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Revised Sep 7, 2021

Tobin's Providence Logbook Aug 20, 1791

[Log Book of H M Ship Providence from Spithead towards] the Cape of Good Hope – 1791

Remarks Saturday August 20th 1791

 1 pm: Fresh Breezes fair weather

 2 pm: The Crew Employed working up Junk &c

 6 pm: Fresh Breezes and hazy weather

11 pm: Moderate Breezes and cloudy weather

 5 am: Moderate Breezes with small Rain

 7 am: Fresh Breezes and hazy weather Tacked Ship

 9 am: Employed cleaning Ship mending cloaths and people washing themselves

11 am: Fresh Breezes with Rain

12 noon: At Noon under single Reefed Topsails and Top Gallant Sails – Assistant in Company
Thermometer in ye Shade 76½   Latitude Observed 39°..27′ North


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