fathoms water  furld the sails  at 10 1/2 one boat put off to explore the bay fitted out for a weeks cruise  the bark Clement and Canton at anchor in shore of us  both Capt absent exploreing

29 {1847/11/29} Begins with light winds from the NW  at this place we hav regular land and sea breezes  the former from the eastward  the latter from from the oposit direction  Capt Clark and boat are still absent exploring the Bay

30 {1847/11/30} Begins with light air NW  at 4 PM ship Citison entered the Bay  she left 4 days ago in concequence of hearing of the lost of the ship Hope of Providence ashore on coast to the northward 90 miles of this bay  she aad[?] on board at the time of the disaster 2400 bls of oil  the Capt and crew left her and came down inland in their boats to this place  the Citison got under way for the rack  found and obtaind 1400 bls of oil drifted ashore  the ship a compleet rack

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{1847/12/00} Moderate breezes from the NW  imployed in setting up top mast rigging wooding and sundry other jobs  Capt Clark still absent

{1847/12/00} Begins with light air  at daylight Capt Clark returnd  lain all night in the boat within a mile of the ship  imployed in fitting out three boats with grub and water to go to the rack for da[?] spars and two tanks  at 3 PM put off for the rack  at sundown campt about 25 from the ship

{1847/12/00} At daylight got som grub and started for the rack  pulld all day  at dark campt about 70 or 75 miles from the ship  past thee large rafts of oil and ten boats

{1847/12/00} At daylight started off for the rack  at 6 past two of the Bingham's boats bound too the ship with a raft of spars and dave[?]  at 9 AM landed and went and lookt at one tank and fund the cock gown  two went up afoot along the beach  the remeinder went back to the boats and started for the wrack  arived at the rack at about 10 Am  found twelve Spanyards at the rack  allso found they had the cock which they gave up  sent one boat out with a anchor and lines  one boat went down inside with plank roalers and bars

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to get off the tanks  let go the anchor and two natives of ___ swam throu the surf ashore with the lines  hauld off the tanks to anchor  boats and all hands returned to the wreck and got som grub and all three boats started for the tanks  took the tanks in tow  at sundown got the tank in the lagoon and made fast ashore

{1847/12/00} This day slopt to the wreck untill about noon  with two boats one boat of to get the roalers and the lines to get off the other tank  got down about 8 miles and anchord the tank and went ashore and campt for the night all three boats

{1847/12/00} This morning at sunrise two boats started with the tank and one boat put off for the ship for provisions and water  at sundown the boats crews campt for the night

{1847/12/00} This morning started with the two boats to get off the other tank  at about 11 AM had the tank in the lagoon after wadeing about three miles in the surf caught four turtle  saw two boats bound to the wreck  the tide not right for us so stopt at the same camp ground as the night before  caught a Cowfish

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{1847/12/008} This morning at daylight started for the tanks one of them being aground  had to wate for the tide to rize  at about 8 AM got it afloat lashed both tanks to gather  a deck beem on one side and a top gallant yard on the oposit side and devits on top  at 9 AM weid anchor and took the tanks in tow  at 12 noon the other boat returnd from the ship with provision and water  all three boats then towd untill 9 in the evening  then anchord the tanks and campt for the night

{1847/12/00} This morning at daylight started with the tanks and towd untill sundown  one boat put off for the ship  the other two boats campt for the night

{1847/12/00} This morning could not start on account off the flood tide  at 11 the tide surved  one boad came from the ship with a royal and top gallant studding sail boom which we set on the tank and all three boats towd  at 7 in the evening arived to the ship with the tanks

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{1847/12/00} This day commence tearing up the decks  eight ships at anchor in the Bay the Citizen  Sagharbor
Magnolia  New Bedford
Edward  New Bedford
Braganza  New Bedford
Canton  New Befford
Bowdich  Providence  a French ship and the George Stonington  in a st at mutiny on board

{1847/12/00}This day imployed in ripping up the decks  the blacksmith imployed in makeing irons for seven of the George's muteneers

{1847/12/00} This day imployed in getting in one of the tanks and stowing it   blacksmith imployed in makeing boalts for the deck

{1847/12/00} This day imployed in getting in the second tank and stowing it but did not finish it

{1847/12/00} This day imployed in stowing the tank  broke the windlast and split one mans tow with the brake

{1847/12/00} This day imployed in painting boats  one boat off a clamming  at boat returned at dark

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{1847/12/00} This day imployed in reairing the deck between main hatch and triworks  blacksmith imployed in repairing the windlass  the docter visiting us twice a day morning and evening  this morning took off Daniel Fox towe that was mashed by the windlass  thick fog at 11 AM cleard up  one boat put off for the bay

{1847/12/00} This day imployed in repairing and calking deck between main hatch and triworks  blacksmith imployed in repairing the windlass  saw two whales in the bay  one boat absent down lee bay  at 8 AM Magnolia got underway bound up the bay

{1847/12/00} This day imployed in calking the deck and brakeing out water to find out how mutch their was on board  at 3 PM bark George of Stonington got underway for lee bay  one boat belonging to ship Stiglet at the wreck catsized in the surf  lost boat and oars

{1847/12/00} At 10 AM delivered to ship Citizen 9 casks of water about 40 bls  Carpenter and blacksmith imployed as yesterday  boat returned from lee bay

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1846
22 {1847/12/22} One boat put of for lee bay  Carpenter finished the decks  blacksmith imployed at the forge  ship Portsmouth took a hump back		

23 {1847/12/23} This morning thick fog  at 9 AM cleard away  blacksmith imployed at forge repairing windlass gear  Carpenter imployed erecting davits for fifth boat  saw two devil fish

24 {1847/12/24} This clear and plesant  one boat ashore  returnd at dark  one boat absent at lee bay

25 {1847/12/25} This day clear and plesant  one boat absent at lee bay 

26 {1847/12/26} This day begins with thick fog  hands imployed in ships duty varyous jobs  boat returnd from lee bay with a keg of brandy and a fishing net  at 10 clear

27 {1847/12/27} This day imployed in heaveing forward the larboard tank  at 3 PM one boat put off a fishing  turnd all the boats over for painting

28 {1847/12/28} This day cloudy  painted one boat  two ships came in  names unnown

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28 {1847/12/29} This day begins with cloudy weather  imployed in painting boats and sundry other jobs  at 2 PM rain  at 4 cleard up

30 {1847/12/30} This day clear and plesant  at noon the ship got underway for lee bay  at dark the ship came in and anchord

31 {1847/12/31} This day clear weather  one boat put off up the bay to find a place to lay to whale it saw a nomber of whales but only one with a calf

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January 1  Margarita Bay California  1847
1 {1848/01/01} This day January the first eighteen hundred and forty eight begins with fine and clear and plesant weather  two boats put off to sound out a channel to get up the bay  found the end of the sand spit  one boat remaind on the sand spit  the other returnd to the ship  at 3 PM ship got underway and steerd for the boat on the sandspit  arivd at the boat on the spit and then cep two boats ahead a sounding  at dark anchord in 9 fathom water  clued up the sails and let them hang for the night

2 {1848/01/02} This day begins with clear weather  at daylight got underwey  at 8 came to anchor in three fathom water  at 9 three boats put off to find a channel but without success  returnd to the ship  at 4 PM got underwey hauld off in six fathoms water  clued up the sails and let them hang for the night

3 {1848/01/03} This day begins with thick fog  at 7 AM cleard up  one boat put off to see if their was any cows with calves  one boat put off for the ships on the oposit side of the bay  at 3 PM one boat returnd  got underway at 8  anchord in 10 fathoms water on the oposit side of the bay  the second Mt of the ship ___ stabbed the Capt in four places yester

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1847  Margarita Bay California
4 {1848/01/04} This day begins with thick fog  at 8 clear  made all sail and weid anchor  nearly calm  got about one hundred rods and came to anchor again with all sail on  at 12 noon boat returnd  saw 3 whales but no calves  saw a number of whales from the ship

5 {1848/01/05} This day begins with clear and plesant weather  at daylight got under wey  got up about two miles and came to anchor

6 {1848/01/06} This morning an hour before daylight got under way  wind breezed up took in sail and towd with the boats untill the tide turned  got up about 10 miles

7 {1848/01/07} This day got underwey at daylight and towd up at sunrize  seven other boats came and helpt us tow  got up to the shipping at 9 AM and anchord  one boat put off a fishing  returnd at 4 PM  rather poor success  one boat put off with a pipe to set a trap for a Ciotia [coyote?]

{1848/01/08} Moderate and foggy  at 10 AM cleard up  saw two whales

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9 {1848/01/09} Calm and thick fog  two boats put of to see if their was any whales up the lagoons  at 10 AM fog cleard up  at 4 PM boats returnd  saw 14 whales with calves  saw 4 whales from the ship

10 {1848/01/10} This day clear weather  wind from the SSW  four ships got under way to come up  one got up  two got aground at nearly high water the tide fell and left them  at low water about one fathom around them  the other anchord in the chanel but got underwey again and got up to the shipping  at 11 PM cauld all hands and lowerd four boats and put off for the ship Portsmouth too get her off but the tide was not full enough  saw thre whales

11 {1848/01/11} This day begins with thick fog  at 10 AM cleard up  at 8 AM 14 boats came alongside for small cable and anchor  at 9 AM nineteen boats took the cable and anchor and started for the Portsmouth  got within 40 rods of her when she got off  took the cable anchor back to the ship again but the tide fell away and left her aground  the Bo__ still aground  saw three or four whales

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12 {1848/01/12} This day begins with thick fog  one boat put off for iron poals and one a fishing  at 12 noon fog cleard up  at 5 PM boat returnd with iron poals  at 6 PM boat returnd with about two hundred mullet and bluefish  saw two whales  caught a Ciotia [coyote?] this morn

13 {1848/01/13} This day clear weather  one boat put off to see how many whales their was in the lagoons  at 5 PM boat returnd havving seen a twelve whales  hands imployed in loosing sails and clearing triworks and sundry other jobs  saw two sails out the heads  strong breezes from the __

14 {1848/01/14} This day clear weather  at seven boat went a shore to the trap  returnd with a Ciotia

