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Revised Sep 7, 2021

Tobin's Providence Logbook Sep 20, 1791

[Log Book &c. of H M S Providence from Port Praya in the] Island of St. Iago towards the Cape of Good Hope 1791

Tuesday September 20th 1791

 1 pm: Clear weather

 4 pm: A Light Air

 6 pm: Kept fires in the Brodie Stoves during the Day

10 pm: Kept a moderate fire in the Galley during the Night

12 mid: Fresh Breezes and cloudy

 1 am: Lightning to the Eastward

 4 am: Employed working up Junk cleaning below and drying the Spare Sails

 8 am: A Shower of Rain.

 9 am: Kept fires in the Cockpits

10 am: Saw a Ship and a Brig in the SE Quarter standing to the South

12 noon: At Noon Light Breezes – The Assistant in Company
   Latitude Observed 7°..12′ North


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