{"id":"AV13208","vessel":"Solon","rig":null,"master":"Albert Daggett","port":"Mattapoisett, MA","ground":"","year_out":"1844","year_in":"1844","logbook":{"id":"journalofdunbart00dunb","title":"Journal of the Dunbarton (Bark), Edward (Brig) and Solon (Brig); mastered by Benjamin B. Handy, Thomas Jefferson Southworth, Albert Daggett; and kept by Benjamin B. Handy; on whaling voyages between 1844 and 1848.","url":"https://archive.org/details/journalofdunbart00dunb","pages":184},"days":[{"date":"1844-05-10","events":[],"lat":41.4239,"lon":-70.9298,"fixed":true,"entry":"Friday May 10th 1844 at 8 PM weighed our\nAnchor in 2 fathams water with a fine Bre\neze from the N at 11 up with culerhunk\nat 12 calm at 2 A Light breeze from the\nW S W standing on the wind all hands\nimployed ships Duty so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["first","N","moderate"],["middle","","calm"],["middle","WSW","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"The crew weighed anchor in the evening and set sail with a fine breeze, passing Cuttyhunk around 11 o'clock before winds fell calm and light.","where":"near land","place":"Cuttyhunk","at":"cuttyhunk-island"},{"date":"1844-05-11","events":[],"lat":41.35,"lon":-70.95,"fixed":true,"entry":"Saturday May the 11\nthese 24 hours commences with a Light\nbreeze from the N W at 6 A M Gayhead\nbearing SW Dist 8 miles middle part\nstrong breezes from the S S W Latter part\nrainy with thunder so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["first","NW","light"],["middle","SSW","strong"]],"weather":["rain","thunder"],"plain":"The ship sailed past Gay Head, eight miles away, in shifting breezes that brought rain and thunder by the end of the day.","where":"near land","place":"Gayhead","at":"gay-head"},{"date":"1844-05-12","events":[],"lat":41.35,"lon":-70.95,"fixed":true,"entry":"Sunday May the 12\nthese 24 hours commences with a Light breeze\nfrom the W steering S W at 10 A M gayhead\nbearing N Dist 20 miles so endes these 24 hou","wind":[["first","W","light"]],"plain":"Light breezes as the ship steered southwest, sighting Gay Head about twenty miles to the north.","where":"near land","place":"gayhead","at":"gay-head"},{"date":"1844-05-13","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":40.9028,"lon":-70.5493,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday May the 13\nthese 24 hours commences with A strong\nbreeze from the N W steering S S W\nAt 5 P M spoke the bark Mille 4000 Blls bou\nnd home saw several other sail middle\npart strong breezes from the N W [struck: SW] single\nreef top sail tok in mainsail trysail latter part\nwind [struck: S] Moderate fine weather At 8 A M saw a shoa\nl of black fish, but did not lowr the boats all han\nemployed in ships Duty so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["first","NW","strong"],["middle","NW","strong"],["latter","","moderate"]],"plain":"They met the bark Mille, homeward bound with 4,000 barrels of oil, and saw several other vessels. Later, they spotted a school of pilot whales but did not lower the boats.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Mille","rig":"bark","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","via":[[-70.875,41.125]],"plate":"gam.spoke-a"},{"date":"1844-05-14","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":40.5305,"lon":-70.0035,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thuesday May the 14\n[struck: C] First part calm saw a shoal of blackfish\nlowred the boats but without sucksess at 3 PM\nwe down thend, middle part cloudy with\nrain at 6 A M saw fish these 24 hours endes\nwith light winds and rain","wind":[["first","","calm"],["latter","","light"]],"weather":["calm","cloudy","rain"],"plain":"In calm weather, they saw a school of pilot whales and put the boats out to chase without success. Cloudy weather, rain, and light winds followed, with more fish sighted the next morning.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Saw fish","quote":"saw fish","topic":"animals"}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-05-15","events":[],"lat":40.1581,"lon":-69.4577,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday May the 15 1844\nThese 24 hours commenced with light\nwinds and rain at 6 P M spook a sail bou\nnd to Newyork Middle part strong breezes fro\nm S steering S at 3 A M hoyisted aback the had\nyardes and laid so untill 7 then steering S\nso endes these 24 hours","wind":[["first","","light"],["middle","S","strong"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Light winds and rain began the day. At 6 PM, they met a ship bound for New York, then stopped the vessel for several hours early the next morning before continuing south.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-05-16","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":"pilot","count":2}],"lat":39.7858,"lon":-68.9119,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday the 16\nThese 24 hours commences with a light\nbreeze to the S and E severat sail in site\nand severah sunfish at 7 P M chusot the\nwatches and tok in sail At 8 A M spook\nthe Dromo of Sippican Capt hammer\n24 months out 650 So Oil at 9 saw\nblack fish loored and tok 2 at 10 haar\nthem on deck so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["first","SE","light"]],"plain":"They saw several sunfish and met the Dromo of Sippican. Later, the crew spotted pilot whales, put the boats out to chase them, and brought two aboard.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Saw several sunfish","quote":"severat sail in site and severah sunfish","notable":true},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Dromo","rig":"","port":"Sippican","captain":"hammer","months_out":24,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","catch":2,"plate":"gam.spoke-c"},{"date":"1844-05-17","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":"pilot","count":1},{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":39.4135,"lon":-68.3661,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday the 17\nFfine breezes from the S and W\nat 1/2 12 P M saw blackfish loored\nand tok 1 saw several other shoals\nburt did not loor at 6 A M comnced\nto work on the fish at 7 spook the Dromo\nbound home so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["whole","SW","moderate"]],"plain":"The crew put out the boats after pilot whales and caught one, though they left several other pods alone. Later, they met and exchanged news with the home-bound Dromo.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Dromo","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"gam.spoke-a"},{"date":"1844-05-18","events":[],"lat":39.0411,"lon":-67.8203,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday the 18\nthese 24 hours commenges with a light\nbreeze all hands in boiling art att 7 [illegible]\n[struck: head down] turned up 4 bbls one sail\nin sight so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"Light breezes. All hands were occupied with boiling blubber, turning out four barrels of oil. They sighted one other ship.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-b"},{"date":"1844-05-19","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":"pilot","count":2}],"lat":38.6688,"lon":-67.2745,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday the 19\nthese 24 hours commences with a light breeze\nfrom the S steering on the wind and to\nS [illegible] at 8 A M saw blackfish loared an\ntok 2 out them in so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["first","S","light"]],"plain":"With light breezes from the south, they sighted pilot whales at 8 a.m., put the boats out to chase, and caught two.","where":"at sea","catch":2},{"date":"1844-05-20","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":"pilot","count":2}],"lat":38.2964,"lon":-66.7287,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday May the 20 1844\nFirst part calm att 1 P M saw blackfish\nloord but without sursess sq w them untill\n6 drew foarsil and tok 2 tok the ye on\ndeck tok in sail and sot the watch\natt 8 commensed boiling so endes these 24","wind":[["first","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"After a calm morning, they sighted pilot whales at 1:00 PM and put out the boats without success. They chased them until 6:00 PM, finally taking two, brought them on deck, and began boiling the blubber at 8:00 PM.","where":"at sea","catch":2,"plate":"work.trying-c"},{"date":"1844-05-21","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":37.9241,"lon":-66.1829,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday the 21\nfirst part find weather all hands em-\nployed in ships duty att 7 cooled\ndown turned up 5 bbls middle and\nlast part strong breezes saw blackfish so end\nthese 24 hours","wind":[["middle","","strong"],["latter","","strong"]],"plain":"The crew handled ship's duties in fine weather, finished boiling out blubber with five barrels of oil, and later saw pilot whales in strong breezes.