15 {1848/01/15} This day clear weather  two boats put off for turtles at 4 AM  at 7 AM one boat put off for the lagoons to see how many whales their was at 6 PM one boat returnd with sea[?] turtle  at 7 the boat returnd from the lagoons  saw 9 whales  at 10 PM the third boat returnd with 5 turtle  saw plenty whales out side of the heads

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January  Margarita Bay  California
16 {1848/01/16} This day the ships in this bay commence a whaling  at 4 AM all five boats put off for the lagoons to whale  at sunrise the larboard quarter boat struck a whale  the starboard quarter boat under run the line and fastened  at about 8 the starboard quarter boat got stove  the waist boat took the line  at about half past eight kild the calf and the cow stove the waist boat  the larboard quarter boat drawd came up and took the waist boats line  two men got foul of the line so had to cut and let the whale go and towd the stoven boats aboard  the bow boat got stove by another whale when they struck

17 {1848/01/17} This morning at 4[?] AM the four boats put off for the starboard lagoon  at 8 AM the larboard quarter boat struck a whale  fourth Mt kild him  the whale turnd up in shoal water  left him and put for another whale  at 3 PM the larboard quarter boat struck  the third Mt kild him and he sunk  the waist boat put off for the first whale so too get him afloat at high water but the whale was hard and fast ground  at about 10 PM the starboard bow boat came and the waist boat returnd too the ship  arived too the at midnight [two whale stamps]

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18 {1848/01/18} This morning got the whale afloat  two boats put off for the whale  at 8 AM two more boats put off for the first whale with a kedg anchor  at 2 PM got the whale aground and left him and started for last whale  got him along side at sundown and cut him in  the starboard bow boat put off at 7 PM for the whale and lay by him all night		
19 {1848/01/19} This morning two boats put off for the lagoon to whale it untill high water  chast but without success  at 10 AM  took the whale in tow and towd it too the ship Citizen and waited for the tide to turn  at 4 PM took the whale in tow again and towd it alongside and cut it in and

20 {1848/01/20} This morning four boats put off down the bay for whales  saw three whale and chast withought success  returnd to ship at dark

21 {1848/01/21} This morning put of at four AM for the larboard lagoon  at about noon the larboard quarter boat struck a whale  kild him but spouted no blood and he sunk  hauld him up and towd it in shoal water  one boat put off for the ship  left three boats with the whale so to range him at low water but without success  [whale stamp]

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Margarita Bay  California
22 {1848/01/22} This morning commencet to range the whale without water or provisions and 60 or 70 miles the ship  at 11 AM left the whale and put for the ship  at 12 noon met the starboard quarter boat with water and provisions  two boats went to the whale  the other two returnd to the ship  arived at midnight

23 {1848/01/23} This morning three boats put off at 4 for the starboard lagoon  saw whales  chast with out success  all hands wourred out  at midnight one boat returned too the ship from the blubber

24 {1848/01/24} This morning three boats put off as usal for the starboard lagoon  saw five whales two with calves and boats in chase  at 1 PM went up the larboard lagoon for the blubber but did not find it nor the boat  returned to the ship

25 {1848/01/25} This morning at 4 three boats put off for the blubber  at 10 AM all hookt on and towed  arived at the ship at sundown  took part of it aboard and put remeind along side all night

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Margarita Bay  California
26 {1848/01/26} This morning put off for the larboard lagoon  saw nothing  returned to the ship at 1 PM  at 3 PM one boat put off down the bay to get cutting falls and oars  at 5 PM returnd without any

27 {1848/01/27} This morning at 4 AM three boats started up the starboard lagoon distant about 12 miles  saw one whale  at 12 noon returned to the ship  the topsails mast headed and hove short boats got alongside  weid anchor for the mouth of the lee bay  at 7 PM came to anchor in 7 fathom water

28 {1848/01/28} This morning five boats started and pulld in shore about three miles  saw plenty whales  chast and mist the whale  the whale struck and broke the bow oar  at 3 PM one boat put off for lee bay and the thre other boats returnd to the ship

29 {1848/01/29} This morning at 4 AM boats put off for fish cove  saw whales but no calves  at 4 PM boats returnd to ship  at half past  4 boat returnd to the ship  last night two men left the ship in a mincin tub distant to the nearest shore three miles  they took with them two boat cans of water about six gallons each and a bac of bread  Paul Beckwith and Jack Williams

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January  Margarita Bay  California
30 {1848/01/30} This day imployed in wooding ship  saw one whale with a calf

31 {1848/01/31} This morning two boats put off a wooding two a oystering and one went up the lagoon to the ship Edward  at 4 boats returnd with wood and oysters  at 7 boat returnd from the Edward with a letter bag that came from the wreck brig Com Stocton which went ashore a few days ago about 20 miles to the southward whare the Hope was cast away  the brig Com Stocton had onboard naval stores bound to Mas land  she went to peaces but saved principal part of the cargo

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February  Margarita Bay  California
1 {1848/02/01} This 24 hours begins with moderat breezes as usual but cloudy weather

{1848/02/02} This day moderate breezes  at 8 AM lowerd three boats and put off for the ship Citizen of Sag Harbor for casks  towd them along side and took on board  at 9 AM got under way with a moderat breeze from __  at 1 PM came to anchor at the mouth of the bay  four boats put off a fishing and turtleing  at __ boats returnd

3 {1848/02/03} This day begins with dark cloudy weather  at 7 AM got under way for the Sandwich islands with a light air from the Eastward  two boats put off a turtleing  at 12 noon the West headland bore __ distant 8 miles  one boat returnd withought any turtle  hauld the main yard aback and waited for the other boat  at 3 PM boat returnd with 6 turtle  hands imployed in stowing wood and casks below  at 4 PM stowd the anchors and unbent the cables below  at 5 PM strong breezes from the NW  course W by S

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February
4 {1848/02/04} Moderat breezes NW  course W by S

5 {1848/02/05} First part calm  middle and latter light airs NE  course W by S

6 {1848/02/06} First part light airs NE  latter part moderat breezes WNW

7 {1848/02/07} Light airs and calms  imployed in breaking out the fore peak to stow oil

8 {1848/02/08} Light air from the NNW  course WSW  imployed in stowing oil

9 {1848/02/09} Moderat breezes from the NNE  course WSW  imployed in stowing oil

10 {1848/02/10} Moderat breezes from the E  course WSW  imployed in brakeing out the after hole to fin out how mutch breat their was on board

11 {1848/02/11} Light airs and vaiables wind  course WSW

12 {1848/02/12} Moderat breezes NE  course W by S

13 {1848/02/13} Moderat breezes ENE  course W by S

14 {1848/02/14} Calm  latter part light air  course W 1/2 S

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1 {1848/02/15} First part moderat breezes NE  middle and latter part strong breezes from the E  course W 1/2 S

1 {1848/02/16} First part moderat breezes E  course W 1/2 S  latter wind NE and cloudy

17 {1848/02/17} Strong breezes throught the twenty four hours and squally with rain  steerd W under all sail

{1848/02/00} Strong breezes and squally with rain  steerd W under all sail

{1848/02/00} This 24 hours strong breezes  first part rain  latter part fine weather  course W

{1848/02/00} Throught these 24 hours strong trades with showers of rain

{1848/02/00}This 24 hours stong winds SE  split the fore top mast studding sail  repaired the same and set it again

{1848/02/00} This 24 hours wind SE  first and middle strong breezes and squally  split the top gallant studding sail  repaird same and set it again  course W by S 1/2 S

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22 {1848/02/22} Light airs SE  at 8 AM wind headed off to WNW  Abraham Brown has been very sick since we left the bay  has this day had fits and is dangerous  complains of pains in his left side

23 {1848/02/23} Begins with light winds from the E  from 4 PM to 8 calm then light winds from the N  at 10 PM fresh winds  set the studding sails  course WSW  at 12 midnight wind varied to the NE

24 {1848/02/24} Begins with light winds NE  throught the night wind from the NNW  course SW by S

{1848/02/00} Begins with light airs from NE with fair weather from 8 to 12  had fresh winds from the SE  latter light airs

25 {1848/02/25} Commence with moderat eastly wind with fair weather  course S by W 

{1848/02/26} First part moderat eastly winds with fair weather  course W by S and WSW  at 6 AM light winds and clowdy  saw the island Mowee bearing SW  the East part dist 25 miles  at 12 noon the E point bore SSW dist 15 miles

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{1848/02/27} Begins with light Eastly winds with rain  course SW  at 4PM bent the cables  at 6 took in the studding sails  rainy throughout the night  lay with the main top sail to the mast all night

28 {1848/02/28} Begins with Eastly winds  at 6 AM steerd W by S along the land  light airs and calms and rain  at 4 PM cleard up  saw the passage between Mowee and Morotoi [Molokai] and steerd for it  at 6 PM calm  N part of Mowee bearing W by S dist two miles  calm throughout the night

29 {1848/02/29} Begins with calms  at 10 AM light air from the N  enterd the passage between Mowee and Morotoi  at 4 PM anchord off Lahaina in 13 fathoms water

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Sandwich Islands  1848
{1848/03/01} At 7 AM weighed anchor and stood in shore and anchored in 11 fathoms water  at 10 AM starboard watch went ashore on liberty  the larboard watch imployed in getting casks ashore for water  Docter came on board to visit Abraham Brown  at 3 PM Doct came on board again  at 6 PM boat went ashore for liberty  men about one third returnd to the ship  at 8 PM boat put away 2 time after the remainder all returnd but the Carpenter and Williams a boat steerer dis-charged 6 men that shipt in the bay

2 {1848/03/02} At 6 AM got off a raft of water  the larboard watch ashore on liberty dis-charged 6 men  Williams in the fort in irons  stowd the water and sent the raft ashore again  dis charged Jeremiah Beckwith and William a dutchman

3 {1848/03/03} At 6 AM got a raft of water and took it on board and stowd it and sent raft ashore  took in sixty barrels of potatoes on board  one barrel of sugar and cutting falls  starboard watch ashore on liberty  sent Abraham Brown to the hospital

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4 {1848/03/04} This day imployed in makeing spunyarn to bunch bone  larboard watch a shore on liberty

5 {1848/03/05} This day all hands aboboard imployed in bunchin and drying bone

6 {1848/03/06} This day imployed in stowing water  starboard watch on liberty

7 {1848/03/07} This day imployed in landing bone a shore

8 {1848/03/08} This day imployed in takeing in sweet potatoes aboard and exchangeing beef for salmon

