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1844 Bk Cornelia Crusing
Wednesday July 17 th Commences with light trades and fine weather stearing N middle and latter the same in comp with the Pop employed in making spunyarn Lat 10::51 S Long 08::40E
Thursday July 18 th Modrate trades and fine weather stearing N By E in company with the Pop saw phinbacks employed in making spunyarn Latt 09::35 S Lon 8::30 E
Friday July 19 th Commences with modrate trades and fine weather stearing N By E with all sale set in company with Pop saw phinbacks employed in making spunyarn Latt 08::06 S Lon 07::40E
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Line 10: Spunyarn: small line made of two, three or four yarns, not laid out loosely but twisted. It has a variety of uses on board for seizing, serving, etc. Ref.: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, Peter Kemp, Oxford University Press, 1976, pg. 827, 'Spunyarn'
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1844 Bk Cornelia lying in the harbour of [ - ]
Monday July 29th First part employed in watering and [ making?] one gear watch a shore at 9 AM struck an killed a humpback at 12 took it a longside
Tuesday July 30th All of these 24 hours employed in cuting at sun down finished had the governor at sup with us at daylight started the works at [7?] AM sent one [Boat?] fore a raft of water
Wednesday July 31st First Part employed in Boiling at 7 AM struck and drawed from a whale at 6 PM cooled down took a raft of warter on board
Thursday August 1st First part employed in stowing water & at 1 PM struck a whale at 6 PM [turnd?] it up and sunk in[Parged-?] in and went on board - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mary Ann Folger Nantucket E C C Eliza Mass
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Line 3: By latitude and longitude the vessel appears to be off the coasts of Gabon or Angola on the west coast of Africa. Cannot decipher the name of the port. It is possible that the vessel stopped at Luanda (Angola), a favored port-of-call for whalers hunting off West Africa.
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My Mother My Sister
My Father My Brother
All goan Im all alone
Mary Jane Wood
R Elisabeth
Mary Ann Mulgrove New Castle Conn
Are we The [modest?] [lost?] Rebecca Hill
Are we almast there Are we almast [free?] Said a dying girl as She drew near her home
[written vertically, left edge:] my own tru cavilier
R [written in very large flourishing]
Mr John Hancock [is?] sparking -- S M..V.
My Dear Friend May all your days [I?] [nou?]
Rebecca Hillman Chilmark Mass 1848
Ernest forgot ________________________________________ NOTES: written in two different inks and two different handwritings, both differing from the standard log pages.
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1844 BkCornelia Crusing for Whales
Wednesdy August 14th All of these 24 hours light ares from SSW ship By the wind to SE with all sale sut in com with the Pop Latt 1::23 S Lon 7 13 E
Thursday August 15th Commences with light ares from SSE ship By the wind to WSW at 2 AM tacked ship Latt 1::36 S Lon 7::50 E
Friday August 16th All of these 24 hours light and from SE ship By the wind to ESE at 3 AM tacked ship in com with Pop employed in reparing the Boats Latt 1::50 S Lon 8::30 E
Saturday August 17th Modrate gales and fine weather ship by the wind to W at 10 PM tacked ship winds from S at 8 AM tacked ship Latt 1:46 S Pop in comp Lon [8?]:50 E ________________________________________ NOTES:
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1844 Bk Cornelia Bound S
Sunday August 18 th All of these 24 hours light ares from S ship By the wind to W with all sale sut at 4 PM un bent M top sale and bent the old one Pop in comp Latt 1::52 S Lon 4::53 E
Monday August 19 th All of these 24 hours strong gales from S ship By the wind to W all sale sut in com Pop employed in painting the [Port?] Boat Latt 2::12 S Lon 2::40 E
Tuesday August 20 th Commences with strong gales from S ship By the wind to W By S with all sale sut middle and latter the same employed in ships duty Latt 2::53 S Lon 1::32 E
Wednesday August 21st Strong gales and fine weather from S ship By the wind to [W?] [By?] [S?] all sale sut in com Pop Latt 4::14 S Lon 00 53