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-05-22","events":[],"lat":37.5518,"lon":-65.6371,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday the 22\nAll these 24 hours spong wind steering S W\nuntill 5 found that we wes in the Guif\nthen steering S E saw some fish latter part\nrainy so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["whole","","strong"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"They sailed southwest in strong winds until discovering at 5 o'clock that they were in the Gulf, then steered southeast. Later in the day, they saw some fish before rain set in.","where":"at sea","place":"Guif"},{"date":"1844-05-23","events":[],"lat":37.1794,"lon":-65.0912,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday the 23\nthirst part steering S E & strong breezes from\nthe N still in the Gulf middle and last part\nfine weather but no fish in sight so endes these 24","wind":[["first","N","strong"]],"plain":"They steered southeast through the Gulf with strong northern breezes. The weather cleared fine, but no whales were seen.","where":"at sea","place":"Gulf"},{"date":"1844-05-24","events":[],"lat":36.8071,"lon":-64.5454,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday the 24\nthese 24 hours commenses with a light breeze\nfrom the N steering on the wind nothing\nin sight of any consequence all hands\nemployed in ships duty middle and last part\nlight breezes fine weather so eades these 24 hours","wind":[["first","N","light"],["middle","","light"],["latter","","light"]],"plain":"Light breezes and fine weather; the crew was occupied with routine ship's duties with nothing noteworthy in sight.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-05-25","events":[],"lat":36.4348,"lon":-63.9996,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday the 25\nthese 24 hours commences with a light wind\nfrom the E steering by the wind stowed\ndown 10 bbls of blackfish oil 1 sail in sight\nmiddle and last part fine weather but no fish\nin sight of any consequence so endes these 24 hou[illegible]","wind":[["first","E","light"]],"plain":"They had light winds and fine weather, stowing down 10 barrels of pilot whale oil. One other ship was in sight, but no whales worth chasing were seen.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.stowing-c"},{"date":"1844-05-26","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"grampus","count":null}],"lat":36.0624,"lon":-63.4538,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday May the 26 1844\nThis day commences fine weather light winds\nsaw several small fish such as dolphin &c at\n1 P M saw grampuses at 7 P M tok in sail\nthese 24 hours steering N S E so endes these 24","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"Fine weather with light winds. The crew saw dolphin fish and grampuses, and reduced sail in the evening.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-05-27","events":[],"lat":35.6901,"lon":-62.908,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday the 27\nFine weather, saw several sail, and some\ndrift stuff but no whales in sight, last\npart fine weather so endes these 24 hours","plain":"Fine weather throughout the day. The crew sighted several ships and some flotsam, but saw no whales.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-05-28","events":[],"lat":35.3177,"lon":-62.3622,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday the 28\nThese 24 hours commences with a\nlight breeze from the W steering to\nthe N and E saw several sail but\nno whale last part, strong winds and\ncloudy so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["first","W","light"],["latter","","strong"]],"weather":["cloudy"],"plain":"They sailed under a light breeze and later strong winds, sighting several other ships but no whales.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-05-29","events":[],"lat":34.9454,"lon":-61.8164,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday the 29\nFirst part strong breeze from the W steering\nto N and E saw one sail in sight\nMiddle and last part steering E N E\nso endes these 24 hours","wind":[["first","W","strong"]],"plain":"Strong breezes blew from the west as the ship sailed northeast. Another ship was sighted, but no whales were seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-05-30","events":[],"lat":34.5731,"lon":-61.2706,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday the 30\nThese 24 hours commences with a strong\nwind from the W S W steering to the E [struck: at]\nat 7 spoke [struck: the] english clost reef M Topsail\n& Spenzer [struck: &] Fore mast staysail heading to\nthe N and W last part light wind fine\nweather so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["first","WSW","strong"],["latter","","light"]],"plain":"Strong winds eased to light air and fine weather. They met and met an English vessel heading northwest under close-reefed sails.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-05-31","events":[],"lat":34.2007,"lon":-60.7248,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday the 31\nThese 24 hours commences with light breeze\nsteering to the Eastward at 4 P M saw\na sail at 7 boarded his found hair to\nbe the bark of N Capper at 8 saw another sail\nat 9 P M boarded hir again tok 2 bbls of porch and several other articles\nso endes these 24","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"They sailed eastward under light breezes. After sighting two vessels, the crew boarded both, identifying one as a bark under Captain Capper and taking two barrels of pork and several other articles from the second.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-06-01","events":[],"lat":33.8284,"lon":-60.179,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday June the 1- 1844\nthese 24 hours fine weather saw a shoal of\nporpoises, several sail in sight these 24 hours\ngone and no whales","plain":"Fine weather with several ships in sight and a shoal of porpoises, but no whales were seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-06-02","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":33.4561,"lon":-59.6332,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday the 2\nA Fine weather with a light breeze\nfrom the N and W at 4 PM saw\nwhite water supposed to be Jumpers\nand saw a shoal of porpoises and 2 sails\nso endes these 24 hours","wind":[["whole","NW","light"]],"plain":"Fine weather with light breezes. The crew spotted white water thought to be breaching whales, along with a school of porpoises and two other ships.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-06-03","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":"pilot","count":null},{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":"killer","count":null}],"lat":33.0837,"lon":-59.0874,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday the 3\nLight winds and [insertion: pleasant] weather saw several\nsail at 2 PM saw same small fish dolph\n[struck: hyin ny ganpt,] at 6 AM saw a shoal\nof Black fish and killers roared the boats\nwithout success so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"plain":"Light winds and pleasant weather. The crew saw dolphins in the afternoon, and put the boats out the following morning to chase a shoal of pilot whales and killer whales, but had no success.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-06-04","events":[],"lat":32.7114,"lon":-58.5416,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday the 4\nthese 24 hours commences with fine weat\nher the wind off [illegible] steering ESE\none sail in sight so endes these 24 hours","plain":"Fine weather; the crew sighted another vessel in the distance.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-06-05","events":[],"lat":32.339,"lon":-57.9958,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday the 5\nthese 24 hours commences with a light\nwind fine weather saw several sail at\nfour PM saw some kind fish but\ndid not know what they wes supposed\nthem to be Jumpers so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"Fine weather with light winds. The crew saw several ships, and spotted an unfamiliar kind of fish that they assumed were jumpers (probably leaping dolphins).","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-06-06","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":31.9667,"lon":-57.45,"fixed":true,"entry":"Thursday the 6\n[margin:\nLong 27 25\nlatt 35 18]\nthese 24 hours commences with [insertion: light] winds, [insertion: er] fine weath\nat 2 PM saw a shoal of whales roared and\nfastened to one the shoal went ropes out to the\nwindward, tok that whale along side cut him in\nby 4 PM last part fine weather so endes these 24 ho","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"After sighting a school of whales, the crew lowered the boats, harpooned one, brought it alongside, and stripped its blubber by 4 p.m.","where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1844-06-07","events":[],"lat":32.4634,"lon":-55.5033,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday June the 7 1844\nThese 24 hours commences with fine weather saw\nseveral schools of porpoises at 2 PM saw a stick\nof timber at 8 tok in fore tp sail single reef\nMain tp sail Jib and Main sail, steering E..\nat 6 AM maid all sail and commenced Boil\ning [struck: at] so endes these 24 hours","plain":"Fine weather. The crew saw several schools of porpoises and a floating timber, and later set sail and began boiling blubber.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-b"},{"date":"1844-06-08","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":32.96,"lon":-53.5567,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday the 8\nThese 24 hours commenced boiling at 2 PM\ncooled down turned up 2 blls so saw a shoal\nof Grampuses at night tok in sail as useal all\nhands employed in ships duty at 6 AM maid\nall sail steerring E by N so endes these 24 hours","plain":"The crew finished boiling blubber and cooled down the furnaces, stowing two barrels of oil, and sighted a school of grampuses.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-06-09","events":[],"lat":33.4567,"lon":-51.61,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday the 9\nAll these 24 hours light winds from the W\nstearring E by N nothing in sight of any con\nsequnce so endese these 24 hours","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"Routine sailing with light westerly winds and nothing of consequence in sight.