9 {1848/03/09} This day imployed at stowing bone ashore  Carpenter and Charles Croy

10 {1848/03/10} This day light air from the __  at 8 AM got on board the men that slept here  eight natives and two blacks  at 2 PM weid anchor and got under way but had to come to anchor again it being calm  at 10 PM Nail swam a shore or undertook to  it is not known whether he got a shore or not

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11 {1848/03/11} This day calm  at 7 AM weig anchor and made all sail  two boats ahead towing  at 8 AM cauld the boats along side  the ship Corea[?] got under way at the same time  at 10 AM Capt Clark went ashore again  at 6 PM Capt C came aboard  wore ship and stood out with a strong breeze  undertook to hook on the waist boat while underway but catsize hur  luft to and lowerd another boat and pict hur up  hoysted up the boats and cep off  took in top gallant sails and jib  at dark hauld in under Rani  at 12 mid night hauld aback under Mowee

12 {1848/03/12} This day begins with light air from the NNE  at 8 AM boat put off for the shore with Cpt C  at 6 boat returnd to the ship  Capt C remeind ashore  the ship put off for Oahu  at 7 strong breezes  took in top-gallant sails  wind NNE  course W 1/2 N

13 {1848/03/13} Commence with strong breezes NNE  at 2 AM double reeft the top sails  at 4 AM Diamond head bearing N distant 3 miles  at 2 PM took in main sail mizon topsail and fore top sail

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14 {1848/03/14} This 24 hours strong gales NNE  under double reefe main top sail and fore sail  at 8 AM set clost reefe fore and mizon top sails  at 2 PM set the main sail  stood to the NNW  at 8 PM wore ship and stood to the __

15 {1848/03/15} This 24 hours strong gales NNE  stood off and on all these 24 hours under double reefe top sails  at 2 PM blowd away the jib

16 {1848/03/16} This 24 hours gales NNE  stood off and on under clost reefe top sails  at daylight saw the ship ___  made a signal that Capt C was onboard  stood for hur and run down the land and hove to off Honolulu  lowerd and went on board of the above ship for Capt C and braught  him on board with the three men that run away at Mowee  the Carpenter Chs Croy and David Nail that swam ashore  took and put them down in the run  at 10 AM boat put off for Honolulu  at 2 PM boat returnd to the ship for the ships pump  at 3 PM put off tor the shore with the pump in tow

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Sandwich Islands
17 {1848/03/17} Strong gales  ship standing off and on  blowing to heavy to go of with the pump  remeind ashore this 24 hours

18 {1848/03/18} This day more moderat  at 10 AM took the pump and started for the ship  got along side  hoysted in the pump and took up the boat and made all sail and put off afore the wind WSW

19 {1848/03/19} This day strong breezes and squally  course WSW  wind NNE

20 {1848/03/20} This day strong breezes NNW and squally with rain  at 6 AM wind SSW  at 11 AM carried away the flying jib boom in a squall  let go the top gallant halyards and top sayl also parted the main brace and the top gallant sheets and clulines  furled the top gallant sails and double reeft the top sails  at 4 PM set whole top sails  at 5 PM set top gallant sails  at 11 PM took in top gallant sails and hauld up the main sail when the squall struck the ship hard aback  let go the top sail halyards  raind in torrance  at 12 calm hoysted up the top sails

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North Pacific Ocean
21 {1848/03/21} This day begins with calm and cloudy weather  at 4 AM set top gallant sails  at 6 AM light air NNW  stood to the W by S  imployed in sundry jobs

22 {1848/03/22} This 24 hours strong breezes and cloudy weather  carpenter imployed at makeing a flying jib boom  blacksmith at the forge  wind NNW course W by S  

23 {1848/03/23} Moderat breezes NNW  course W by S[?]  carpenter imployed at makeing a flying jib boom  blacksmith at the forge

24 {1848/03/24} moderat breezes ENE  course W by S  Carpenter imployed at makeing a flying jib boom  blacksmith at the forge  at 12 sent out the flying jib boom and set up the riggin  wind hauld to the ESE

25 {1848/03/25} moderat breezes  ENE  course W by S  at 4 PM calm  at 8 PM light air NE and cloudy  at 12 strong breezes  at 12 midnight took in top gallant sails

26 {1848/03/26} Strong breezes  dark cloudy squally weather  under whole top sails at 4 AM double reefe the top sails  course W by S

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27 {1848/03/27} Strong gales and dark cloudy squally weather and rain  under double reefe top sails  at 12 noon more moderate  made all sail and set whole top sails set top mast and lower studding sails  in about 10 minuets caried away boom  course W by S

28 {1848/03/28} Strong breezes and cloudy weather  course W by S

29 {1848/03/29} Strong breezes and squally  course W by S

30 {1848/03/30} Strong breezes and dark cloudy squally weather  course W by S

31 {1848/03/31} Strong breezes NE and squally  course W by S  at 8 AM took in top gallant sails  at 12 noon double reefe the top sails  at 1 PM roald under the bow boat and started all the wood ends on one side

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April 1 {1848/04/01} Begins with strong gales from the NE  course W 1/2 S under single reefe top sails

2 {1848/04/02} Strong gales and squally  shook out the reefes and set top gallant sails  at 4 PM took in top gallant sails  squally with rain

3 {1848/04/03} Strong breezes and squally  course W 1/2 S  wind NE  split the top mast studding sail while setting it  at 11 AM the jib sheet got unhookt from the clew  parted the leeach roap and tore[?] the jib  unbent it to repair  Black smith imployed at the forge amakeing boat nails

4 {1848/04/04} Strong gales ENE  course W 1/2 S  set studding sails  imployed in making kegs for booys for the lines

5 {1848/04/05} Strong gales NE  course W by S

6 {1848/04/06} Strong gales NE  course W by N  squally dark cloudy weather with rain

7 {1848/04/07} Moderat breezes NE  course W by N and squally with rain

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8 {1848/04/08} Moderate breezes NE  course W by N  imployed at cutting off main channels and putting on a chain plate for the main swifter so to be out of the way  a cutting in whales  saw one Finback

9 {1848/04/09} Light rain and calms these 24 hours  imployed at repairing the larboard bow boat

10 {1848/04/10} Light air NE  at 2 PM saw Black fish  lowerd four boats  the starboard quarter boat struck and drawd  the starboard bow boat struck and kild took him aboard  boats returned and hoysted up  at 5 PM lowrd again for Blackfish but without success  at half past five saw the island St Augustine one of the Bonian islands bearing WNW dist about four miles  [whale stamp]

11 {1848/04/11} Moderat breezes NE  course NW by W 1/2 W  at 5 AM the island August bearing NE distant 10 miles  saw the Sulpher island bearing NW by N distant 25 miles  at 12 noon altered the course W by N  at 6 PM saw whales distant 4 miles supposed to be spurm whales  too late to run for them

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North Pacific Ocean
April 12 {1848/04/12} Moderate breezes and squally wind  hauld to SE course W by N 1/2 N  latter part dark cloudy weather

13 {1848/04/13} Moderate breezes SE course WNW  middle and latter part squally  wind hauld to the WNW

14 {1848/04/14} Moderate breezes WNW  at 10 AM saw plenty humpbacks  at 12 noon tack ship and stood to the WSW  at 4 PM tack and stood to the Northward  at 6 PM wind hauld to the NE course WNW

15 {1848/04/15} Moderate breezes NE  course NW  at 7 AM saw a spurm whale going verry quick to the Eastward

16 {1848/04/16} Strong gales NE  course NW by N  at 10 PM took in studding sails and top gallant sails

Japan Tung Hai Sea
17 {1848/04/17} Strong gales WNW  at 4 AM hauld on the wind to the N and E with the head yards aback  at day light fild away and stood to the NW thick cloudy weather  at 10 AM saw land bearing WNW distant about 20 miles  at 11 AM saw Jappan bearing E by N distant 25 miles at 3 PM saw a junk bound to the westward  at 6 PM altered the course NW by N  two men aloft too look out for land  at 10 PM saw land ahead  past within a mild the Westward of it

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Tung Hai Sea
18 {1848/04/18} Strong breezes  course NW by N  thick cloudy weather  at 12 saw land bearing ESE  at 2 PM thick fog  at 7 calm  at 9 PM light air  course NNW  fog cleared up

Straits of Corea
19 {1848/04/19} Moderate breezes  course N by W  at 2 PM land on both sides  wind SW  course NE 1/2 E

20 {1848/04/20} Moderate breezes and calms throughout these 24 hours  course NE

21 {1848/04/21} Moderate breezes and cloudy weather  wind N  stood to the E  at daylight saw three sails standing to the Eastward  one under double reefe top sails  at 7 saw plenty Humpbacks  all three ships awhaleing  at 10 AM saw a Rite Whale  lowerd and chast  at 11 boats returnd

22 {1848/04/22} Calms and light airs  thre sails insight  twoo barks  one ship stood to the East all night

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Japan Sea
23 {1848/04/23} Moderat breezes  land in sight  at 12 noon saw whales  lowerd and the Mt struck  fifth Mt kild him with a iron and he sunk but hauld him up  calm  one boat held him up and three towd for the ship  at dark got him alongside and let the whale lay for the night

24 {1848/04/24} This day begins with moderat weather  at 5 AM called all hands  imployed at halling up the whale and prepairing for cutting  middle and latter part strong breezes  at 12 noon double reefe the top sails  stood to the Eastward

25 {1848/04/25} This day begins with moderate breezes from the Eastward  at 5 AM called all hands for a whale clost to the ship  lowerd and chast at last the Mt struck kild and took the whale alongside of the ship and he sank  got way on ship and towd him up  hooked on and cut him in and started the works  saw plenty whales  double reefe the top sails and stood to the Northward and Eastward

26 {1848/04/26} Moderat breezes and plesant weather  stood to the N & W  at 10 tack ship and stood S & E

27 {1848/04/27} Moderate breezes  stood to the S and E  at 12 noon saw whales  lowerd and chast  dark cloudy weather with plenty rain

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Japan Sea
28 {1848/04/28} Moderat breezes from the Westward  stood ESE  at 7 saw whales  foggy  lost sight of them in the fog  at 12 noon calm

