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                             master
Ship South Boston from Liverpool to Ward. Savannah k Pier 

[[6 columned table]]
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| H | K | F | Course | winds | Remarks on Board Sunday February 17th anno domini 1828 |   
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | WSW | NW by W | commences with with brisk winds & Squally weather at 5 front had |
| 2 | 7 |   |   |   |   |
| 3 | 7 | 4 |   |   | a Squall from the NW fouled the fore and mizen top gallan |
| 4 | 7 |   |   |   |   |
| 5 | 7 | 4 |   |   |   |
| 6 | 7 |   |   |   |   |
| 7 | 9 |   |   | NNW | Sails at 6.00 set the fore top gallan Sail fore top mast |
| 8 | 10 | 4 |   |   |   |
| 9 | 11 | 4 |   |   |   |
| 10 | 11 |  |   |   | Stied Sail at 7.00 Set the mizen top gallan Sail & | 
| 11 | 10 |   |   |   |   |
| 12 | 10 |   |   |   | middle stay sail |
| 1 | 9 |   |   |   |   |
| 2 | 8 |   |   |   |   |
| 3 | 7 | 4 |   |   | Middle part Brisk winds & clear at 10 from Set the |
| 4 | 7 | 4 |   |   |   |
| 5 | 5 |   |   |   |   |
| 6 | 3 | 4 |   |   | main royal & main top gallan Stud sail |
| 7 | 3 | 4 |   |   |   |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | SW by W | NW |  |
| 9 | 2 | 4 |   |   |   |
| 10 | 2 |   |   |   | Latter part light baffling wind & very plesant at 7 and |
| 11 | 2 |   |   |   |   |
| 12 | 2 |   |   |   |   |
|   |   |   |   |   | Set the leeward main top mast & fore top gallan Stud |
|  |  |  |   |   | Sail at meridean the wind heading to the westward | 
|  |  |  |   |   | tack in all the Stud Sails. |
|  |  |  |   |   | Lattitud Observed 30° 17,North |

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| H | K | F | Course | Winds |Remarks on Board Monday February 18th anno domini 1828|

| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

| [[illegible]] | 5 | 4 | SSW | West | Commences with Light winds & blew plesant wether all drawing |
| [[illegible]] | 5 | 4 |   |   |   |
| [[illegible]] | 5 | 4 |   |   |   |
| [[illegible]] | 5 | 4 |   |   |   |
| [[illegible]] | 5 | 4 | SW by S |  N by W | Sail Set to the Best advantage |
| [[illegible]] | 5 | 4 |  |  |   |
| [[illegible]] | 6 |   |   |   | Middle part very Squally wether mad & tuck in Sails |
| [[illegible]] | 6 | 4 |  |  | accordingly at 10 pm furled the main royal & mizen |
| [[illegible]] | 5 |   |   |   |  |
| [[illegible]] | [[illegible]] |   |   |   |   |
| [[illegible]] | [[illegible]] |   |   |   | top gallan Sail at 11 00 furled the fore & main top gallan |
| [[illegible]] | [[illegible]] | 4 |   |   |   |
| [[illegible]] | [[illegible]] | 4 |   |   | Sails at 12 mid night furled the jib double reefed the |
| [[illegible]] | [[illegible]]  |4 |   |   | bow top Sail single reefed the main & mizen and |
| [[illegible]] | [[illegible]] | 4 |   |   |   |
| [[illegible]] | [[illegible]] | SW by W | NW by W | Latter part the wether more Steady at 6 am Let the |
| [[illegible]] | [[illegible]] | 4 |   |  | Jib let the reef out the main & mizen top sails |
| 1 | 6 |   |   |   | Let one out of the fore top Sail at 8 00 Set the main |   |
| 2 | 6 | 4 |   |   | top gallan sail at 10 00 Set the fore & mizen top gallan |
|  |  |  |  |  | Sails |
|   |   |   |   |   | Lattitud Observed 20 degrees 00 North |
 
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| H | K | F | Course | Winds | Remarks on Board Tuesday February 19th 1828 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 6 |   | SW by W | SW by W | Commenced with Brisk winds & Squally wether all required Sail |
| [[illegible]] | 6 |   |   |   | Set |
| [[illegible]] | 6 |   |   |   |   |
| [[illegible]] | 6 |   |   |   |   |
| [[illegible]] | 6 |   |   |   |   |
| [[illegible]] | 6 |   |   |   |   |
| [[illegible]] | 5 | WSW | WSW | Middle part light bufling winds and passing clouds at |
| [[illegible]] | 5 | 4 |   |   |   |
| [[illegible]] | 5 | - | West | variable | 2 and set the top mast Stud Sail & main Royal |
| [[illegible]] | [[illegible]] | [[illegible]] |   |   | Latter part light winds & very plesant wether at 5 am |
| [[illegible]] | [[illegible]] | [[illegible]] | Set the fore & mizen top gallan Stud Sails & middle Stay |
| [[illegible]] | [[illegible]] | [[illegible]] | Sail at 8 am set the main top mast & lowered Stud Sail |
| [[illegible]] | [[illegible]] | [[illegible]] |  Sent up the forward mast |
|   |   |   |   |   | Lattitud Observed 26 degrees 56 North |
| H | K | F | Course | Winds | Remarks on Board Wednesday February 20th anno domini 1828 |

Transcription Notes:
Pretty sure "gallan" is "gallant," a type of sail. Agree. mandc: "H" = hours from noon, and from midnight (clocks were "set" at noon); "K" = [speed] Knots; "F" = [water depth] Fathoms. First set of "H" are AM hours, second set PM hours. I do not believe transcriber has transcribed in a meaningful way if you are trying to read a log, i.e., by time, speed, depth. For example, the first line should be set up as follows: | 1 | 7 | 4 |WSW| NW by W|[[and try to do a line by line of the remarks lined up as near as possible with the respective hour, taking into account that at | 6 | 7 | the wind was NNW, etc.]]