Lester Diary Entries - Part 1
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Rec.
Date
Text
Function / Role
[1]
Fri 12 Feb 1768
Settled with Thos Tilsy & Lander &~~~~
Trade
[2]
Fri 06 Oct 1769
Wrote My Wife by Telsid
Messenger
[3]
Mon 24 Sep 1770
[Recd a Letter] fm My Wife by Tilsed
Messenger
[4]
Mon 24 Sep 1770
[Recd a Letter] fm John Clark & Sent him Seal Skins & Cow & Calf Skins by Tilsed.
Messenger
[5]
Mon 18 Mar 1771
Ben came in this Morning & told me that its Believe the Bee was Lost near Placentia, our Capt Hunnybourn tells him Last Spring when he Came over a mainmast with the Sailes on it, with the Name of Tilsed & Lander on it, & as We had a new Jack made by them when She went out its Likely to be her.
Sailmaker
[6]
Mon 08 Jul 1771
Pd Thos Tilsy to Day
Trade
[7]
Sun 28 Jun 1772
Twixt 11 & 12 a Clock after I had been in Bed an Hour, Tilsed ye Pilot Nockd at ye Doar, Came up out of The Bay to Let me Know that The Amy was in the Bay, & that he had been out 19 Days My Bro & all Well
Pilot
[8]
Fri 14 Aug 1772
Wind SE Fare Plagued to get Miller & his People onboard, people all Drunk & he not aboard, Went up to Bro Johns about 11 a Clock She Went Over the Barr about 3 a Clock. Went to Litchet after, & when I came home Tilsed & ye Other People came here, to be paid for Carrying the Two Brothers out.
Pilot
[9]
Tue 17 Nov 1772
Settled wth Tilsy & Lander
Trade
[10]
Sun 13 Dec 1772
Mr Mos Neaves sent me down a Note abt 2 a Clock to Let me Know ye Capt of his Skooner that Arrivd to day saw a Large Skooner, Fryday night off ye Lands End, with Two decks yt he thought came fm Trinity or St Johns, I orderd Tillsy to go down & look out as I Suppose it is Ben in our Skooner
Lookout
[11]
Thu 04 Feb 1773
Gave Tilsed Canvas to make a foresaile for ye Jos & Ben
Sailmaker
[12]
Mon 23 Aug 1773
Begun this Morning at 4 a Clock to get the Bread out of ye Isle White Sloops & got it onboard, by 9 & all The Rest of ye Goods out of the Yard, & got Tilsed ye Pilot with 8 Hands to help her Down, & Towed her out to Stakes, & Cleard her out at ye Customhouse at the Same time, & Got all the People on board, & Made Burton Lay onboard to on order to be Ready to go Out in ye Morning
Pilot
[13]
Tue 24 Aug 1773
Tilsed ye Pilot came up in ye Eavening
Pilot
[14]
Wed 06 Oct 1773
Settled with Tilsy & Land
Trade
[15]
Mon 01 Nov 1773
Tilsy ye Pilot came to me from Capt Thos Pike & told me that, Two Bro went out of Lisbon the 7 October
Pilot
[16]
Tue 25 Jan 1774
Sent for Tilsy, abt ?Making Sails & Twine?
Sailmaker
[17]
Wed 16 Feb 1774
Thos Tilsy had Some Sail Cloath
Sailmaker
[18]
Wed 09 Mar 1774
Sent for Thos Tilsy This Eavening [doesn't say why]
Sailmaker
[19]
Sun 01 Jan 1775
About, 11 or 12 a Clock. Last night after I was a Bed Some People came here & Calld us up, & told us Ben was Come into the Bay.
Sent Phill Down to order Tilsed to go onbd This Morning to bring her in, but he Refusd to go as there was Some body Else onbd.
