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Fragment of the log of the
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| Fragment of [a log of the] whaler Ploughboy owned by the contributor who would like to know where the rest of the log is. | |
| Officers and Crew of the Ship Ploughboy | |
| Sailed from Nantucket Bar on a whaling voyage September 26th, 1830 | |
| Nathan Chase - Commander | |
| William Jay - first Mate - Dis[charged] | |
| Leg cut off | James H. Briggs - second Mate - Leg broke |
| Louis Monto - Third Mate | |
| Henry Coffin - First Boatsteerer | |
| Struck by whale | Orlando Dunney - Second Boatsteerer - arm broke |
| Thomas S. Mitchell - Cooper | |
| William S. Arthur - Do | |
| Fell from aloft | Daniel Remsen - Carpenter - 3 ribs broke |
| Coqumbo | William Jones - Black Smith - run away |
| Valparaiso | Louis Fontigua - Steward - run away |
| " " | Gabriel Thompson - Cook - run away |
| " " | William Hastings - sailor - run away |
| in a gale of wind | Alexander Whippy - Do - Lost overboard |
| swam 3 miles | Abraham Fareweather - Do - run away |
| swam 3 miles | Silas Fareweather - Do - Left ashore sick |
| Sandwich Is. | David McNiesh - Do - run away |
| " " " | Saml. Smith - Do - run away |
| Scurvey | John Parmenter - Do - 2 fingers cut off |
| Guam | Wm. Holding - Do - run away |
| Scurvey | Charles Smith - Do - 4 toes cut off |
| Off duty | H.B. Macy - sailor - 1 1/2 years sick fever & ague |
| The Ploughboy arrived at Nantucket Bar March 3rd 1834 with Nineteen Hundred Barrels sperm oil, started home with 2600 Balles. 700 Leakage. | |
| Captured 89 Whales the largest whale Made 125 Barrels Oil. The Crew when settled with were each $17.00 in debt to the owner. | |
Contributed by Paul R. Maloney
This page is a transcription of a query about the location of the log book of the ship Plough Boy for 1830-1834 by Paul Maloney. It appeared in American Neptune, Vol. 21 (1961), p.222.
Lewis Monto's journal for the 1830-1834 voyage only supports one or two of the events represented in Maloney's fragment that involved the crew. Fragments of First Mate William Jay's journal or log are known to exist, but it concludes with Jay's discharge at the Galapagos Islands in April 1833. The location of Maloney's partial journal is not known.
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