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Remarks on board Ship Marcus F. [FAIR] Haven
M.L.S.

Wednesday october 20
With light breeses [BREEZES] and pleasant weather steering
by the to the SE. All sails set. Employed in ships
duty and brok [BROKE] the fore hold. Latter part eploye [EMPLOYED]
in fitting some of the riggin [RIGGING]. All sail set. So ends 24 hours.
Latt [LATITUDE] 35˓˓00
Long [LONGITUDE] 65˓˓30

Thursday oct [OCTOBER] 21
With modrate [MODERATE] breeses [BREEZES] and pleasant weather. Wind
from the NE. All sail set. Employed in ships duty.
Steering E by S. At 3 PM sent out the flying jib boom.
Saw a brig steering to the N. Middle part strong
breeses [BREEZES]. At 9 single reef the fore & misen [MIZZEN] topsail. Latter close
reef the topsails and furled the misen [MIZZEN] topsail. Steerin [STEERING] E by S.
Latt [LATITUDE] 34˓˓35
Long [LONGITUDE] 62˓˓30

Friday oct [OCTOBER] 22
With strong breeses [BREEZES] from the NE. Steering E by S under
close reef fore & main topsails. Employed in ships duty.
Middle part as a [GALE?] bloing [BLOWING] hard from the ENE. Latter
part more modrate [MODERATE]. At daylight losed [LOOSENED] the misen [MIZZEN] topsail
and turned one reef out the fore and main. So ends.
Latt [LATITUDE] 30˓˓30
Long [LONGITUDE] 60˓˓47

M.L.S. Saturday oct [OCTOBER] 23
With strong winds frome [FROM] the the E.N.E. Steering E by S
under double reef topsails. Employed in ships duty. Middle
part modrate [MODERATE]. Made sail. Latter part pleasant. Employed
in fitting riggin [RIGGING]. Saw nothing of any note. So ends.
Latt [LATTITUDE] 34"00
Long [LONGITUDE] 55 45

Sunday oct [OCTOBER] 24
With modrate [MODERATE] breeses [BREEZES] frome [FROM] the N.E. Steering E by S.
All sails set. Employed in setting up the back stays
and other riggin [RIGGING]. Middle part fine weather. At 2 P.M.
the wind halled [HAULED] to the N. Squard [SQUARED] the yards. Set the topmstud [TOPMAST STUDDING SAIL].
Latt [LATTITUDE] 33˓˓55
Long [LONGITUDE] 58˓˓00