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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Extract from the journal of sloop Three Sisters, Master Jeremiah Poulton, detailing a voyage from Christo to Philadelphia starting December 4, 1761. Hit by severe gales, the crew abandoned the coast, attempted South Carolina, then aimed for Bermuda but were driven eastward. After 40 days on short allowance in Bermuda latitude, with crew sickly, they reached Turk's Island on March 9, 1762, after 94 days at sea and 55 on short rations, nearly perishing from want.
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Extract from the Journal of a Voyage of the Sloop Three Sisters, of Bermuda, Jeremiah Poulton, Master, dated Turk's Island, March 12, 1762.
Sailed from Christo December 4, 1761, bound for Philadelphia, and on the 16th arrived in Lat. 37: 44: and then having very hard Gales of Wind was obliged to quit the Coast, and then strove some Time for South Carolina, but meeting with excessive hard Gales was obliged to quit that Coast after meeting with many bad Accidents, and made for Bermuda, and till most of this Time had excessive bad Weather which drove us upwards of 600 Miles to the Eastward of the Island of Bermuda, and then the Wind still continuing to blow hard from the 11th of January to the 9th of February 1762 in the Lat. of Bermuda the People very Sickly and Weak, being then 40 Days on short Allowance for Victuals and Water and no hopes of getting to the Island aforesaid, made for the West Indies, that is the Port we sailed from, and on the 9th of March arrived at this Island, almost perished for Want, and no relief from any Vessel, having been out 94 Days, and on short Allowance 55 Days.
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From Christo To Philadelphia, Near South Carolina, Around Bermuda, To Turk's Island, West Indies
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December 4, 1761 To March 9, 1762
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The sloop Three Sisters sailed from Christo for Philadelphia but faced severe gales, forcing diversions to South Carolina and then Bermuda. Driven 600 miles eastward by bad weather, the crew endured 40 days on short allowance in Bermuda latitude, becoming sickly and weak, before heading to the West Indies and arriving at Turk's Island after 94 days at sea, nearly perishing without relief.