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20 Remarks on Board of Bark Andrew Hicks Wed Jan 6 Lat 14º00 N this day Comes in With light Long 55º 41 W. Wind from N E. Crew Emp doing odd about decks Ship leaking about the same mast heads up from sun Rise til dark saw nothing so ends this day Lat N Thurs Jan 7th: Long W this day Comes in With a N E Bark under main topsails & gallant sail Wind stering West corse Crew Emp doing odd jobs Ship makeing about 8 inches in 4 hours pumps and lights Carfuly attended to Barbados so ends day Frid Jan 8th: Lat N this day Comes in With light Long W. Wind from N E Bark steering W ⅓ S Course under all sail that Would draw at 6 am Raised land at distance 15 miles off 1 pm Raised Pilot Boat took Pilot and anchored in 8 fathoms of Water 1.25 pm docter Came on Board found all well on Board 5 pm Starboard Watch Went on Shore pumping every three hours leaking about 2 inches per hour pumps and light Well attended to Barbados so ends day Sat 9th: this day Comes in With Weather Wind N E Crew Emp Breking out Stores fanished and Wasked decks at 5.30 pm Port Watch Went on leafe pumped Ship at 7 50 am had 23 inches at 4.45 pm had 20 inches tacking 20 minuts so ends this day
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21 of New Bedford Charles A. Chace Master Barbados Sun Jan 10 this day Comes in With fine Weather at 7.30 am pump Ship had 23 inches of Water 8 am Port Watch Went on Shore Stephen Ismal and James Walters gone since last night pumped 5 pm 21 inches Joseph Herman Refused to pump Ship saying the living aint good enought far him so ends this day [marginalia, written vertically] Joseph Phillips sick gone to the Hospital
Mon Jan 11th this day Comes in With fine Weather at 7.12 Since leaving home there nothing by trouble With this Crew at Saint Vincent twice We Broke out this Ship on there account and Boath times Part of Crew lofeing ashore Coming across from Saint Vincent done little as posible on our araible here poleace Officer Comes to see if annay of the Crew has had trouble With the Officers not asking if they done there douty jest this morning they asked turn to they refused Counsel Came off and told they must turn to and Went on shore gave up Duty as Officer and have seen all I Want to see off ever making annay thing on a voyage of this kind. [marginalia, written vertically] Carle almeda and Romald Britt sick off duty…
Tues Jan 12th this day Comes in With moar of it all forward Refuse duty finely Capt Chace got them to turn to on Promis of Dairy days Wages Witch they except and started in Brek out and light her up discharging Ballast and pumping Water away 5.15 Closed hatches for the night Well if a man as got to go Whaling to be hired it is time to give up [Written vertically in margin by the Captain] Did not provide day wages but did agree to advance the crew certain moneys. C A C
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22 Remarks on Board andrew Hicks Wed Jan 13 this day Crew Emp Breaking out took all the rock Ballast in lighter Sent down Royal yards Broke out main hatch fore peek and decks Well lumbered up 5 15 pm quite Work leaking 12 inches 15 hours so ends day
Thurs Jan 14 this day Comes in With fine Crew Emp Breaking out fore and aft landed landing Bread & flour and sails and Shook heads and Varriaus other jobs 2 arivals so ends this day
Frid Jan 15 this day Comes in With fine Weather Crew worked half a day pumping Water out after hatch main hatch later part of day doing nothing Capt took loag Book to Consul so ends day
Sat Jan 16 this day Comes as usual doing little of nothing Washed decks and pumped Ship leaking 12 inches in 12 hours 1 pm Capt payed Crew off Starboard Watch Whent ashore so ends day
Sun Jan 17 this day Comes in With Rain squalls four of Starboard Watch Brek leafe Rafal Sowars antone Britt John Thompson George Witmore Port Watch Went on Shore Ship leaking 1 Per hour so ends day
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23 Provisins Used from Oct 21.1914 to Jan 10 1915
Bread one Cask and two thirds of another
Flour 1 Cask 7 Barrels
Beef 13 Barrels
Pork 2 Barrels
Molasses 2 thurce
Sugar 4.00 lbs
Rice half thurse
Beans half thurce
Buterine one Blls
[Next to this is written vertially] “This acct not correct Charles A Chace”
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24 Remarks on Board andrew Hicks Mon Jan 18th this day Comes in Local Shoowers Crew Emp Braking out fore and after hold 12 pm sent two lighters ashore one of Wood one Provisions later Part tacking Coal out of Coal Pen pumping Since Coming here Every 12 hours Ship leaking 1 inck Per hour at 5 pm Caught one Boy on Deck as at meal times they flock here to get something to eat and have been Warned not to Come Called Police Boat they gave him a Skair and let him go so ends this day
Tues Jan 19th this day Comes in With fine Weather at 6 45 am tow Boat Came off hove up anchor and Went to the dock Crew emp light up the Ship sent down gallant yards landed Boats all provisions at pm pumped Ship taking 18 minuts so ends this day
Wed Jan 20th this day Comes in With fine Weather Crew Emp first part of day discharging Ballast finished at 11.am Ship ready to go on the dry dock this pm one Steamner Came in from New York so ends this day
==Thurs Jan 21 this day Comes in With fine Weather at 7.am high Water tried to dock the Ship But Could not put her on on acount drawing to much Water Ship Washing 12 foot mark Rest part ploy sending down top yards Ship leaking about the same so ends this day
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