29 {1848/04/29} Moderat breezes and calms throughout these 24 hours  at 8 AM commence braking out after hole  at 1 PM spoke the ship Patriot of Bremen  at 2 PM saw whales  lowerd and chast whales going quick to the NE

30 {1848/04/30} moderat breezes NNE  stood to the S and Eastward  imployed at stowing down oil  the two whales stowd down 100 bbls  at 10 AM[?] light air from the Westward  stood to the E

May the first 1848
May 1 {1848/05/01} moderat breezes WSW  course East  at daylight saw a junk standing to the Eastward  set studding sails in chase but could not gain on hur  at 2 PM gave up the chase and took in studding sails  the Patriot insight  land insight to the Southward distant 20 miles

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Japan Sea
May 2 {1848/05/02} Light airs and calms these 2 hours  five junks in sight off deck one a half mile off  they out oars to get away but could not  at 7 AM lowerd and went a board but could not understand anything they said  gave them a slab of bone and they gave us a small jar of maple sugar  when the boat got alongside of them they commencet bowing their heads nearly tutching the deck and when leving  there was five men and one woman on board  at 1 PM lowerd and puld for another junk two miles off and boarded him  show them a chart and they showd theirs  gave us to understand their was plenty whales to the Northward and Eastward  at half past 1 PM saw whales  lowerd and the third Mt struck and lost his line  chast but could not cum up with him  saw fin backs cow fish and schools of mackrel  at 7 PM took in the top gallant sails and hauld up the courses and set boats crew watches for the night

3 {1848/05/03} Light airs and calms and hazy weather  four junks in sight and plenty whales  lowerd the two quarter boats and both boats struck a whale  the starboard boat got a man hurt by the whale strikeing his oar  SMt kild the starboard boats whale  ___ kild the larboard boats whale  took them both alongside and cut them both in  finished cutting at dark  took in top gallant sails for the night  set boats crew watches  [two whale stamps]

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4 {1848/05/04} Moderat breezes  saw whales  lowerd twice and chast but got none  at dark took in top gallant sails  lay all night with the main top sail aback  headding to the Northward  at 6 this morning started the works

5 {1848/05/05} Moderat breezes and hazy  saw plenty whales  lowerd and got one at 10 AM got another  the third Mt struck them both  took them along side at 3 PM and commence cutting  got off head throat and lips of one  at dark let the boddy  and one whale lay alongside for the night  [two whale stamps]

6 {1848/05/06} Strong breezes and cloudy weather and drizling rain  at 6 AM took in fore and mizon top sail and clost reeft the main  saw plenty whales hook on and finished cutting one whale  at 9 AM wore ship and hookt on and commence cutting but too rugged so let the whale lay until 1 PM  at 1 hookt on and commence cutting  got off the head throat and lips and wore ship and took in the boddy to the windward  stood to the Northward all night under clost reefe main top sail and fore sail

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7 {1848/05/07} Moderat breezes but rugged weather  at 3 PM saw whales  lowerd and the Mt struck  third Mat got second boat past  got a foul of the Mats boat and capized hur  the third Mt cut and the whale went off the Mts lance[?] and four irons in him

8 {1848/05/08} Moderat breezes and calms  saw right whales humpbacks and finbacks  lowerd at 4 PM two boats  the fourth Mt struck the whale  took out nearly all his line and it parted and the whale went off with the line and three irons and a keg

9 {1848/05/09} Strong breezes and drizling rain  at 6 AM double reefe the four top sail  at 10 AM set whole fore top sail  at half past tenn saw whales  lowerd and the third Mt struck  Mt kild him  at 6 PM took the whale a long side  took in sail and set the watch for the night  [whale stamp]

10 {1848/05/10} Moderat beezes  at 6 AM calld all hands and commence cutting and finished cutting at 4 PM  at 7 PM set the watch for the night

11 {1848/05/11} Moderat breezes  at 5 AM set whoal top sails  saw finbacks  at 4 PM saw Rite whales  at 7 PM set the watch for the night

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May 12 {1848/05/12} Moderat breezes  at 6 AM spoke the ship Arther[?] of St Johns N Brunswic  at 10 AM saw a whale  lowerd and the third Mt struck  S Mt kild him and he sunk  saw finbacks  [drawing of whale's tail]

13 {1848/05/13} Light airs and calms  at 5 AM thick fog  at 7 AM cleared up  imployed at brakeing out to stowdown

14 {1848/05/14} Light airs  imployed at stowing down oil  at 2 PM thick fog  at 12 midnight fog cleard up  coold down at 7 PM  at 7 clewd down the top sails and hauled out the reefe tacles and lay with the main top sail aback all night  heading to the N and W

15 {1848/05/15} Moderat breezes from the SW  stood to the Eastward  imployed at stowing down oil  at 2 PM wind to the Eastward  stood to the W  at 6 wind hauld to the Southward  stood all night to the South West

16 {1848/05/16} Strong breezes from the South  at 2 AM took in top gallant sails and double reefe the top sails  at 5 AM thick fog and rain  at 3 PM cleared up  at 8 clewed down the top sails  hauld out the reefe-tacles and set boat crew watches for the night

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17 {1848/05/17} Strong breezes from the NE and dark cloudy weather  at 10 AM rain  at 12 noon double reefe the top sails  at 4 PM more moderat  saw plenty finbacks  saw three junks standing to the Southward  at 8 PM set boats crew watches for the night

18 {1848/05/18} Strong breezes and cloudy weather  under whole top sails  stood to the Eastward 

19 {1848/05/19} Moderat breezes  middle and latter part strong breezes  saw one whale  lowerd three boats and chast whale going like hell to the NE  caried sail all night  saw the land  the island Nippon  at 12 noon Cap Noto bearing NE distant 12 miles

20 {1848/05/20} Moderat breezes  stood to the NE  at 12 noon saw whales  lowerd  and the SMt struck  Cpt kild him  whale sunk but hauld him up  two boats held him up untill we got him along side and got a fluke chain on  hookd on and took the head and lips  the throat and body remain along side all night  [whale stamp]

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21 {1848/05/21} This day begins with moderat breezes and thick weather  at 5 AM called all hands and took in the remainder of the whale and started the works  at 5 PM saw a bark boyling

22 {1848/05/22} Moderat breezes  spoke the bark Newton of N Bedford 11 hundred bls three wholes[?] this seson  at 3 PM saw three more sails  at 8 AM coold down

23 {1848/05/23} Moderat breezes and clear weather  stood to the Westward

24 {1848/05/24} Moderat breezes  stood to the West  at 10 strong breezes  saw whales  lowerd and the Mt struck  Johnson[?] the boat steerer kild him with his irons  took him along side and cut him in  took in sail and set boats crew watches for the night  [whale stamp]

25 {1848/05/25} Moderat breezes  saw plenty whales but very shy  darted at one but mist him  saw one junk standing to the Southward

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26 {1848/05/26} Moderat breezes and calms  saw whales  saw one ship  at 8 AM lowerd three boats  at 1 PM one boat returnd to ship  got some grub in their fist and put off for another whale  one of the first boats third Mt got fast and drawd but got a line that was towing too the whale  the last boat the Cpt got fast  whale took the line  the fourth boat the SMt lowerd and got fast  fourth Mt in the Cpt boat kild him  the other too boats came to the whale  the Cpt returnd to the ship  three boats hooked on and commence towing  at 12 midnight got the whale along side and flook chain on  set boats crew watches for the night  spoke the Mentors boats  [whale stamp]

27 {1848/05/27} Calm  at 5 AM calld all hands  saw whales  lowerd three boats and chast  at 6 AM returnd to ship  at 7 hooked on the whale and finished cutting  at 5 PM set whole topsails and stood to the S  two sails in sight

28 {1848/05/28} Moderat breezes  saw three sails and plenty whales  lowerd and the third Mt struck  kild him and took him a long side at 6 PM and took in sail for the night  [whale stamp]

29 {1848/05/29} Moderat breezes  at 7 AM calld all hands and hookt on the whale  at 4 PM mate finished cutting  saw one sail

30 {1848/05/30} Moderat breezes  under short sail  imployed at stowing down oil  saw one sail

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June 1 {1848/06/01} Moderat breezes  saw four whales  lowerd and Mt struck  Mt kild him  took him along side at 6 and let him lay for the night

2 {1848/06/02} Calm and cloudy  at 6 AM calld all hands  at 7 AM hookd on and commence cutting  it breezing on stronger and stronger every minute and thick fog and rain  got in one lip and the throat and under took to hook on the other lip but ccould not so let the whale remain untill 1 PM then commence cutting again  finished at 5 PM  [whale stamp]

3 {1848/06/03} Thick fog and rainy  wind South  at 4 AM fog cleard up  saw a bark standing to the N  at 4 PM wind got to NE  stood to the SW

4 {1848/06/04} Moderat breezes and cloudy weather

5 {1848/06/05} Moderat breezes and thick fog  imployed at stowing down

6 {1848/06/06} Moderat breezes and thick fog  at 10 PM cleard up  spoke the ship Patriot of Bremen

7 {1848/06/07} Moderat breezes and cloudy weather  Spoke the bark Newton N Bedford

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8 {1848/06/08} Moderat breezes and thick fog  at 8 AM fog cleard up  spoke the ship Josephine and Gem both of Sagharbor  Josephine nothing this  season  the Gem __ whales  saw one whale and chast

9 {1848/06/09} Moderat breezes  saw one whale  lowerd and chast

10 {1848/06/10} Moderat breezes from the W  stood to the Eastward  spoke the ship Jefferson and the Bowditch

11 {1848/06/11} First part moderat breezes from the ENE  stood to the W  saw one whale  lowerd and chast  middle and latter part strong breezes  at 7 PM past a dead whale  caried sail all night

{1848/06/12} Strong breezes from the ENE  stood to the W  at 12 noon spoke the Mo??? of France  at 1 spoke the ship Formosa NB  stood to the NW all night under all sail

13 {1848/06/13} Moderat breezes WSW  stood to the N  at 12 saw a carcass  too sails insight  at 3 PM another sail hove insight  at 4 PM game with Moise and Formosa

14 {1848/06/14} Moderat breezes from the Westward  three ships in sight and all awhaleing  saw too whales  lowerd and chast