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-06-10","events":[],"lat":33.9534,"lon":-49.6633,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday the 10\n[struck: First light breezes and a] light shawes of rain\nsaw severol fli[illegible]ing fish the woter quiet the\nmiddle and last part rainy so endes these 24","weather":["rain","smooth sea"],"plain":"Light rain showers fell throughout the day over calm water, and the crew saw several flying fish.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-06-11","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":null},{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":"pilot","count":2}],"lat":34.45,"lon":-47.7167,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday the 11\nThese 24 hours light winds and rain at\n2 PM picked up a small log of wood\nand caut several dolphin at 1/2 7 saw\na larg breach but it beeing so dark thest we\ncoulld not tell what thay wer supposes they\nwer whales at 10 AM saw black fish loared\nand got 2 so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"The crew picked up a small log, caught several dolphinfish, and saw a large breach at dusk that was likely whales. The next morning, they lowered the boats for pilot whales and caught two.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Caught several dolphins around a drifting log","quote":"picked up a small log of wood and caut several dolphin","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","catch":2},{"date":"1844-06-12","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":34.9467,"lon":-45.77,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday the 12\nFirst part light winds fine weather bla\nk fish in sight loared, the boats but without\nsucess stri[struck: f]ped the bluber off the fish we tok\nthe day before and mynced it, one sail in sight\nnothing moer in sight for these 24 hours","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"They saw pilot whales and put out the boats to chase them, but without success. The crew stripped the blubber from the whale caught the day before and minced it.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.cutting-c"},{"date":"1844-06-13","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"humpback","count":null}],"lat":35.4434,"lon":-43.8233,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday June the 13~ 1844\n\nThis day begins with a fine breeze from\nthe [struck: W] steering by the wind at 1 PM saw\nhumbacks and sea a shool of porpoises one\nsail in sight, the water [struck: look] quite thick with\na pleanty of fly ing squid, last part squaly\nwith rain so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"weather":["squalls","rain"],"plain":"They saw humpback whales, a school of porpoises, and another ship in the distance. The water was thick with flying squid. The day ended with squalls and rain.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Water thick with flying squid","quote":"","interest":1}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-06-14","events":[],"lat":35.94,"lon":-41.8767,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday the 14\nFirst part squally with rain middle part\nfine weather maid sail and stood to the N\nwith the wind to the westward last calm\nfive weeks to day since we set sail and wee\nhave caut but one small whale so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["middle","W",""],["latter","","calm"]],"weather":["squalls","rain","calm"],"plain":"The crew experienced squalls and rain, followed by fine weather and then calm. The keeper lamented that in five weeks since sailing they had caught only one small whale.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper lamented poor whaling luck","quote":"five weeks to day since we set sail and wee have caut but one small whale","notable":true,"interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1844-06-15","events":[],"lat":36.4367,"lon":-39.93,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday the 15\nthese 24 hours commences with winds at\n½ 4 came in contact with a vessil mast\ntok it in on deck the greatest part of\nit got about 20 lbs of iron and caut 3\ndolfhin at night tok in sail as usual\nmiddle and last part strong breezes from the\nN W steering N so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["middle","NW","strong"],["latter","NW","strong"]],"plain":"The crew struck a floating ship's mast, hauled most of it on deck, salvaged about 20 pounds of iron from it, and caught three dolphinfish.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Struck and salvaged a floating mast","quote":"came in contact with a vessil mast tok it in on deck","notable":true,"interest":3}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-06-16","events":[],"lat":36.9334,"lon":-37.9833,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday the 16\nThis day begins with a strong wind from\nthe NNW first part steering N at 2 hove\ntoo under clost reef M T sail F spencer F\n[struck: T] mast staysail labboard tacks on board head\n[struck: put to the] N W at 8 PM sent down the F Tg\nllant yard hoisted up the boats on the uppercra\nns tok in F T mast staysail bared down cau\nthe hatches & prepaired foor a gail at 9 AM\nsent down the M T g llant yard, last part\nwind abated so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["first","NNW","strong"]],"weather":["gale"],"plain":"Facing strong winds, the crew stopped the ship, took down upper yards, hoisted the boats onto the upper cranes, and battened down the hatches to prepare for a gale. The wind finally eased toward the end of the day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-06-17","events":[],"lat":37.43,"lon":-36.0367,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday June 17[superscript: the] 1844\nFirst part wind more moderate but\na upseet a heavy sea an running every\nway nothing very remarkable tok place\nthese 24 hours","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"weather":["heavy sea"],"plain":"The winds grew more moderate, but a heavy sea ran in all directions. Nothing remarkable happened during the day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-06-18","events":[],"lat":37.9267,"lon":-34.09,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday the 18\nthese 24 hours commences with fine wea\nther at 8. [struck: A] P M sent up the fore and main\nmain top gallant yards &c saw several shoo\nls of porpoises but no whales so endes these 24\nD[superscript: o]","plain":"Fine weather. The crew set the upper yards and saw several schools of porpoises, but no whales.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Saw several shoals of porpoises","quote":"saw several shoo\nls of porpoises"}],"where":"at sea","plate":"nature.porpoises-a"},{"date":"1844-06-19","events":[],"lat":38.4234,"lon":-32.1433,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday the 19\nFirst part light breezes saw a number\nof small fishe at 4 come in contact with\na small log of wood and caut several dol\nphins middle and last part fine weather\nno whales in sight yet dul times so goes the day","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"With light breezes and fine weather, the crew came across a drifting log and caught several dolphinfish, but saw no whales, prompting the keeper to grumble, \"dul times so goes the day.\"","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper lamented dull times","quote":"no whales in sight yet dul times so goes the day","notable":true,"interest":1},{"kind":"nature","title":"Saw a number of small fish","quote":"saw a number\nof small fishe","topic":"animals"}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1844-06-20","events":[],"lat":38.92,"lon":-30.1967,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday the 20\nFine weather saw a great number of\nalbicoars the water werry thick all signs\no whales but they are not in sight yet\nthese 24 hours passes away werry agreeable\nfor the times","plain":"They enjoyed fine weather and saw large numbers of albacore tuna in murky water. The keeper noted good signs of whales, though none had appeared yet, and found the day \"werry agreeable for the times.\"","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"A pleasant day despite seeing no whales","quote":"these 24 hours passes away werry agreeable for the times","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1844-06-21","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":39.4167,"lon":-28.25,"fixed":true,"entry":"Friday the 21\nthese 24 hours commences with a light\nbreeze from the Eastward steering to the\nS at 1/2 2 P M saw a shoal of whales at 3\nlowred the boates the L Boat fastened and\ndrowed in about 10 minutes the whales turned\nto the windward at 1/2 4 fastened again and killed\nhim tok him side at 11 set the watch at 1/2 4\ncalled all hands and prepaired for cutting at\n[drawing: whale tail] 6 hooked on at 11 had him in on deck so endis these 24\nLatt 33-25\nLong 28=15","wind":[["first","E","light"]],"plain":"After sighting a school of whales, the larboard boat fastened to one but its iron pulled free. They fastened again at 4:30 p.m. and killed a whale. It was brought alongside, and cutting in was completed by 11 a.m.","where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1844-06-22","events":[],"lat":39.4537,"lon":-28.8221,"fixed":false,"entry":"Satterday June 22^[th] ~ 1844\nFine weather up to our eyes in grease\nat 3 P M the deck clear and & commence\nboiling at. 6 sot the watch [struck: [illegible]] Larboard W out\ndeck one man cut himself quiet bad in the\nblubber room, all hands employed in ships\nduty so endes these 24 hours","plain":"Fine weather while the crew was \"up to our eyes in grease.\" After clearing the deck, they began boiling blubber, though one man cut himself quite badly in the blubber room.