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Ship Ann Maria from New York towards Valparaiso - Commanded by Levi F. Doty Esq.

[[9 columned table]]
| Hours | K. | H.K | Courses | Winds |   |   |   | Remarks Thursday July 17 1850 |   
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 2 |   | S.S.E.| East |   |   |   | Commences with high airs and warm pleasant weather | 
| 2 | 1 | 1 |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 3 | 1 | 1 |   |   |   |   |   |   |           
| 4 | 1 | 1 |   |   |   |   |
| 5 | 0 |   |   |   |   |   |
| 6 | 2 |   | S by E 1.2 | N by W 1/2 W |   |   |   |   |                        
| 7 | 0 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| 8 | 1 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  
| 9 | 2 |   |   |   |   |   |   | Through the night calm and light airs |
| 10 | 3 |   |   | Variable |   |   |   |   | 
| 11 | 3 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 12 | 3 |   |   |   |   | Four weeks out  |   |   |
| 1 | 2 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 2 | 0 |   |   |   |   |   |   | Morning watch set Fore Top mast and Msn Top gale stud. Sails also unbent the Main sail and bent a spare one |
| 3 | 0 |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |
| 4 | 0 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 5 | 0 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 6 | 2 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 7 | 2 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 8 | 3 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 9 | 4 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | Ends with a light breese |
| 10 | 4 |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |
| 11 | 4 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 12 | 4 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

[[9 columned table]]
| Hours | K. | H.K. | Courses | Winds |   |   |   | Remarks Wednesday July 18th |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 4 |   | S by E 1/2 E | N by W 1/2 W |   |   |   | Commences with moderate breeses and pleasant weather |
| 2 | 4 | 1 |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 3 | 4 | 1 |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | S E by S 1/2 S |   |   |   |   |   |
| 5 | 5 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 6 | 5 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 7 | 5 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 8 | 5 |   |   |   |   |   |   | Through the night fine breeses and pleasant weather |
| 9 | 5 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 10 | 5 |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |
| 11 | 5 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 12 | 5 |   |   |   |   | Twenty nine days out |   |   |
| 1 | 4 | 1 | Variable | Variable |   |   |   |   |
| 2 | 3 |   |   |   |   |   |   | Morning heavy rains with bafling winds |
| 3 | 3 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 4 | 2 | 1 |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 5 | 2 | 1 |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 6 | 3 |   |   |   |   |   |   | At 9.30 P.M.  Tuck in the stud sails & braced by the wind |
| 7 | 3 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 8 | 2 | 1 |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 9 | 1 | 1 |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 10 | 3 |   |   |   |   |   |   | Ends rain |
| 11 | 3 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 12 | 3 |   |   |   |   |   |   | No Obs. |

Transcription Notes:
Reopened - Again empty spaces too small. some only 1 space. Please use | |. unbent - or unbend a sail: unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay; make less taut. "relax the tension on the rope". relax, loosen up,