Log Pages for Transcribing - Apply here!
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:32 pm
Welcome on board the Mermaid, Steam Bark of San Francisco, on voyage from the 17th March 1896 to 9th November 1896, mastered by David F. Devoll. The logbook is written by Mr WF Joseph (who also kept the log for our California 1894-5 work).
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Please ensure that you read these information pages before transcribing
Note
The ship uses Civil time: October 20th 1896 https://archive.org/details/logbookofme ... 7/mode/1up
Comes in [...] 4 AM [...] 7 AM [...] 6 PM [...]
Thank you for your help
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- each section of the log must be transcribed by three different transcribers
Please ensure that you read these information pages before transcribing
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Journey section / Users | Date from | Date to | General Position | Comments |
A Captain: Stream A: arboggs First mate: Stream B: Marmaduke Boatsteerer: Stream C: AvastMH | 18960317 | 18960524 | Looping around the Bering Straits/St Lawrence Island/Russian coast area | Ice is reported. No sign of adjusting dates when crossing the dateline. |
B Stream A: arboggs Stream B: Marmaduke Stream C: AvastMH | 18960525 | 18960805 | Mostly northeast of the Bering Straits | Mentions of ice noted. |
C Stream A: arboggs Stream B: Marmaduke Stream C: AvastMH | 18960806 | 18961109 | Mostly northeast of the Bering Straits | They have some terrible weather, a hurricane on the 18th October, and Mr Joseph is quite ill. Mr Torres dies at sea. |
Note
The ship uses Civil time: October 20th 1896 https://archive.org/details/logbookofme ... 7/mode/1up
Comes in [...] 4 AM [...] 7 AM [...] 6 PM [...]
Thank you for your help