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Crewman badly cut in blubber room","quote":"one man cut himself quiet bad in the blubber room","notable":true,"interest":3,"topic":"accidents"}],"where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-a"},{"date":"1844-06-23","events":[],"lat":39.4907,"lon":-29.3942,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday 23^[the]\nthese 24 hours commences with fine wea-\nther still employed in boiling at 2 A M coole\ndown and washed off decks so endese these 24 hour","plain":"Fine weather. The crew finished boiling blubber, let the furnaces cool at 2:00 a.m., and washed down the decks.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-06-24","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"humpback","count":null}],"lat":39.5278,"lon":-29.9663,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday 24^[the]\nFirst part of this [struck: [illegible]] the weather verry warm\nsaw a great number of grampuses the woter look\nquiet whaleish and we feel so at 6 A M commen\nstowing down & saw one sail and a number hum-\nbacks grampuses quiet lively times for this day","plain":"In very warm weather, the crew saw many grampuses and humpback whales, noting the water looked 'whaleish.' They spent the morning storing oil in the hold and spotted another ship.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Noted lively signs of whales","quote":"","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"work.stowing-b"},{"date":"1844-06-25","events":[],"lat":39.5648,"lon":-30.5384,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday 25^[the]\nFine weather at 10 finish stowing down\nstowed away 25 bbls &c at 1/2 6 washed off\ndecks one sail in sight at 10 spook the Bark\nC Franklin of West-port 40 days out 130 bbls\nMiddle and last part employed in washing our\ncloes so endes these 24 hours","plain":"The crew finished stowing 25 barrels of oil in the hold, washed the decks, and did their laundry. Later, they met and spoke with the bark C Franklin of Westport.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"C Franklin","rig":"bark","port":"West-port","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.spoke-c"},{"date":"1844-06-26","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":39.6018,"lon":-31.1106,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday [struck: Friday] the 26\nThese 24 hours fine weather whales in sight\nat 1/2 12 lowered and got 1 tok him allong side\ncutt him in all withtout his case at 6 A M ho\nked on to the case hoisted it cutt up the [illegible]\nlast part commence boiling so endes theso 24","plain":"Fine weather. After whales were sighted, the crew put out the boats at 12:30, caught one, brought it alongside, and stripped its blubber before starting to boil it.","where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1844-06-27","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":39.6388,"lon":-31.6827,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday June the 27 — 1844\nThese 24 hours commences with with light airs\nall hands employed in taking care of oil at\n6 A M whales in sight loared and got one tok\nhim along side at about 9 the last part of these\n24 hours all hands employed in boiling and stowing\ndown","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"The crew worked at boiling and stowing oil. At 6 a.m. they sighted whales, lowered the boats and caught one, bringing it alongside around 9 a.m.","where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1844-06-28","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":39.6759,"lon":-32.2548,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday the 28\nFirst part all hands employed in cutting in\nat 9 finish cutting all hands went below at\n5 A M commenced boiling and cutting up the\njunk last part whales in sight loared without\nsuccess it being calm and the whales verry\nshy so ends these 24 hours","wind":[["latter","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"They finished cutting in the previous day’s whale at 9 p.m., then began boiling and cutting up the junk at 5 a.m. Later they lowered for more whales without success in calm conditions.","where":"at sea","plate":"chase.sperm-c"},{"date":"1844-06-29","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":39.7129,"lon":-32.8269,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday the 29\nFirst part light airs verry warm for the\nseason whales in sight at 7 P M loared\nbut without success the whales verry shy but a\nplenty of them these 24 hours endes all employed\nin Boiling","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"In warm weather and light winds, they lowered for whales at 7 p.m. but had no success. Whales were plentiful but difficult to approach. The crew continued boiling.","where":"at sea","plate":"chase.sperm-a"},{"date":"1844-06-30","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":39.7499,"lon":-33.399,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday the 30\nFine weather all hands employed in boiling\nout our blubber getting tired at 6 saw a whale\nloared 2 boats the whale went down when he\ncame up he was a ways of and it being sundown\nwe returned without success at 6 A M stowed\ndown so endes these 24 hours","plain":"The crew continued boiling blubber. Two boats pursued a whale, but it resurfaced far away and they returned without success at sundown. They stowed oil in the morning.","where":"at sea","plate":"chase.sperm-b"},{"date":"1844-07-01","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":39.7869,"lon":-33.9711,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday July the 1 — 1844\nthese 24 hours had a fine Breeze from the East\nby N steering to the N E at day light saw a ship\nabout one hour after saw whales within a\n1/4 of mile [illegible] loared and after 2 hours\nsaw got 1 the ship [illegible] struck him in [illegible]\n[struck: still out] so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["whole","E by N","moderate"]],"plain":"With an easterly breeze, they sighted a ship at daylight and whales about an hour later. The boats lowered and secured one whale; part of the account of the pursuit is unclear.","where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1844-07-02","events":[],"lat":39.8239,"lon":-34.5432,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday July the 2 1844\nFirst light airs fine weather stowed dow[struck: n]\na fare of oil aboust 60 bbls cut in a whale\nat 8 P M commenced boiling at 7 A M hooke\non the head cut it in nothing more verry\nspecial fore these 24 hours","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"In fine weather with light breezes, the crew stowed about 60 barrels of oil. They stripped the blubber from a whale, hooked on and cut in its head, and began boiling.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.cutting-c"},{"date":"1844-07-03","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null},{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":39.861,"lon":-35.1153,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday the 3\nFine breeze foum the W and W steering\nby the wind stiff boiling saw blackfish at 8\nA M saw whales loared and got one tok him\nalong side stowed down a fare of oil aboust\n20 bbls at 3 1/2 M hooked on the whale and\ncutt off his head so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["whole","W","moderate"]],"plain":"The crew saw pilot whales in the morning, then lowered the boats for whales and caught one. They brought it alongside, began cutting it in, and stowed about 20 barrels of boiled oil in the hold.","where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1844-07-04","events":[],"lat":39.898,"lon":-35.6874,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday the 4\nFirst part squill [struck: &] d[struck: e] strong freeze foum the\nW and W[struck: W] called all hands at day light and\ncommenced cutting on the whale at 3 all\nover with and commence boiling at 7 set\nthe watch & no soil in sight so endes these 24","wind":[["first","W","strong"]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"Squally weather with strong winds. The crew was called at daylight to strip the blubber from their whale, finished cutting by 3 o'clock, and began boiling the blubber into oil.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-b"},{"date":"1844-07-05","events":[],"lat":39.935,"lon":-36.2596,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday the 5\n[struck: tare life] All hands employed in taking\ncase of the oil first part rather windy\nwith some rain at 11 A M finished boilin[struck: g]\nout his head turned up abont 29 bbls and\nthen commence on the [struck: body] body notthing\nmore verry special for these 24 hours excep\nting ratther greasy squill a heavy sweller on &c","wind":[["first","","moderate"]],"weather":["rain","heavy sea"],"plain":"The crew boiled blubber, finishing the whale's head, which yielded about 29 barrels of oil, before starting on the body. The weather brought wind, rain, and a heavy swell, leaving things \"ratther greasy.\"","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper noted \"ratther greasy\" conditions","quote":"notthing more verry special for these 24 hours excep ting ratther greasy","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-c"},{"date":"1844-07-06","events":[],"lat":39.972,"lon":-36.8317,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday the 6\nThis day fine weather all hands employed in boiling\nout at 4 P M cooled down and washed of decks\nso endes these 24 hours","plain":"With fine weather, the crew boiled blubber into oil, finished by 4 p.m., and washed down the decks.