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June 15 {1848/06/15} Moderat breezes West  saw whales  three ships in sight a whaleing  At 10 AM lowerd and the Fourth Mt struck  the third Mt got fast and kild him but the whale stove him slightly  took him along side and cut him in  at sundown took in top gallant sails and set boats crew watches  Capt sick confind to his burth  [whale stamp]

16 {1848/06/16} Moderat breezes  at 4 AM made sail and started the works  saw two sails

{1848/06/00} Moderat breezes  saw whales  lowerd and chast  saw on sail  Capt remains ill
			
{1848/06/00} Moderat breezes  saw one sail and plenty whales going quick  lowerd and chast  caried sail all night  running for a ship

{1848/06/00} Moderat breezes  at 8 saw whales and the ship about 10 miles off  run for hur  at 10 AM lowerd a boat and went a board of hur  the Champion N Bedford  the Cpt came aboard with his medical book  Cpt a little better  imployed at running down oil in the tanks

{1848/06/00} Moderat breezes  saw whales  lowerd and S Mt struck and line parted and whale went off

{1848/06/00} Moderat breezes  saw plenty whales  saw three sails  two boyling  at 7 M calm  chast whales all day  third Mt struck and drawd  at 7 PM cep off for a ship and run for hur all night

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June {1848/06/00}  Moderat breezes and calms  spoke the ship ___ of N Bedford and got a doctor from her  imployed at stowing down oil  three sails in sight  at 11 AM mate saw a dead whale or carcass a bout four miles off  lowerd a boat and put off for it  the boat returned to the ship  it prouved to be a carcass

{1848/06/00} Moderat and cloudy weather  saw whales  lowerd and the third Mt struck  SMt boat went on to the whale and fastened the line  got foul and cep the boat on top of the whale  about two minutes the whale roaling and flooking  at last got the boat between the whales fins  whales fin struck the boat and nearly cut off two of the the boat steerers fingers and boat got clear of the whale and the iron broak  started for the ship with the man  at 4 PM took the whale alongside and let him lay for the night  Cpt remains ill  [whale stamp]

{1848/06/00} Light airs and calms  at 4 AM called all hands and hooked on and commenced cutting  at 10 AM finished  saw whales  lowerd and at last the the Mt struck SMt kild  took him along side at 6 PM and let him lay for the night  exchanged signals with the bark Tenedos N L  hur boat fast to a whale at dark and whale spouting clear  eight whales  eight sails insight  four boyling  at 9 PM thunder and lightened and clear star ligh  not a cloud to be seene  Cpt remains ill  [whale stamp]

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24 {1848/06/24} Strong breezes and cloudy weather  at 5 PM called all hands but to rugged to hook on so the watch went below again  at 1 PM wore ship and hooked on the whale  finished at 7 PM  at 8 thick and cloudy weather with plenty thunder and lightning

25 {1848/06/25} Strong gales and cloudy weather   Spoke the ship Caravan of ___ and the bark Tenedos N L

26 {1848/06/26} [blank]

29 {1848/06/29} This day begins with thick fog  at 7 PM cleard up  saw plenty whales  lowerd and the Mt struck  sMt kild  third Mt struck another and kild him  took him a long side and run for the other  it came in thick fog  at 2 PM found the other whale and took him along side and cut him in  let the other remain along side all night  land insight  15 miles  [two whale stamps]

30 {1848/06/30} Thick fog and calm  at 4 AM hook on the whale and and cut him in  at 10 AM fog let up  land in sight dist 20 miles bearing from the NE to NW  two sails insight  saw whales but it came in thick again

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July
1 {1848/07/01} First part thick fog  imployed at fleeting water between decks  at 3 PM fog cleard up  saw whales  lowerd three boats and chast  at 4 Mt struck  at 5 struck another  drawd from both  land insight distant about 15 or 20 miles beaing NE to NW  two sails insight  at dark double reefe the top sails for the night

2 {1848/07/02} Fine weather  imployed at chaseing whales and boyling and continued so throuought the day

3 {1848/07/03} Begins with fine Eastly air and thick fog  standing to the S  at night  shortend sail for the night  at day light made sail again  in the morning saw whales and chast without success  imployed at boyling and stowing down

{1848/07/04} Begins with ligh Southerly airs and fair weather  imployed at boyling and stowing oil  stood to the N with light airs and thick fog  finished boyling  Lat 42"47

5 {1848/07/05} Begins with light airs and thick fog  tack ship and stood to the S  latter part fresh gales  reduced sail

6 {1848/07/06} Begins with fresh gales from the NE  at 4 PM saw the land bearing NW and NE  at 7 tack and headed to the NE  middle and latter part strong gales  remaind under easy sail heading to the SE

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7 {1848/07/07} Begins with strong gales NE  continue under easy sail  headend to the SE  spoke the ship Liverpool of NB  900 bls  9 monts out

8 {1848/07/08} Strong gales from ENE  under short sail heading to SE

9 {1848/07/09} First part of this 24 hours strong gales from ENE  under short sail heading to SE  middles hours more moderat  at 5 AM made sail  saw whales and chast without success  ship Liverpool in sight  Lat 41"40

10 {1848/07/10} Begins with moderat Eastly winds  stood to N  at night reduce sail   at morning made sail  saw whales  chast with out success  imployed on board at stowing down oil between decks

11 {1848/07/11} Begins with fresh Eastly winds  thick hazy weather  at 3 PM saw the land bearing from NNW to NE distant 5 leagues  at 6 PM tack ship and stood by the win to the SSE  saw a whale goin quick to the NE  the remainder of the day thick fog and calm

12 {1848/07/12} Begins with thick fog and calms  imployed at cleaning bone and setting up shooks  saw whales and fastend but drawed

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13 {1848/07/13} Begins with light airs and thick fog at intervals  saw whales   struck and kild him  took him along side at sundown and let him remain for the night  at daylight tooked on and cut him in  saw whales to the wind ward four miles  Lat 42" 29

{1848/07/14} Light airs from the S  imployed at chasing whales  carried sail throuout the night  morning saw whales and struck but drawed  saw the bark Tendos of NL running for us with insign set union down  hove to and hur boat boarded us  intellegeance that Capt Comstock had ben dangerously stabbed in the neck and requestin our surgon to come aboard  Capt Clark went

{1848/07/15} Begins with moderat winds from the S  saw whales fastend at night  cut from the whale at night  Capt Clark and the surgon returnd on board of the Vesper after which we put the surgon on board of the Bark again to attend on Capt Comstock

16 {1848/07/16} Commence with moderat winds from SE and thick fog  at 4 PM tack[?] off shore  morning cleard a way a little  saw the land SE 3 miles distant

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17 {1848/07/17} Begins with light airs and thick fog  at 1 PM fog cleard up  saw the land one mild distant  Capt Clark put off for the shore to fish  being unsuccessful boarded the Tenedos  returnd abord of the Vesper with the surgon  stood to the S throuought the night  tack at 4 PM and stood to the NE  later part thick fog

18 {1848/07/18} Begins with light airs from ENE and thick fog  at 2 PM  fog cleard up  saw plenty whales and chast  Lat 42" 19

19 {1848/07/19} Light airs and fair weather  captured a whale and cut him in  struck another and irons came out  struck the third and lost a line  Lat 42" 04

20 {1848/07/20} Fresh breezes from SW  saw whale and chast  struck and drawd  darted at two others and mist them

21 {1848/07/21} Calm and foggy  saw whales and chast  struck and kild and sunk him  

22 {1848/07/22} Chast whales  went on to one  boat steer did not dart  broke him for not performin his duty  latter hours chast whales and finished boyling  saw a trylight  Lat 42" 06  Long  Land in sight

23 {1848/07/23} Chast whales  at 4 PM foggy  boats returnd to the ship and double reefe the top-sails  wind ENE  headed to the SE  at 9 AM fresh gales came under clost reefe top sail and fore sail

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24 {1848/07/24} Fresh gale continue from the ENE  wore ship to the N[?]  set double reefe top sails  spoke ship Candace N London  moderate thouought the night  morning made all sail  saw whales and chast four hours and mist  Lat obs 42" 09

{1848/07/00} Begins with moderat winds from the SSE  captured a whale and took him a long side  at 8 PM and put on the flook rope  thick weather with small rain  Land insight at 2 PM thick fog throuought the Night  commence cuttind at 3 AM  at 8 AM fog cleard up and the Land was a bout two miles off  light airs from the NE  [whale stamp]

27 {1848/07/27} Commence with light airs from the NE and cloudy  captured another whale and took his blubber  latter hours clear  saw two whales in shore going quick ???  one boat put off for the shore  landed but could get nothing  boat returnd to Ship  at 5 PM thick fog  imployed at boyling  stood off shore throuought the night with light airs NE  clear in the morning  saw whales going in shor  too far off to care  Lat 41" 24  [whale stamp]

28 {1848/07/28} Begins with light airs and clear weather  saw plenty whales  captured a cow and calf  took them along side and made sail  stood off shore SW  cut in the calf and let the other remain along side  got up the starboard cable and bent it  Land extending from S to N ditant two leagues  at 6 AM commence cutting  morning saw plenty  [two whale stamps]

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29 {1848/07/29} Light airs  imployed at cutting and boyling  saw a nomber of whales  at 3 PM wore ship and headed to the E  latter hours chaseing whales  Land 3 leagues dis.

