Log of the brig Clio, 1830

Brig Clio from Rio Grande Towards Boston U.S.A. H K F Course Wind Remarks

Course Diff Lat. [LATITUDE] Distance Departure Diff. Long. [LONGITUDE] Lat [LATITUDE] D.R. [DEAD RECKONING] Lat. [LATITUDE] Obs. [OBSERVATION] Long. [LONGITUDE] in Bearing & distance of Bearing Distance

To Capt A.B. Pinkham June 11th 1830

Sir having read your order of the 9th in pursuance to your order, I give you the following description of the running rigging that is where it reeves with all the lift braces how made fast or set up. In the first I begin to give you a description of the [Roayl Hal crossed out]Fly gibb Halliards. The end is carried up and rove through a block under the Top [Mast??] tack and carried down and bent on to the head of the sail. The other end is made fast on deck.

Gibb halliards) Supposing the coil to lay on deck I take one end and carry it up and secure it through a block under the topmast crosstrees and from there carried down and rove through a block on the head of the sail and back again and make it fast to the cor of the Topmost stay. The other end is made fast on deck.

Royal haliards One end is taken up and rove through a [shieve??] hole at the Royal mast head and bent on the yard. The other end is rove through a block made fast on the sail and then carried up and rove through a block turned into the haliards and down on deck again. (Top mast Haliards) One end is taken up and rove through a shive hole at the mast head and made fast on the yard. The other end is rove through a block hooked on the sail and then carried up and rove through a block turned into the haliard and down again on deck.

The topsail haliards consist of these parts namely The Tye Runner and Tackle, The tye reeves through a shive hole at to mast head and is then carried down and bent out to the yard. The other end is siezed to a block through which the runner reeves, The runner after reeveing through that block is carried down into the top and here made fast. The other end of the runner is a double block through which the Tackle Fall reeves after reeving through the [???] block it it carried down and rove though the other block [???] into the sail, and then carried up again and rove through the upper block and down again made fast to the single block. The other end is made fast on deck.

Top Gt [Gallant]Mast Studding sail haliards. One end is taken up and rove through a block at the forward part of the top gallant tack, and down through the jewel block on the end of the topmost yard and then carried down and bent on the yard. The other end is made fast on deck.

Topmast] Studding Sail One end is taken through the loft and rove though the [BULLOCK] block down under the formast through the jewel block on the end of the topsail jewel and from there through let down on deck and mast fast on the yard. The other end is made fast on deck.

Lowest Studding Sail The end is taken at and rove through the [???] under the topmost crossheet which is made fast around the mast. It is then rove through the jewel block on the end of the foreyard and carried down and bent on the yard. The other end is made fast on deck.

Peak haliards to the spencer) The end is rove from the deck up through a double block hooked on to the afterfast of the main cap and from there through a single block on the gaff and then back again through the double block and then rove through another single block on the gaff and carried back again and made fast to the double block. The throat haliards are rove through two double blocks, one hooked on to the jaws of the gaft and the other hooked on to the main crosstrees. The throat and peak haliards of the spencer are rove in like manner.

Main top gallent haliards are rove as following. The end is taken up and rove through the spine hole at he masthead and then brought down and bent onto the yard the other end is tove thouh a block secured to a belaying pin in the sail up through another(another) block tussed in to the haliard and from there on deck.

Maintopsail hailard) They consist of three parts. Tye Tacle & Runner The tye reaves though a spine hole at mast head and from there is brought down and bent onto the yard. On the [???] end of the tye is a block through which runner reaves after which the runner is made fast in the main cross trees. The other end of the runner is a double block though which the tacle reaves and from there the tacle reaves though a single block hooked onto the sail and from there rove back again through the double block and back again made fast onto the single block. The other end being made fast on deck. Main sheets have as follows. Its is rove through a double block at the stern and a single block on the main [???] The Maintop Gallent sheet is rove as follows. The end is taken off deck and rove though a leading block on the second shroud and up through the leading truck and up through the crosstrees through the quarter block on the topsail and then through a spine hole on the end of the Topsail yard and bent onto the clue of the sail. Main Topsail sheets [???] rove from the deck up through the quater block on the main yard and then through a spine hole on the end of the main yard and bent on to the clue of the sail. ( Spencer Sheet) One end is taken and rove through the block seized onto the clue of the sail and then back though a block hooked on an eyeblt in the deck and then back again and made fast to the block on the clue. Fore Royal Sheet) One end is taken and rove through the leading block on the 2cd shroud and then through the feinleader and up between the topmast shroud and then through the quarter block on the top gallant yard and spine hole on the end of the yard and then bent on the clue of the sail. (Topgallent Sheet) is rove from the deck up through the leading block on the third shroud and then though a leading truck and then up though the quarter block on the topsail yard and up though a spine hole on the end of the topsail yard and bent on to the clue. The other end renains on deck. Top sail Sheets) The are rove from the deck up through the quarter block on the one yard and then through a spine hole ont he end of the Fore Yard The other end being on deck. Fore Sheet is rove through a [???] in the side and then through a block fastened on the clue of the sail and this hooked on to an eye bolt is the [???]. Gibb sheet) The gibb sheet consists of a whip the pendant is made fast on the clue of the sail- On the other end is a block through which the whip reaves and is then made fast on deck.

Prologue To an exhibition of the pupils of the Coffin School. written and worked by Miss Sarah C. Bunker

When science first in western worlds appeared And in this wilderness her temple reared She taught Columbia's sons that they were free Her country's first best wealth was liberty When struggling with oppression from her foes To guard her cause great Washington arose His noble deeds inspired each patriot soul Enlightened freemen could not brook controul [control] They humphed and in this our happy Land Science and liberty join hand in hand Her influence doubt and darkness can dispel Explain the past the coming time foretell The latent germs of Genius come to light Which but for had slept in endless night. If research and inquiry unconfined Tend to enlighten and improve mankind If education does to freedom lead Or Superstitious dreary march impede Then he* whose bounty here itself displays Deserves our warmest thanks our highest praise This bright Example worthy of his name To future ages shall his worth proclaim The Goddess Cleo shall herself enroll his [?] Her hallowed name on her undying scroll So make instruction with amusement Others to please our chief [?] and end We claim no merit in dramatic art No tragic excellence to move the heart Yes if our feeble efforts but amuse Your kind attention you will not refuse *Admiral Coffin

[?] To an exhibition of the pupil of the Coffin School When [?] first in western worlds appeared And in this wilderness her temple reared She taught Columbia's sons that they were free Her country's first best wealth was liberty When struggling with oppression from Mr. John L. Blake Mr. William P Page Miss Frances H. Starbuck