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-07-07","events":[],"lat":40.0091,"lon":-37.4038,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday July 7th 1844\nThese 24 hours commenses fine weather light airs\nquiat a heavy smel an one sail in sight\nnothing more veray remarkibble for this day","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"Light winds and a heavy swell, with one ship in sight and nothing remarkable to report.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-07-08","events":[],"lat":40.0461,"lon":-37.9759,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday the 8th\nAt day light called all hands and [struck: [illegible]] made\npreparatiolns for stowing down at 7 commensed\nstarting the oil att 5 P M cleaired up [struck: deck]\ngot shipper stowed down about 55 bbls\nso endes these 24 hours","plain":"At daylight all hands were called to prepare for stowing down, and by 7:00 a.m. they began transferring the oil. By 5:00 p.m. they cleaned the decks and had stored about 55 barrels in the hold.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.stowing-c"},{"date":"1844-07-09","events":[],"lat":40.0831,"lon":-38.548,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday the 9th\nCalled all hands at day light and finished\nstoweing down and wshed of decks and the\nwatcht went belove & passed a carcoff one\nsail in sight so endes these 24 hours","plain":"The crew was called at daylight to finish stowing the oil in the hold, washed the decks, and passed a dead whale carcass. Another ship was in sight.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-07-10","events":[],"lat":40.1201,"lon":-39.1201,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday the 10th\nThese 24 houers commences with fine weat[insert: her]\n2 monthes sinse we tok our anchor from mat\napoisett and we have abeant 300 bbls quiat en\ncourageing for the times but it is rather dul\nnow at 10 A M spoak a dutch Brig and saw\nJumpers nothing more verry spacidll for the day","plain":"Marking two months into its voyage from Mattapoisett with about 300 barrels of oil, the keeper noted it was \"quite encouraging for the times,\" though whaling had grown dull. They met a Dutch brig and saw jumpers (probably leaping dolphins).","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper reflected on two months at sea","quote":"quiat en courageing for the times but it is rather dul now","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1844-07-11","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"grampus","count":null},{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":40.1571,"lon":-39.6922,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday the 11th\nFine weather light airs but quiat a heavy\nswell running to the South off steering N by\nW Saw grampuses saw a large breach nothing more\nverry spacidll the watter is verry thack we are now\non the verry spot where we tok our whales but there\nis non insight yet so endes the day","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["heavy sea"],"plain":"Fine weather and light winds with a heavy swell. They saw grampuses and a large breach near the spot where they had taken whales before, but no whales were in sight afterward.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-07-12","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"grampus","count":null}],"lat":40.1942,"lon":-40.2643,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday the 12th\nAll these 24 houres fine weather light airs but\nno whales saw Grampouses and quiat a nuamber\nof small fish","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"plain":"Fine weather with light breezes, but no whales were seen. The crew saw grampuses and quite a number of small fish.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-07-13","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"grampus","count":null}],"lat":40.2312,"lon":-40.8364,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday July the 13 ~ 1844\n\nRather dry times 10 dayes passed and\nnot a whale has come in sight at 1 P.M.\nsaw grampuses at 5 spook the Bark\n[struck: P.J.] Chase of West Port 18 1/2 months out 350\nbbls Sp oil Capt Baker bound home shortly\nso endes thene 24 hours","plain":"The keeper lamented that ten days had passed without seeing a whale. In the afternoon they saw grampuses and met the bark Chase of Westport, carrying 350 barrels of sperm oil and heading home soon.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper lamented ten days without whales","quote":"Rather dry times 10 dayes passed and not a whale has come in sight","interest":1},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Chase","rig":"bark","port":"West Port","captain":"Baker","months_out":18,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.spoke-a"},{"date":"1844-07-14","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"grampus","count":null}],"lat":40.2682,"lon":-41.4085,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday the 14\n\nAll these 24 hours light airs from the\nN.W. steering on the W.N.W. heading to the N\nsaw grampusses so endes thene 24 hours","wind":[["whole","NW","light"]],"plain":"Light winds with routine sailing; the crew saw grampuses.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Saw grampuses","quote":"saw grampusses"}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-07-15","events":[],"lat":40.3052,"lon":-41.9807,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday the 15\n\nThis day as usual fine weather saw a great\nnumber of grampuses and Jumpers saw\none sail it looks some like whalering again\nbut they are not in sight yet but expect them\nsoon they have ben down almost long-a nough\nno more to write fore this day","plain":"Fine weather continued. The crew saw a great number of grampuses and jumping fish or dolphins, and sighted one other ship while waiting eagerly for whales to surface.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper eagerly watched for whales","quote":"it looks some like whalering again but they are not in sight yet","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1844-07-16","events":[],"lat":40.3423,"lon":-42.5528,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday the 16\n\nTuesday 13 dayes to day since we saw whales\nwe are getting quiet ancious for them again\nfine weather and all signs off whales but they\nare not in sight yet","plain":"Fine weather, with the crew growing anxious after thirteen straight days without sighting a whale.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Crew grew anxious after a dry spell","quote":"13 dayes to day since we saw whales we are getting quiet ancious","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1844-07-17","events":[],"lat":40.3793,"lon":-43.1249,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday the 17\n\nAt 9 A M spook the Brig Mexico of Westport\nshe reports hav spoken the Bark PJ Chase the\nday before having fasten to a 70 bbls. whale the\nline brook the PJ Chase was abant 18 miles off\nto the leeward at the time of our spreaking the\nMexico & we saw a great number of grampuses\nsaw drift stuff off al sorts but whales so endes these 24 hours","plain":"They met the brig Mexico of Westport, which reported that the bark P. J. Chase had lost a large whale after the line broke. The crew saw many grampuses and floating debris, but no whales.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Saw drift stuff of all sorts","quote":"saw drift stuff off al sorts but whales","interest":1},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Mexico","rig":"brig","port":"Westport","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.spoke-c"},{"date":"1844-07-18","events":[],"lat":40.4163,"lon":-43.697,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday July the 18 — 1844\nThese 24 hours strong breezes from the SW.\nsteering to the S and [struck: W] [insertion: SW] saw one sail. nothing\nmore verry special so endes the day","wind":[["whole","SW","strong"]],"plain":"They sailed under strong southwest breezes and sighted one ship, with nothing else special happening.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-07-19","events":[],"lat":40.4533,"lon":-44.2691,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday the 19\nStrong breezes from the S W at 2 P M saw\na sandy beach it being thick we saw nothing\nmore of it last part wind increased with\nrain so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["first","SW","strong"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Strong breezes blew from the southwest. They briefly sighted a sandy beach through the haze, but saw no more of it as the wind picked up with rain.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1844-07-20","events":[],"lat":40.4904,"lon":-44.8412,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday the 20\nThese 24 hours commences with a strong\nbreeze middle and last part wind abate\nsingle reef top sails saw one sail steering\n[illegible] S W & a merchadntman & last part quite\ngood whale weather but none to be seen\nso endes the day","wind":[["first","","strong"]],"plain":"The crew had good whaling weather later in the day after the winds calmed, but they saw no whales. They sighted a merchant ship steering southwest.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-07-21","events":[],"lat":40.5274,"lon":-45.4133,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday the 21\nThis day commences with a strong breeze from the\nW standing on the wind with the larboard tacks on\nboard last part the wind and sea went down nothing\nIn sight this day verry special","wind":[["first","W","strong"],["latter","","light"]],"plain":"Strong breezes died down along with the sea, with nothing special in sight.