Wind W. B. S. Small Wind inclining to the S. W. with thick foggy Weather, in larboard steering sails, set stay sails and M. sail, rain, at 8 P. M. Past by two small Islands of Ice, in T. G. steering sails, driver, &c. Wind W. S. W. Set Royals, T. G. Steering sail, &c. At 11 A. M. Past by a large Island of Ice, and many small pieces, at Meridian thick foggy Weather and small Winds inclining to the Southward, smooth Sea, in labd. Steering sails, set Stay Sails, M. sail, &c., very thick Weather. No observation. Distance 139. Lat. 45.34. Long. 41.56.
SOURCE: New York Historical Society, Publisher, Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1883: The Kemble Papers, Vol. 1 1773-1789, pp. 4-5
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