30 {1848/07/30} Captured a whale and cut him in  moderate winds SW  latter hours calm  imployed stowing oil and boyling

31 {1848/07/31} Continues calm imployed at stowing oil and boyling  land insight bearing from SW to N distant 5 leagues  middle and latter hours under short sail light airs and fine weather  saw plenty whales but did not lower having as much blubber as could take care of  Lat 41" 20

August {1848/08/01} Light airs  captured captured a whale and took it a long side and put on flook rope  continue boyling  Ship Candice[?] insight and Land insight  at 9 AM commence cutting  saw plenty whales

2 {1848/08/02} Continue cutting in  the gear to the windlass give out  oblige to use handspikes  at 4 PM thick fog  continue boyling  morning clear  saw whales and fastend  took up four lines and went off

3 {1848/08/03} Light airs and fine weather  chast whales with out success  boyling and stowing down oil  middle and later hours saw whales and darted at one and mist  stowd oil and boyling out

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4 {1848/08/04} Saw one whale and chast without success  imployed ad boyling and stowing oil  middle and latter hours  light and foggy  finished boyling  Lat 41"38  Long 130"09 #s041 38N#e $s130 09E$e

5 and 6 {1848/08/05}{1848/08/06} Begins with light airs from NE  stood to the SW  saw one whale  thick fog throuought the night  morning Land distant about 2 leagues  stood E a short distant and saw plenty whales  captured a very large one  Candace insight a cutting  towd the whale along side and took the head throat and lips and lay by the remainer untill morning  commence cutting and boyling  saw plenty whales  captured one  Candace insight  [whale stamp]

7 {1848/08/07} Took the whale along side and put on the flook rope and stowd oil  at 6 PM shortend sail  land insight about 4 leagues dis  light airs throuought the night  Lat 41"25

8 {1848/08/08} Remain under short sail imnpl at cutting and boying out  Candace insight cutting  middle and latter hours rainy  imployed at boyling and stowing down oil  Lat 41"20  Long 124" 30 #s041 20N#e $s124 30EW$e

9 {1848/08/09} Begins light airs and cloudy  Land 4 leagues dis  saw one whale  Employed at boyling and stowing down  latter hours fresh gales and hazy  continue chast whales without success

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10 {1848/08/10} Begins with rain and thick weather  continue boyling and stowing down  at 5 PM saw the Land 5 leagues dis  light airs throughout the night  saw a cow and calf  fastened to the calf  drawed out  Land 5 leagues dis  Candace insight  Lat 40"33  Long 129" 56 #s040 33N#e $s129 56E$e

11 {1848/08/11} Begins with airs and foul weather  captured a whale and he sank  saw other whales whales  stowd oil  latter hours captured and took its blubber  Candace insight  Land 5 leagues dist  [drawing of whale's tail]

12 {1848/08/12} Begins with airs and fair weather  Employed at stowing oil  latter hours fresh breezes NE and rainy  Employed at boyling  Land 7 leagues dist  41"05

13 {1848/08/13} Fresh gales continue from the NE  saw whales  came under double reefe top sails  continue boyling  latter hours plesant  saw whales and chast withought success  Candace insight  Land dist 6 Leagues  Employed at stowing oil  Lat 42"04

14 {1848/08/14} Begins with strong breezes and cloudy weather  stood in to the Land  at 6 PM headed off shore  calm throughout the night  latter hours saw whales and chast with out success  Candace insight  Land 6 leagues dis  Employed at stowing oil  Lat 42" 04

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15 {1848/08/15} Begins with light airs SSE and fair weather  chast whales with out success  Spoke the Ship Candace 1600 bls oil  Obtained from hur 6 tirces[?] of beef 6 bls of Pork and 60 gallons of Molasses  middle and latter hours stood off to the Eastward

16 {1848/08/16} Begins with airs and fair weather  captured a whale and took it blubber  Land dis 12 leagues  Candace insight cutting  saw plenty whales  casks leaking bady  oblige to cool[?] down for want of casks  latter hours chast whales without success

[the following two entries were written in ink over other entries in pencil]
17 {1848/08/17} [begin ink]  Moderate breezes and fair weather  Captured a whale and took his blubber  land dis 10 leagues  [end ink, begin pencil]  cleared up  saw the Land 1 League dist  Capt Clark put of  [end of pencil, begin ink again]  
17  Moderate breezes and fair weather  Employed at boyling  oil leaking badly from the pipes  obliged to cool down again  capturd a whale  took it along side and put on the flook rope and shortened sail  [end of ink, begin pencil]  at 4 AM tackt to SE  at 10 AM light airs and  [end of pencil, begin ink again] 
18 {1848/08/18} Employed at boyling with awhale a long side  fresh breezes from the S  latter hours cut in the whale  made sail and stood to the E  Land in sight  Lat 41" 36

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19 {1848/08/19} Moderat weather  spoke sp Candace cutting  at 6 PM stood to the E with light airs from SE  bound to Sandwich Islands with a full cargo of oil  latter hours light airs from N  continue boyling 

20 {1848/08/20} This day be gins with light airs and fair weaher  finished boyling and stowd oil

21 {1848/08/21} Beg mod  wind S ster E  6 PM saw two sails  run of and spoke S Phoenix Say[?]  latter hours fresh gales from S  took in all sail and stowd oil  Lat 42 01

22 {1848/08/22} Light variable wins  frequent showrs of rain  steerd ESE untill 3 PM then steerd E and made the island Osema[?]  bent studding sail and set them  Lat 41 42

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23 {1848/08/23} Begins moderate breezes and fair weather  Lat 41 20

24 {1848/08/24} Begins light airs E  course ESE  at 2 PM the island Osema [O-shima] bore N dist 3 leagues and the island Hosema [Ho-jima] bore E dis 8 leagues  steerd E past thee island Hosema  at 3 AM having rain with fresh gales from NW double reefe the topsails  wore ship and stood off shore  at day light stood intoo the strates of Matsmai [Matsumae] with wind ENE with rain  at 8 PM run of be fore the wind W  took in fore and mizen top sail  saw several Japan Junks

25 {1848/08/25} Continue running under a double reefe Main Topsail before the wind to W with thick weat and rainy  at 6 PM was within 7 leagues of the island Skosima[?]  weather cleard up a little 

26 {1848/08/26} Commence with light airs E under all sail  Enterd the Straits of Matsmai but advers made several tacks but to no effect  Employed at cleaning bone  Jacko[?] came very near to being down in the scuttle-but middle hours lay with the head yards aback  latter hours fresh gales ESE  entered the straits of Matsmai dis 5 leagues

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27 {1848/08/27} Commence with fresh Eastly winds and cloudy  Squared the yards and steered to WSW  saw several Junks  fresh gales throughout the night  steerd W by S at 3 A AM made the island Kosima [Ko-jima] and luft to to Southward SSE and clost reefe the top sails and stowd the Jib  latter hours had some rain and moderat gales from E at 112  the island Kosima N dist 1 league

28 {1848/08/28} Begins with light airs from E and fair weather  first part stood off and on the island of Kosima under clost reef top sails  at noon mad all sail and made short tacks worke up within the town of Matsmae [Matsumae]  Capt Clark tut[?] of for the above town  stood off and on the 

29 {1848/08/29} Boat returned to the shp  was not aloud to land  was orderd off  aboard at 4 PM enterd the straits of Matsmae for the hird time from 8 to 12 lay with the main topsail to the mast head to S  at 12 midday Cap Nombu [Nambu?] bore SE dis 25 miles

{1848/08/00} Commence with moderat winds from East  Land S dis 4 leagues and N dist 10 leagues  at 4 PM thick fog  lay aback  at mid night braced forward  stood S

{1848/08/00} Commence with fresh breezes SSE  saw the SE part of Matsame bearing NE by E dis 5 leagues  stood to S  at 9 AM tack and stood ENE  Matsmae bore N dis 6 leagues  Lat 41 41  Long 143 32 #s041 41N#e $s143 32E$e

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Oct 1 {1848/10/01} Fresh breezes from the SSE  at 1 PM tack ship and stood to the E  saw a sail to windward  middle and latter part wind baflin from SSE to SSW  Lat obs 24" 15

Oct 2 {1848/10/02} Begins with moderat winds ESE and fair weather  latter hours squally with rain  imployed at cleaning ship and drying bone  Lat 28" 04

Oct 3 {1848/10/03} Begins with fresh trade winds from E  steered by the SSE  Lat 25" 59

4 {1848/10/04} Strong breezes from the E and squals  middle moderat  Lat obs 24" 26

{1848/10/05} Commence with light winds heading S by E  tack ship several times to gain to windward  Eastward  at 11 AM past a sail standing to N  Lat obs 23" 15  Long 157" 31 #s023 15N#e $s157 31E$e

{1848/10/06} Begins with light trade wind from E  at 12 midday wind change to ENE  heading up ESE  Lat obs 22 25

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{1848/10/07} Oct 7  Moderat trade winds from ENE  at 2 PM saw the island Oahu bearing SW dist 10 leagues  continued on our course SE and saw the island Morotoi [Molokai] at 4 PM and Mowee [Maui]  the passage between the two islands bearing S by W dist 5 leagues when we bore away for it with strong trade winds

{1848/10/08} Oct 8  Moderat breezes  calms and light airs  Capt C put off for Lahaina at 2 PM  at 10 came to anchor of Lahaina in 20 fathoms water

Oct 9 {1848/10/09} One watch ashore on liberty  watch on board cleaning ship out side

Oct 10 {1848/10/10} took on board the whale bone we left last spring

Oct 11 {1848/10/11} Sent 12 bls of oil a shore  received on board 26 bunches of Bananas 100 pumpkins 20 Cabbages one sack of sugar and 15 water melons

Oct 12 {1848/10/12} One watch a shore on liberty  Discharge all the hands shipped at this island  received on board 22 bls of irish Potatoes

13 {1848/10/13} Received on board 27 bls potatoes and 5 Do sweet  delivered a shore 15 bls of oil  this day Elisha Jonson and Henry Crandal discharged  received on board stores

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Oct 14 {1848/10/14} At 3 PM took onboard one cask of water and weid anchor and stood off and on  at 8 Cpt Came off and put off for Oahu

15 {1848/10/15} At 7 AM anchored off Oahu in 22 fathoms  Capt put off for the shore

16 {1848/10/16} At anchor of Oahu

17 {1848/10/17} At 7 AM the pilot came of and took us in the harbor

Oct 31 {1848/10/31} Weid anchor and the pilot came on board and took us out of the harbor and braught us to anchor out side

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Nov  W Oahu
1 {1848/11/01}
2 {1848/11/02}
3 {1848/11/03}
Nov 4 {1848/11/04} at 6 AM weid anchor and stood off and on Oahu  at 3 PM Cpt came on board and stood to the S by E  at 6 PM the South point of Oahu bearind distant 20 miles

5 {1848/11/05} Strong NE trades from the East  course S by E  so continued untill the Ninth

9 {1848/11/09} Strong NE trades and the heavy squalls with rain and sharp lightning and heavy thunder continued untill the twelveth  blowd away fore top sail fore sail and jib

14 {1848/11/14} Moderat breezes from the SE  imployed at repaireing sails and drying bone

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24 {1848/12/24} Strong breezes ESE  course S under single reefe top sals

25 {1848/12/25} Strong breezes ESE  course S under single reefe top sails

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December 
26 {1848/12/26} Strong breezes from the ENE  course S under double reefe top sails

27 {1848/12/27} Moderat breezes from the ESE  course S under all sail  at 10 AM called all hands to brake out oil  broke out the oil forward 21 pipes and Cooperd it and stowd it again

28 {1848/12/28} Moderat and calm  imployed at brakeing out oil coopering and stowing it again  latter part strong breezes and a heavy sea on

29 {1848/12/29} Moderat breezes and a heavy swell  imployed at brakeing out bone and stowing it on the oil that is cooperd

30 {1848/12/30} Light airs and calms  imployed at brakeing out oil and stowing it again  the oil was in a very bad condition  the between decks float with oil  several pipes came out half empty

31 {1848/12/31} Light airs and calms  set topmast and fore studding sails double reef  mand the mastheads to look out for whales

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January ??? 1849
1 {1849/01/01} Moderat breezes N  course S by E  imployed at brakeing out oil coopering it stowing oil and bone

2 {1849/01/02} First part moderat breezes from the N  middle and latter part strong breezes from the Southward  stood to the Eastward  at 4 PM saw Black fish  lowerd one boat without success

3 {1849/01/03} Moderat breezes S  stood to the E

4 {1849/01/04} Light airs and calms  middle and latter hours light air WSW  course S by E  set top mast top galland and lower studding sails

5 {1849/01/05} Strong breezes WSW  course S by E[?]