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-07-22","events":[],"lat":40.5644,"lon":-45.9854,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday the 22\nFirst part strong breeze from the W standing\non the wind larboard tacks on board saw one sail\nin sight saw flying squid and Jumpers & but\nno whales so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["first","W","strong"]],"plain":"Under a strong westerly breeze, the crew sighted another vessel, flying squid, and jumping fish, but saw no whales.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Saw flying squid and jumping fish","quote":"saw flying squid and Jumpers","interest":1}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-07-23","events":[],"lat":40.6014,"lon":-46.5575,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday the 23\nThis day commences squally with 2 sails in sight\nat 1 P M the wind hauled last part fine weath[insertion: er]\nsteering SW or there abouts saw a great number\nof flying squid and fish at night took in sail\nlaying to with larboard tacks on board so endes the day","weather":["squalls"],"plain":"The day began squally with two ships in sight. They later saw a great number of flying squid and fish before reducing sail and waiting for the night.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-07-24","events":[],"lat":40.6384,"lon":-47.1297,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday July 24th — 1844\n\nThese 24 hours commences light winds at 9 A.M\nspoak the Brig Lagrande of Mattapoisett Capt\nLambert 18 months out 80 bbls also saw the Bark\nChase of West port but did not speak hir\nSo endes this day","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"Under light winds, the crew met and spoke with the brig Lagrande of Mattapoisett, 18 months into its voyage with 80 barrels of oil. They also sighted the bark Chase of Westport but did not speak with her.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Lagrande","rig":"brig","port":"Mattapoisett","captain":"Lambert","months_out":18,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.spoke-a"},{"date":"1844-07-25","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":40.6755,"lon":-47.7018,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday the 25 — — 1844\n\nThese 24 hours commences with a fine breeye\nfrom the W standing on the wind with Star\nbboard tacks on bord at 10 saw a sail &\nat 6 P.M saw whale spout 11 times then\nwent down the sun was about one hour\nhigh when he come up it was sun set\nthe whale was going [struck: abrest] so as ny\nas we could calcolat he was about\n2½ miles of the first time the time first\nabrest 3½ so endes the Day","wind":[["first","W","moderate"]],"plain":"They sailed under a fine breeze and sighted a ship in the morning. Around 6 p.m., they watched a whale spout eleven times before sounding, but did not give chase.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-07-26","events":[],"lat":40.7125,"lon":-48.2739,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday the\n26\nThis day commences with a fine breeye\nfrom the W steering diffarent coursses\nnothing in sight of any consequence","wind":[["first","W","moderate"]],"plain":"Fine breezes as they steered different courses, with nothing of consequence in sight.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-07-27","events":[],"lat":40.7495,"lon":-48.846,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday the\n27\nFine weather one sail in sight the wind\nhaulted to the N standing on the larboard\ntacks heading WSW at night single reef tp\nsail steering WSW [SW?] so endes the day","wind":[["whole","N",""]],"plain":"Fine weather. One ship was in sight as they sailed west-southwest.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-07-28","events":[],"lat":40.7865,"lon":-49.4181,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday the\n28\nAll these 24 hours fine weather but no\nwhales saw a pleanty of flifing fish gulph\nweed in abundanc & the about It steering [illegible] WSW\nat night standing on the wind with single reef\ntop sails & so endes the day","plain":"Fine weather, but no whales were seen. The crew saw plenty of flying fish and an abundance of gulfweed.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-07-29","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":3,"notable":true}],"lat":40.8236,"lon":-49.9902,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday July the 29 1844\nThis day commenced with a fine breeze\nfrom the E at 11 AM saw whales at [struck: 1/2] 12 PM\nloared the boats and got 3 tok them along side\nput 2 of them in [illegible] the rest of them went to the\nwestward at 8 set the watch four watches\nSo ends the day","wind":[["first","E","moderate"]],"plain":"With a fine easterly breeze, the crew saw whales at 11 a.m. They put out the boats at noon, caught three whales, and brought them alongside.","where":"at sea","catch":3,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1844-07-30","events":[],"lat":40.8606,"lon":-50.5623,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday the 30\nAt day light called all hands and commi[illegible]\nclearing away the heads at 10 all clear ready\nfor cutting hooked one cart in the other at\nnoon got dinner cleared away the head at\n4 started the works & all the 24 hours a heavy\nswel on a bad sea some rain and lightning\nso endes the day","weather":["heavy sea","rain","lightning"],"plain":"The crew spent the day preparing and stripping the whale heads and started boiling the blubber by 4:00 p.m., working through heavy swells, rough seas, rain, and lightning.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-b"},{"date":"1844-07-31","events":[],"lat":40.8976,"lon":-51.1344,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday the 31\nFine weather & all hands employed in\nboiling at 12 PM cooled down & nothing\nin sight this day","plain":"Fine weather. The crew boiled blubber until midnight, when they shut down the fires, and saw no other ships or whales all day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-08-01","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":1},{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":40.9346,"lon":-51.7065,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday the August the 1~ 1844\nAll hands prepairing for stowing down\natt 8 saw a whale loored 2 boats and pulld\nfor him the whale went down and that\nwas the last of him supposed he was going\nfrom us not having a vardy good look out, about\n1/2 hour before sunset saw a fish of some kind\nspout about 20 times and diserpeared supposed\nhe was a whale & coopered some of the oil\n&nd cleared up deck & all these 24 hours calm","wind":[["whole","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"The crew prepared to store oil in the hold. They put out two boats after a whale, but it submerged and disappeared. Just before sunset, they spotted another creature spouting, coopered oil, and cleaned the deck amidst calms.","where":"at sea","plate":"chase.sperm-c"},{"date":"1844-08-02","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":2}],"lat":40.9716,"lon":-52.2787,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday the 2\nHaulled [struck: all hands] at day light brook out\nfor stowing down at 8 saw whales loared\nand got 2 tok them along side at 2\nthem stowed down 50 bbls of oil so endes\nthe day","plain":"The crew called all hands at daylight to prepare for storing oil in the hold. At 8:00 a.m. they sighted whales, put out the boats, and caught two, bringing them alongside by 2:00 p.m., having stowed 50 barrels of oil.","where":"at sea","catch":2,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1844-08-03","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":41.0087,"lon":-52.8508,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday August 3[superscript: the] -- 1844\nCalled all hands at day light and\ncommence cutting in at 11 had them\nin and started the works at 2 saw whales\nat 3 loared and got one tok him along\nside & these 24 hours endes boiling out so goes\nthe times","plain":"The crew stripped blubber from their catch at daybreak and began boiling oil by 11:00. At 2:00, they sighted more whales, put out the boats, and caught one, bringing it alongside.","where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1844-08-04","events":[],"lat":41.0457,"lon":-53.4229,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday the 4\nCalled all hands at 6 commence cutting\nat 7 at 2 had him all in started the works\nagain so endes the day.","plain":"The crew was called at six in the morning, stripped the blubber from their whale between seven and two, and then started boiling the blubber into oil.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.cutting-c"},{"date":"1844-08-05","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"humpback","count":null}],"lat":41.0827,"lon":-53.995,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday 5[superscript: the]\nAll this [superscript: day] boiling out and at 1 PM stowed\ndown about 18 barrels & saw grampuses and\nhumpacks also the carcoffes of the whales\nwe cut in Saturday nothing more verry\nspecial for the day","plain":"The crew spent the day boiling blubber and stowed about 18 barrels of oil. They saw grampuses and humpback whales, as well as the carcasses of whales stripped on Saturday.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.trying-c"},{"date":"1844-08-06","events":[],"lat":41.1197,"lon":-54.5671,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday the 6\nFine weather still boiling out & A M cooled\ndown at 10 spoke the pasific of Province[superscript: town]\n11 months out 220 bbls reposts the Edward\n500 Anawam 700 Sarah 200 & saw a ship\nmerchant so endes the day","plain":"Fine weather while the crew finished boiling blubber. They met the Pacific of Provincetown, eleven months into its voyage with 220 barrels, who reported news of other ships.