Journal of Hezekiah Starbuck, 1770-1775

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This is the journal of Nantucket whaler Hezekiah Starbuck (1749-1830), a member of the prominent Starbuck whaling family. The journal spans the early 1770s, beginning in April 1770 and ending in 1775. The journal PDF is sourced from the Ships' Logs Collection of the Nantucket Historical Association, MS220 Log 406, listed as "Logs of the schooner Sea Flower and sloop Africa."

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6 Satarday May 15 th a ? Part of this 24 h we had fine weather with a wind at ?aw ?aw Plente of Porpoisses ? one ?palmasity ? ?ild her + went to Cuting But Night Coming on we Luited till morning ? Later Part of ? Day finished Cuting our whale Paw Plante of the harpoons one But she Run Away So I Conclude this Days Remarks with fine weather ? Calms theit Is one thing I omited in ? fore Part this we Spook with one taber from Darkemouth ? he had Been out 5 Days Sunday May 16 th this Day Calm ? A fine Smooth Sea ? ?ove Part of it at i of Clock Saw A Spamasite + Cild her A towd her A Long Side of out Consort + went to Cuting But Night Coming on we Luited til Morning ? further that Taber from Darkmouth harpoond A whale ? finevly Got Stovd But he Savd his whale ? Later Part of ? Day Attendd with f o es h winds at ESE in ? morning went onbord our Consort ? Cout ? head off ? took it A Long Side of our vessal ? cut it ? out Consort Cut ? Boday So Ends ? ? hours in Good helth ? Good Sucsess - - Munday May 17 th ? ?ose Part of this 24 hours Attended

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Tuesday May 8th before part of this in hours Monday with forth winds at ESE I foogge weather at 1 o clock Ground upon St Georges Bank had 5' fathoms of water Rivers wBS & at 7 o'clock ok founded had 52 of & at 12 of C J ok Sounded Again had 26 fast of later Port had forth winds & foog & water Still forth winds & thick of foog landed our mainsail & Gibb I laid under A foresail to weftward bent our cables & at 12 o'clock & foog cleared & we made sail runs NNW to lands this I hours all in good health & wear in loops to get in tomorrow So I conclude this days remarks & no offense Wednesday May 9th this 24 hours of love part of it we had forth winds at welow & flits of foog run NNW & at 2 o'clock Sounded had 80 fathoms of water found our selves in South Channel should rest up by wind & at 6 o'clock had small breezes at calm clear weather let of reef out of mainsail at 10 o'clock had later part of 24 hours attended with small winds south & thick foog runs & at 6 o'clock got our yards afloat & bent our topsail & at 8 o'clock landed had no ground being yet in south channel & again at 12 o'clock landed had 110 fathoms so I continued this days remnants yet in south channel & no observed which we now stand much in need of third day May 10th afore part of this 24 hours attended with small breakers at SE & I so had to ENE & thick of foog yet

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Saturday May the 19th we being Rada for sea & a small breas at sea we have a head & went out as far as the flats it being dark we got a ground & laid their for that night Sunday May the 20th still lying a ground we went a shore & went to meting so ends this day Munday May the 21th still lying a ground we went onboard & book up our after hoole & put the Caft food bad did not geet off so eand this day Sunday May the 22th I fode part of this 24 hours Got off Dover the bar had a fine breas at south anchord at the back of the bar the later part of the 24 hours the wind at hove if head & went to sea for company with Gilbert Holged at was the Latti of 41 & 10 N & not far from the fafhing bap to eands of 24 hours && all is well Wednesday May the 23th this 24 hours small winds at below & so horld to south & fine weather the fove part of the day

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