6 {1849/01/06} Strong breezes Northward  course S by E  Middle and latter part moderat breeze from the SW with a heavy sea and squalls with hail and rain  Lat 42" 00 S

7 {1849/01/07} Moderat breezes SW  course SSE  at midnight wind hauld to the SE  stood to the Eastward

8 {1849/01/08} First part moderat breezes  middle and latter part light air from the WSW  course SSE  captured a sunfish and took him aboard  saw a Fin back

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Janua
9 {1849/01/09} Strong breezes N  course SSE  middle and latter hours moderat  stood to the N and E under easy sail

10 {1849/01/10} Moderat and hazy weather  stood to the ENE

11 {1849/01/11} Moderat breezes from N  stood to the ENE  caught a Porpoise  saw several Finbacks

12 {1849/01/12} Moderat breezes from the N  9 saw Finbacks and R Whales  lowerd and chast withought success  at 1 PM saw several Whales  lowerd two boats and struck  got slightly stove the thirird[?] boat lowerd  all three boats got fast  got the whale spouting blood  the stoven boat cut off and returned to the ship  the started and run to the windward ought a sight of the ship at mast head  one boat started a but[?] both boats cut and returnd to the ship  som words past in the boat between the Capt Clark and the Mate Mr Lee  at the supper table Capt Clark told Mr Lee that Mr Morris would head the larboard boat  some[?] word past and put Mr Lee off duty  at 7 took in sail for the night  headed to the WNW

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1849  February {1849/02/00}
Begins with fresh gales from the SW  middle part more moderat  at 6 AM took the anchors and stood out to sea standing ESE  stowd the anchors  unbent the chains and put them below

23 {1849/02/23} Begins with light breezes from the Westward  at 4 AM sighted the Bush inds  at 5 AM land on our larboard beam  stood to the Northward  at 10 Port saint Lui[?] bore __ distant 2 miles 

24 {1849/02/24} Commence with moderat southerly winds  several saw Rite Whales  at 7 AM lowerd and chast with out success  at 2 PM saw several Whales  lowerd and chast with out success the whales going quick in shore  at 4 PM came on board and steered to the NNE  wind and squally with rain  double reefe the fore and main top sail  Lat 49" 13 South

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February  1849[?]
25 {1849/02/25} Begins with fresh gales from the SW and squally with rain  steering to the NW under all prudent sail  Lat 47 03

26 {1849/02/26} Begins with light airs and calms from the SW  steering N  the Pheonix and Sarah Parker incompany during the night the wind hauld to teh S  steerd NW by N

27 {1849/02/27} Begins with strong breezes from the SW  running to the NNW[?] in company with the Ship Pheonix and the Sarah Parker  middle and latter part light airs and calms  Lat 44" 21

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February 28 {1849/02/28} Begins with light airs from the South  two sails stanging to the NNE  one the Sarah Parker of Nantucket and the other the Pheonix of New Bedford  at 6 AM saw Spurm whales  all three ships in chase  at 7 lowerd and Mr Lee the Mate of the Vesper struck  captured and took him alon side and commence cutting  at 7 PM got the boddy aboard and took insail to a clost reefe main top sail and lay with the head along side all night

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Lat 44" 35
Long 60 #s044 35S#e $s060 00E$e

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March the first 1849[?]
1 {1849/03/01} Begins with a strong breeze from the __  at 4 AM calld all hands and took the Junk and case and started the works  at 7 PM took in the main top-sail

Friday 2 {1849/03/02} Begins with strong gales from the SW with rain thunder and lightning  at 7 AM set double reefe main top sail  course NNE[?]  imployed at setting up shooks  at 6 PM steered NNW

3 {1849/03/03} Begins with strong gales from the SW under clost reefe top sails  steerering NW by N  at 7 AM steed NNE  at 10 AM heavy gales with rain  at 7 took in sail and hove to under bare poles head to the Eastward  coold down  shipt heavy seas and washt over board some blubber  sounded at 5 PM 55 fathom water

4 {1849/03/04} Begins with heavy gales at 4 AM  made sail and steerd NNE  at 7 AM took in and double reefe the fore and main top sails  at 4 coold down again and clost reefe the fore topsail  steerd NE

5 {1849/03/05} Begins with heavy gales from the SW  course NE  middle and latter part more moderate but a heavy sea on  made all sail

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March 1849
6 {1849/03/06} Begins with strong gales SW  course NE  at 4 AM started the works again  saw a Brig standing to the NE  at 8 PM coold down  finished boyling  double reefe the topsails

7 {1849/03/07} Begins with moderat breezes and fine weather  made all sail  steered to the NE  at 7 AM wind haules to the Eastward  saw a brig standing to the NW  stowd down six pipes of O

8 {1849/03/08} Strong gales from the Eastward  stood to the Northward  at 10 PM took in Mizen topsail and single reefe the fore and main topsail

9 {1849/03/09} Strong breezes E  stood to the N  at 12 midday double reefe the fore and main topsail  imployed at repairing sails  at 5 PM wore ship and stood to the NE[?]  bursted the jib  unbent it  at 8 P PM split the main topsail cl  cauld all hands  unbent it and bent another  strong gales from the E and rain

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10 {1849/03/10} Begins with strong gales from the E  dark cloudy weather with drizeling rain under double reefe topsails  repaired the jib and bent it  imployed at repairing mizen top sail  at ??? PM wind hauld to the Northward headend to the Eastward

11 {1849/03/11} Commence with strong breezes from the North  course E by N under double reefe topsails  at 8 AM more moderate  shook out the reefes and set top gallant sails  imployed at repairing mizen topsail  at 4 PM past a large turtle

12 {1849/03/12} Commence with strong breezes from the N  course E by N  at 10 AM more moderat  made all sail

13 {1849/03/13} Comence with strong breezes from the N and cloudy weather  course E by N[?]  at 8 AM heavy thunder and sharp lightning and and rain  took in top gallant sails  at 12 midnight wind hauld to the Westward

14 {1849/03/14} Commence with moderat breezes from the West  at 8 AM wind hauld to NNE[?]  at 4 wind NE[?]  saw a Bark standing to the East  latter part light airs heading North by E

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15 {1849/03/15} Commence with moderat breezes from the NE  at 4 wind hauld to the E  course NE by N  at 8 PM wind hauld to the SE  strong breezes and cloudy weather

16 {1849/03/16} Strong breezes from the SSE  course NE by N  latter part squally  at 6 PM Broacht the last barrel of Provis

17 {1849/03/17} Commence with strong SE trades from about SSE  studding sails a low and aloft

18 {1849/03/18} Commence with moderat breezes SE  course NNE  at 8 PM wind hauld to the Eastward  took in all but the fore topmast studding sail  latter part squally

19 {1849/03/19} Commence with moderat breezes SE[?]  course NNE

20 {1849/03/20} Begins with moderat breezes Eastward  saw a ship standing to the Southward

21 {1849/03/21} Begins with light airs from the SE  at 8 AM light airs from the NE  wore ship and stood to the ESE  imployed at bunching bone  latter hours calm

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22 {1849/03/22} Light airs from the Northward  stood to the Eastward  at 10 AM moderat breezes from NE  headding ESE  imployed at bunching bone  at 6 PM got 18 thousand cut[?] buncht and stowd below  latter hours squally wit rain

23 {1849/03/23} Moderat breezes from the NNE and cloudy  stood to the S and E  imployed at makeing spunyarn for the bone

24 {1849/03/24} Begins with moderat breezes from the NNE  stood to the Southeast under all sail  imployed at making spunyarns

25 {1849/03/25} This 24 hours begins with bafling winds from NNE to NNW  stood by the wind to the Eastward

26 {1849/03/26} Begins with moderat breezes from the NNE  baflin wind and squally  standing to the Eastward  at 8 PM mod wind from the NE and squally with rain  light airs NW  imployed at bunching bone

{1849/03/27} Begins with moderat breezes NW  at 4 AM wind hauld to the South in a squall rain throuought the day  imployed at lashing spars a midship and stowing the water between them  latter hours light airs and baflin  course NE[?]