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Pasific","rig":"","port":"Province town","captain":"","months_out":11,"voyage_id":null},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Edward","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Anawam","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null},{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Sarah","rig":"","port":"","captain":"","months_out":null,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.spoke-b"},{"date":"1844-08-07","events":[],"lat":41.1568,"lon":-55.1392,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday 7\nThis day rather windy with rain at day\n[struck: light] [struck: Called all hands] and commence stawing\ndown at 2 finished and washed off decks stawed\ndown 55 bbls & saw one sail but no whales\nso goes the times","wind":[["whole","","moderate"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"Wind and rain continued as the crew finished storing 55 barrels of oil in the hold and washed down the decks. They sighted another vessel, but saw no whales.","where":"at sea","plate":"work.stowing-a"},{"date":"1844-08-08","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"pilot","count":null}],"lat":41.1938,"lon":-55.7113,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday the 8\nThis day squally with rain saw black\nfish saw several other fish of same kind\nmake white water steared for them saw\nnothing more of them so endes the day","weather":["squalls","rain"],"plain":"The weather was squally with rain. The crew saw pilot whales making white water and steered toward them, but saw nothing more of them.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-08-09","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":41.2308,"lon":-56.2834,"fixed":false,"entry":"[struck: Friday] August the 9 [struck: 1844]\n\nThis day commences with a light\nbreeze from the SW at 8 A M saw the\nBrig Nile of Saweacettew 6 months 140 barrels\nkept in company with hir the remainder of the\nday at 6 P M saw whales loared the boats\nwith out success so endes the day","wind":[["first","SW","light"]],"plain":"They sailed in company with the brig Nile of Saweacettew, which was six months into its voyage with 140 barrels. In the evening, the crew put out the boats after whales without success.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Nile","rig":"brig","port":"Saweacettew","captain":"","months_out":6,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"chase.sperm-a"},{"date":"1844-08-10","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"caught","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":41.2678,"lon":-56.8555,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday the 10\n\n3 months out to day at 5 A M saw whales\nloared the boats and pulled about 6 miles\nstruck one killed hime tok hime along\nside about 12 got dimmer and commence\ncutting at sun set had his boddy in\nand head a long side the schooner was\nabout 4 miles when we loared she tok no\nnotise of us at 5 P M she stood along to the\nweather of us about 3 miles [struck: of] heading to the\nS and W so endes the day","plain":"Marking three months at sea, the crew spotted whales at 5 a.m. After rowing six miles, they harpooned and killed one, brought it alongside by noon, and stripped the blubber until sunset.","where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"caught.sperm-d"},{"date":"1844-08-11","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"lost","species":null,"count":1}],"lat":41.3048,"lon":-57.4277,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday [struck: the] 11\n\nThis day light airs and calm at 6 A M\nsaw whales loared 2 boats puled untill 12 ocklok\nit being calm we came on board without sucefs\ngot dinner and 2 boats [insertion: loared] again at 3 P M fastin\nto a larg whale no sooner then the irons struck\nhim he let fly at us struck the boat beaft\nthe after oar stove hir all in peases hurt non\nof the men she sunk amediately we bent a\ndrug on and cut line but had to dive for it\nthe other boat come over tok the men of the\nrock at this time the whale came up chost\nto whe put some of the men on the stoven\nboat and puled for the whale he went down ag-\nain and was gone about 40 minutes then the\nother boat loared saw the sip went and fastend\nit being night we [struck: put] picked up the stoven boat\ngot on bord about 8 ock at the [struck: broe] endes the day","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"Boats were put out twice for whales. In the afternoon, a large whale struck and smashed one boat into pieces immediately after being harpooned, though no crew members were hurt. They eventually lost the whale in the dark.","moments":[{"kind":"accident","title":"Whale smashed boat to pieces","quote":"","interest":3}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-08-12","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":null}],"lat":41.3419,"lon":-57.9998,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday August 1[struck: 2]2^[the] - 1844\nThese 24 hours commenced with a light\nbreeze some [illegible] of rain all hands employ[struck: ed]\nin boiling at 3 P M spook the Brig Edward\nof Mattapoisett 2 months out 250 bbls Capt\nTaber master & at 5 PM saw whales low[struck: e]r[struck: d]de\nwithout success a schooners boats fastened\nto one before we could get their north our\nboats the whales went eyes out to the wind\nward we chased a [struck: spell] awhile and give\nup the chase come on bord at 11 PM\ncoold down the works so endes the day","wind":[["first","","light"]],"weather":["rain"],"plain":"The crew boiled blubber and met the brig Edward of Mattapoisett. Later, they put the boats out for whales, but another vessel's boats harpooned one first and the rest escaped to windward.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Edward","rig":"brig","port":"Mattapoisett","captain":"Taber","months_out":2,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"chase.sperm-b"},{"date":"1844-08-13","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"chased","species":null,"count":6}],"lat":41.3789,"lon":-58.5719,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday 13^[the]\nCaled all hands as usual and made\npreperations for stowing down at 10\nA M saw 6 whales going quick to the win\ndward loared 2 boats and puld untill\n1 P M come on board boared without suc\ncess finished stowing down, saw several\nsail & these 24 hours stowed down 88\nbbls so goes the times","plain":"The crew prepared to store oil in the hold. After spotting six whales heading quickly upwind, they lowered two boats and gave chase for three hours without success. They finished storing 88 barrels of oil.","where":"at sea","plate":"chase.sperm-c"},{"date":"1844-08-14","events":[],"lat":41.4159,"lon":-59.144,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday 14^[the]\nThis day strong winds and squally with\nrain saw 1 sail nothing more of any conseq\nuence at one C M clewed up the Main top\nsail had a heavy squal so endes the day","wind":[["whole","","strong"]],"weather":["squalls","rain"],"plain":"The crew experienced strong winds, rain, and heavy squalls. They sighted one ship, but reported nothing else of consequence.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-08-15","events":[],"lat":41.4529,"lon":-59.7161,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday 15^[the]\nFine weather saw two sails at 5 P M anqar\nthe stabboard font [struck: and steered] & rather dry times\nnothing in sight except a few [struck: poor flying fish]\nso endes the day","plain":"Fine weather, with two ships sighted in the distance. The keeper lamented the \"rather dry times,\" with nothing to see except a few flying fish.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Lamented dull times and empty seas","quote":"rather dry times nothing in sight except a few [struck: poor flying fish]","interest":1}],"where":"at sea","plate":"life.keeper-d"},{"date":"1844-08-16","events":[],"lat":41.49,"lon":-60.2882,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday 16^[the]\nThis day commences as usual 1 sail in sight\nat 1 P M spook hir she proved to be the Fran\ncklin of Provencetown 13 months out 50 bbls\nso endes the day","plain":"They sighted a ship and spoke her at 1 p.m., finding her to be the Franklin of Provincetown, 13 months into its voyage with 50 barrels of oil.","moments":[{"kind":"ship","vessel":"Franklin","rig":"","port":"Provencetown","captain":"","months_out":13,"voyage_id":null}],"where":"at sea","plate":"gam.spoke-a"},{"date":"1844-08-17","events":[],"lat":41.527,"lon":-60.8603,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday August the 17 1844\nFirst part strong breezes from the [E at ?] AM\nsteering W by S saw two sail also a pleanty\nof flying fish and gulf weed saw grompuses\n[struck: but] no whales, last part calm at sunsett tok\nin sail as usual so goes the times","wind":[["first","E","strong"],["latter","","calm"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"They saw two other ships, plenty of flying fish, gulfweed, and grampuses, but no whales. The wind died down to a calm by sunset.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Saw grampuses","quote":"saw grompuses"}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-08-18","events":[],"lat":41.564,"lon":-61.4324,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday the 18\nThis day strong breezes from the S W standing\non the wind heading to the N W, saw two sail\nsteering to the E at night single reef top sails\nfore sail and stay sail th nothing in sight of any\nconsequence so endes the day","wind":[["whole","SW","strong"]],"plain":"They sailed northwest under strong southwest breezes, sighting two ships heading east. By night they reduced sail, noting nothing else of consequence.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-08-19","events":[],"lat":41.601,"lon":-62.0045,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday the 19\nAll this day light breezes from the W\nstanding on the wind heading to the N and W\nat night carryat all sail standing two watches\nnothing in sight very remarkable so goes the day","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"Light westerly breezes with every sail set through the night, but nothing remarkable in sight.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-08-20","events":[],"lat":41.623,"lon":-62.5807,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday the 20\nAll hands employed in ships duty such as\nratline down &c at 3 PM wind hauled S W\nSW steering W by N light winds and a heavy\nswell on running S W so endes the day","wind":[["whole","SW","light"]],"weather":["heavy sea"],"plain":"The crew was busy with ship's duties and rigging work in light winds and a heavy southwest swell.","where":"at sea","via":[[-62.375,41.625]]},{"date":"1844-08-21","events":[],"lat":41.6175,"lon":-63.1643,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday the 21\nThis day commences with [illegible] from\nS W last part wind S W by W standing on\nthe wind with the larbord tacks on board\nheading N W qui[illegible]t a strong breeze fine\nweather so endes the day the","wind":[["first","SW",""],["latter","SW by W","strong"]],"plain":"Fine weather and a strong breeze as the ship continued sailing under routine conditions.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-08-22","events":[],"lat":41.612,"lon":-63.7478,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday 22\nThis day strong breezes from the W and\nsqually took all sail in several times\n[struck: first] [struck: part] moderated some carryig top sail\n&c so goes the times","wind":[["whole","W","strong"]],"weather":["squalls"],"plain":"The crew dealt with strong westerly breezes and squalls, having to take in all sail several times before the weather moderated.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-08-23","events":[],"lat":41.6064,"lon":-64.3314,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday August the 23 - 1844\nThis day light winds and calm all hands\nemployed in ships duty a pleanty of flying\nfish and gulf wead [illegible] but nothing of Any\nconsequence so endes the day","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"With light winds and calms, the crew carried on with routine ship's duties amid plenty of flying fish and gulfweed.","moments":[{"kind":"nature","title":"Abundant flying fish and gulfweed","quote":"a pleanty of flying fish and gulf wead","interest":1}],"where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-08-24","events":[],"lat":41.6009,"lon":-64.915,"fixed":false,"entry":"Satterday the 24\nStrong breezes from the [struck: W] [illegible] of W standing\non the wind with the Labboord tacks on\nboard all sail out until 4 PM them tok in\ntop gallant sails so endes the day","wind":[["whole","W","strong"]],"plain":"The crew sailed under strong breezes with all sails set until 4 PM, when they took in the topgallant sails.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-08-25","events":[{"type":"whale","outcome":"saw","species":"grampus","count":3}],"lat":41.5953,"lon":-65.4986,"fixed":false,"entry":"Sunday the 25\nTheese 24 hours strong brees from\nthe S W steering W S W saw several\nsail at 4 P M saw three grampuses\nnothing more of any consequence so endes\nthe day\nPROVIDENCE\nPUBLIC\nLIBRARY","wind":[["whole","SW","strong"]],"plain":"Under a strong breeze from the southwest, the ship steered west-southwest. Several other vessels were sighted, and the crew saw three killer whales in the afternoon.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-08-26","events":[],"lat":41.5898,"lon":-66.0821,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday the 26\nStrong winds from W steering by the\nwind heading N by W squally with\nrain saw several sail Last part taken\nlatet that wee wes at the southern edge\nof the gulf streeme so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["whole","W","strong"]],"weather":["squalls","rain"],"plain":"Strong winds, squalls, and rain brought the ship to the southern edge of the Gulf Stream. Several sails were sighted, but nothing else of note occurred.","where":"at sea","place":"Gulf Stream"},{"date":"1844-08-27","events":[],"lat":41.5843,"lon":-66.6657,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday the 27\nAll this day strong breezes from the S W\nsteering by the wind heading W by S and W er\nat one P M tok in the fore top sail hove to und\nsingle [struck: three] reef main topsail at 7 set the fore\ntop sail so endes these 24 hours","wind":[["whole","SW","strong"]],"plain":"Strong breezes blew from the southwest as the ship sailed on the wind, stopping briefly in the afternoon before making sail again. No whales were seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-08-28","events":[],"lat":41.5787,"lon":-67.2493,"fixed":false,"entry":"Wednesday the 28\nStrong gails from the N and W steering diffe[insert: ent]\nCoarses from W [struck: to] by S to N W very squally\nand a heavy swell and sea running most\nevery way tok in all sail several times & so\nendes the Day","wind":[["whole","NW","gale"]],"weather":["gale","squalls","heavy sea"],"plain":"Strong gales and squalls blew from the north and west with heavy, chaotic seas. The crew took in all sail several times throughout the day.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-08-29","events":[],"lat":41.5732,"lon":-67.8329,"fixed":false,"entry":"Thursday August 29 [superscript: the] 1844\n\nFirst part of this day strong breezes\nfrom the W standing on the wind heading\nto the N middle part light airs at 5 PM\nthe wind sprung up from the N W steering\nW S W so endes the day","wind":[["first","W","strong"],["middle","","light"],["middle","NW",""]],"plain":"Routine sailing with changing winds; no whales seen.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-08-30","events":[],"lat":41.5676,"lon":-68.4164,"fixed":false,"entry":"Friday 30 [superscript: the]\n\nLight airs from the W steering [superscript: S] by wing\nat eight AM speak a Austrian Brig from\nNew York obtained the Longitude [struck: by] by her found\nour chronometer three degrees to the Eastword of\nhis so endes the day","wind":[["whole","W","light"]],"plain":"Light winds blew from the west. At eight in the morning, they met an Austrian brig out of New York and compared longitude, discovering their chronometer was three degrees east of the brig's.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-08-31","events":[],"lat":41.5621,"lon":-69.0,"fixed":false,"entry":"Saturday 31 [superscript: the]\n\nLight airs and calm saw several sail at 1 PM\nsounded and found 40 fathams water [struck: &] loured a\nboat and went out a fishing and speak a Brig\nthe same time from Boston Bound to St [unclear]Thomas[/unclear]\noptamed his Longitude found it to be 69\"00 ours\n65\" 21 nothing more verry remarkable for the day","wind":[["whole","","light"]],"weather":["calm"],"plain":"In light airs and calms, the crew lowered a boat to go fishing and spoke with a brig bound from Boston to St. Thomas. They compared longitudes and found theirs differed significantly.","where":"at sea"},{"date":"1844-09-01","events":[],"lat":41.488,"lon":-69.8263,"fixed":false,"entry":"September Sunday 1 [superscript: the]\n\nThis day had a fine breeze from E [superscript: steer][superscript: ing]\ndifferent courses at 6 PM saw quiet\na number of sailes at 9 PM found 7 fathams\nwater hauled [struck: on the] wind heading W [unclear]close on[/unclear]\nthe rest of these 24 houres","wind":[["whole","E","moderate"]],"plain":"With a fine breeze, they sailed various courses and saw several other ships. Finding shallow water at seven fathoms in the evening, they turned toward the west.","where":"near land"},{"date":"1844-09-02","events":[],"lat":41.25,"lon":-70.5533,"fixed":false,"entry":"Monday 2 [superscript: the]\n\nAt 2 AM steering W by [unclear]sounded[/unclear] and\nfound about 18 fathams at 3 steering\nW until 1/2 12 PM then N W found 30 fathe\nwater green mud or ouze still sterring N W by\nW at 5 PM saw land Bearing N Dist 15 miles\nsteering N by W until the watch was out so endes the [blot]","plain":"The crew sounded depths as shallow as 18 fathoms over green mud and ooze, and sighted land 15 miles away to the north in the afternoon.","where":"near land","via":[[-70.25,41.45],[-70.55,41.25]]},{"date":"1844-09-03","events":[],"lat":41.55,"lon":-70.85,"fixed":false,"entry":"Tuesday September [superscript: the] 3 [superscript: d] 1844\n\nThis day commences with a light wind from\nthe [illegible] [illegible] aback until 5 A M braced forward\nsteering for the hole went thew the hole 1/2 6\nthen steering N E by N 1/2 E at 11 A M came to\nin Mattapoisett [superscript: this] Harbour absent 3 months\nand 23 dayes with 450 spearm and 13 bbls [struck: [illegible]]\nfish oil","wind":[["first","","light"]],"plain":"The ship steered through the passage and anchored in Mattapoisett Harbor at 11:00 AM, concluding a voyage of 3 months and 23 days with 450 barrels of sperm oil and 13 barrels of other oil aboard.","where":"at anchor","place":"Mattapoisett Harbour","via":[[-70.95,41.25],[-70.95,41.45]],"at":"mattapoisett-harbor"}],"plates":{"gam.spoke":"Spoke a ship","work.trying":"Trying out","work.stowing":"Stowing down","caught.sperm":"A sperm whale taken","work.cutting":"Cutting in","life.keeper":"The log","nature.porpoises":"Porpoises","chase.sperm":"After sperm whales"}}