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39 16 16                36 52
37 27 19   66 36   36 54
35 54 21   63 40   37 51
35 52 22                38 30
36 15 23                38 04
36 54 24   59 48   36 56
36 17 25                35 41
37 08 26   56 15   34 35
           30   44 59

{1849/03/28} Begins with calms and light baflin winds  squally and cloudy  occasionaly rain  

{1849/03/29} Commence with light airs and calms

{1849/03/30} Commence with light airs and baflin wind from N to S and squally with rain

31 {1849/03/31} This 24 hours commence with moderat breezes from the South  middle par squally with rain  latter hours light airs from the N stood to the Eastward

April the first 
1 {1849/04/01} This day begins with moderat breez from the N  at daylight saw the island of Trinidad bearing NNE distant 45 miles  at 8 wind hauld to the Southward  course N  at sun down the island bearing E distant 12 miles

{1849/04/00} For the last three days moderat trades from SE to E occasionaly a 

7 {1849/04/07} Begins with moderat trades from SE varying to S  saw a sail standing to the N and E  latter hours plenty of rain

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Purnanbuco April 10
8 {1849/04/08} Begins with moderat trades from about South  the one sail insight  at 8 AM boarded hur  it prouved to the Burtha of Brimmen bound to Brimmen  Lat 10 08 Sout

9 {1849/04/09} Begins with moderat trades from the SE  course N by E  at 12 noon course N by W  at 4 PM got up the chains and bent them and got off the anchors off the bow at 9 PM saw Olinda[?] light bearing W and steerd for it

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at 10 hauld on the wind and stood to the S  sounded at 10 and 12  got 25 fathom water

10 {1849/04/10} Begins with moderat breezes from the NE  at daylight saw the land  stood in for Olinda light  at 8 one har boat went on shore  at 11 AM boat returned to the ship  at 12 came to anchor of Purnambuco in 5 1/2 fathom water  on boat went a shore and stopt all night

11 {1849/04/11} Begins fine weather  at 8 AM boat returnd to the ship  at 9 two boats went a shore  one of them with three pips for water  got a ??? quarter of beef  one boat returned at middnight to the ship

12 {1849/04/12} This morning at 8 AM a lighter came off with water Provision Oranges Rice Coffee shugar W Lead and the boats crew  the boat not to be found  at 12 Calmet[?] stoning  Came in one E Sloop[?] War one ES Brig of War one Brazilian Frigate and slp of War and several murchants  breeze laying in Bhoadst[?]

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13 {1849/04/13} Moderat and squally with rain  Cpt Clk remains a shore  at 12 midday sent for a boat to com a shore  at 12 PM Calmet got under way  at 4 boat returnd to the ship with Cpt Clk and two Manazets and one ??? and Watermelons  got under way  stood  stood along the land
sounded several times during the night from 14 to 10 fathoms water and the land insight

14 {1849/04/14} Moderat breezes NE steerd N by E a long the land  under all sail

{1849/04/00} For the last week back moderat breezes and variable winds and occasionaly squally with a little rain  the ___ hove over board the triworks  wind NNE  stood to the WNW

20 {1849/04/20} Wind NE  stood to the WNW

21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  Nothing worthy of note {1849/04/21} {1849/04/22} {1849/04/23} {1849/04/24} {1849/04/25} {1849/04/26} {1849/04/27} {1849/04/28}

24 {1849/04/24} Moderat and squally  saw a school of Black Fish

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April
26 {1849/04/26} Moderat  breezes  course NNW  at 6 PM crost the Equator

27 {1849/04/27} Strong breezes from the NE by N  course NNW  at 11 AM in verry strong tide rips and a heavy sea on  shipt a sea and washt the gally too leward  capsized the stove and lost our dinner and scalld the cook  imploy at repairing sails

28 {1849/04/28} Strong breezes N by E  course NW by N

29 {1849/04/29} Strong breezes N by E  course NW by N

30 {1849/04/30} Strong breezes N by E  course NW by N

31 {1849/04/31} Strong breezes NE  course NW by N  imployed at repairing sails for the last week back  allso squalls  Lat 10" 12 N

1  May the first 1849 {1849/05/01}
Strong NE trades from NE by E  course NW by N  under all sail  topmast and topgallant studding sails  Lat 12" 12 N

2 {1849/05/02} Strong trades and clear  under all sail  course NW by N  imploy at repairing sails

3 {1849/05/03} Moderat breezes NE by N  course NW by N

4 {1849/05/04} Moderat breezes NNE  course NW by N  imployed at clearing up deck for cleaning ship  putting spair spars over the tafrail

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October the second eighteen hundred and forty six 
October 2 {1846/10/02} got a Spurm whale
Decemb 13  got a Spurm whale   1846 {1846/12/13}
1846
March the fifteenth eighteen hundred and forty seven   1847
March 15 {1847/03/15} got a spurm whale
March 18 {1847/03/18} got a spurm whale

14 May the fourteenth   1847
May 14 {1847/05/14} struck a RW and drawd  Lat 52=10  Long 163=48  #s052 10N#e $s163 48W$e
May 15 {1847/05/15} sunk a whale
May 18 {1847/05/18} struck too whales  cut from one  the other drawd and p
May 22 {1847/05/22} got a BW  Lat 52" 50  Long 163" 48  #s052 50N#e $s163 48W$e
May 28 {1847/05/28} got a BW  Lat 52" 43  Long 165" 55  #s052 43N#e $s165 55W$e
May 30 {1847/05/30} got a BW  Lat

June 12 {1847/06/12} got a BW  52" 40  Long 161" 30  #s052 40N#e $s161 30W$e
June 22 {1847/06/22} got a BW  54 29  Lon 154" 29  #s054 29N#e $s154 29W$e

July 12 {1847/07/12} pict up a whale  Lat 56" 00  Long 161" 30
14 {1847/07/14} got a BW  Lat 56" 16  Long 160" 40
23 {1847/07/23} got a BW  56" 11
August 1 {1847/08/01} struck a W and drawd
10 {1847/08/10} struck a W and drawd
17 {1847/08/17} struck a W and lost three lines
20 {1847/08/20} got a RW

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31 October  got on Elephant   1847 {1847/10/31}
Novem 1 {1847/11/01} got seventeen Elephant on one island and four on another
Novem 2 {1847/11/02} got five Elephant
7 {1847/11/07} got two Elephant
Nov 13 {1847/11/13} got two Blackfish
January
Janu 17 {1848/01/17} got two devil fish Whale
21{1848/01/21} got one devil fish Whale
1848
April 10 {1848/04/10} got one Black fish    April 21 {1848/04/21} saw whales    1848
April 23 {1848/04/23} got a Rite Whale
April 25 {1848/04/25} got a Rite whale
Apr 27 {1848/04/27} saw whales
Apr 28 {1848/04/28} saw whales
April 29 {1848/04/29} saw whales 
May 2 {1848/05/02} struck a whale and lost a line
May 3 {1848/054/03} got two whales and saw plenty
May 4 {1848/05/04} saw whales
May 5 {1848/05/05} got two whales and saw plenty
May 6 {1848/05/06} saw plenty whales
May 7 {1848/05/07} struck a whale  boat upset and lost a line 
May 8 {1848/05/08} struck a whale and lost a line 
May 9 {1848/05/09} got a whales
May 10 {1848/05/10} saw whale
May 11 {1848/05/11} saw whale
May 12 {1848/05/12} struck a whale and sunk him
May 19 {1848/05/19} saw a whale
May 20 {1848/05/20} got a whale   Lat 29" 12 N
May 24 {1848/05/24} got a whale
May 26 {1848/05/26} got a whale
June 1 {1848/06/01} got a whale
June 15 {1848/06/15} got a whale
June 23 and 24 {1848/06/23} {1848/06/24} got whales  21 struck and drawd
June 29 {1848/06/29} got two whales

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Whale ships spoken    spurn Whale
Dec  Atlantic  Nantucket  150
July 1 {1848/07/01} struck two whales and drawd

May the fourth 1849
5 {1849/05/05} Begins with moderat trades from NNE  course NW by N  imployed at cleaning ship  saw small quantitys of gulph weed  latter hours strong breezes and squally with rain  shifted the gally F

6 {1849/05/06} Moderat trades from the NE  course NW by N  samall quantity of gulph weed  at 10 PM blowed away the flying jib and the fore royal in a squall

7 {1849/05/07} Moderat trades  imployed at cleaning ship out-side  saw a Bark stearing to the S and W  saw large fields of gulph weed

February   February   February   February   
Febu 28 1849 {1849/02/28} Lat 44" 35  Long 60" 00  got a spurm whale  #s044 35S#e $s060 00E$e

8 {1849/05/08} Moderat trades  imployed at painting ship out side  course NW by N  saw a M Brig standing to SE

9 {1849/05/09} Moderat trades  imployed at painting ship  saw large quanty of gulph weed  saw several Dolphin  caught two

10 {1849/05/10} Moderat breezes SE  course NNW  later hours passing clouds with rain  imployed at setting up main top mast riggin and sundry other jobs

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Azores 
Cape verd
11 {1849/05/11} Light airs from the Se  course NNW  imployed at the riggin  at 6 PM saw two sail one standing to the N the other standing to the SW

12 {1849/05/12} Moderat breezes SSE  course NNW saw a ship at day light two miles off standind to the Westward  set the ??? Colors with intension of speeking hur so to get some provision out of hur but she would not answer the colors or speek us  at 6 PM saw a Brig standing to the NNE  chast hur and fired three guns and set the colors but she would not stop  night comming on so gave up the chase  imployed at painting ship in side

13 {1849/05/13} Moderat breezes  course NW by N  at 10 PM saw a brig standing to the SSW  at half past eleven Cpt out off on the boat and puld to windward  at 12 the brig tack ship headend to the WSW so gave up all hopes of speeking or the boat catching hur  at half past 12 brig tack again  we also tackt  at 2 PM dark cloudy weather with heavy thunder and lightning and plenty of rain  the brig and boat out of sight  at 3 PM tack ship and ???

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of the Vesper
Japan Sea
Ships Spoken 1848
Ship Patriot  Bremen  Apries 29 {1848/04/29}
Bark Newton  N Bedford  May 21 {1848/05/21}
Bark Newton  N Bedford  7 Jun {1848/06/07}
Patriot  Brimen  7 June {1848/06/07}
Josephine  NB  8 June {1848/06/08}
Gem  8 June {1848/06/08}
Bowditch and Jefferson 
Morse of France
Formosa N Bedford
Tenedos NL  June 25 {1848/06/25}
Caravan

and stood to the N West  the wind WSW  at 4 PM saw the Brid running off for us  hauld aback the main yard  at 5 PM she hove a back to clost too us to windward  the Cpt returnd to the ship with one barrel of beef one of bread and one of flour  sent a slab of bone several spurm whale teeth and two Easter island images  returned to the ship with smal stores butter sugar rice coffee tea sounds and tungs mackerel and codfish  it prouved to be the Bark J W Dyer of Portland  Dyer master

14 {1849/05/14} Moderad breezes and cloudy weath and rainy at intervals  at day light saw a large ship standing to the Westward

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