Pilot
[20]
Thu 20 Apr 1775
Agreed with Willm Tillsed this Eavening, to Pilot out ye Susan
Pilot
[21]
Sat 29 Jul 1775
The Bee Went Over the Barr about 11 a Clock, The People all Drunk, & nothing Done to Secure any thing on Deck or Below, the Mast nor Water was not Lash'd on The Deck, nor was any thing Twix Deck's. Tillsey Declared to me he Saw them throw Bread Baggs of Bread to Stop them.
Pilot??
[22]
Fri 01 Sep 1775
The Amy Went Over the Barr About 2 a Clock. [After dinner] Tilsed the Pilot Came up & told me he Left ye Amy in the Bay,
Pilot
[23]
Fri 01 Sep 1775
Tilsed & ye People Were as Wett As Dung comeg up & Burton & Sister Lucy with them.
Pilot
[24]
Sun 03 Sep 1775
Recd a Letter fm Capt Burton out fm the Bay, he Wants a Bed & Tobacco & Candles. Sent Tilsed the Pilot, onboard the Amy in the Bay, with Some Beding & Candles for Capt Burton. The Candles John Fricker Put on Board would not Burn
Pilot
Records 25 - 48
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Rec.
Date
Text
Function / Role
[1]
Fri 12 Feb 1768
Settled with Thos Tilsy & Lander &~~~~
Trade
[2]
Fri 06 Oct 1769
Wrote My Wife by Telsid
Messenger
[3]
Mon 24 Sep 1770
[Recd a Letter] fm My Wife by Tilsed
Messenger
[4]
Mon 24 Sep 1770
[Recd a Letter] fm John Clark & Sent him Seal Skins & Cow & Calf Skins by Tilsed.
Messenger
[5]
Mon 18 Mar 1771
Ben came in this Morning & told me that its Believe the Bee was Lost near Placentia, our Capt Hunnybourn tells him Last Spring when he Came over a mainmast with the Sailes on it, with the Name of Tilsed & Lander on it, & as We had a new Jack made by them when She went out its Likely to be her.
Sailmaker
[6]
Mon 08 Jul 1771
Pd Thos Tilsy to Day
Trade
[7]
Sun 28 Jun 1772
Twixt 11 & 12 a Clock after I had been in Bed an Hour, Tilsed ye Pilot Nockd at ye Doar, Came up out of The Bay to Let me Know that The Amy was in the Bay, & that he had been out 19 Days My Bro & all Well
Pilot
[8]
Fri 14 Aug 1772
Wind SE Fare Plagued to get Miller & his People onboard, people all Drunk & he not aboard, Went up to Bro Johns about 11 a Clock She Went Over the Barr about 3 a Clock. Went to Litchet after, & when I came home Tilsed & ye Other People came here, to be paid for Carrying the Two Brothers out.
Pilot
[9]
Tue 17 Nov 1772
Settled wth Tilsy & Lander
Trade
[10]
Sun 13 Dec 1772
Mr Mos Neaves sent me down a Note abt 2 a Clock to Let me Know ye Capt of his Skooner that Arrivd to day saw a Large Skooner, Fryday night off ye Lands End, with Two decks yt he thought came fm Trinity or St Johns, I orderd Tillsy to go down & look out as I Suppose it is Ben in our Skooner
Lookout
[11]
Thu 04 Feb 1773
Gave Tilsed Canvas to make a foresaile for ye Jos & Ben
Sailmaker
[12]
Mon 23 Aug 1773
Begun this Morning at 4 a Clock to get the Bread out of ye Isle White Sloops & got it onboard, by 9 & all The Rest of ye Goods out of the Yard, & got Tilsed ye Pilot with 8 Hands to help her Down, & Towed her out to Stakes, & Cleard her out at ye Customhouse at the Same time, & Got all the People on board, & Made Burton Lay onboard to on order to be Ready to go Out in ye Morning
Pilot
[13]
Tue 24 Aug 1773
Tilsed ye Pilot came up in ye Eavening
Pilot
[14]
Wed 06 Oct 1773
Settled with Tilsy & Land
Trade
[15]
Mon 01 Nov 1773
Tilsy ye Pilot came to me from Capt Thos Pike & told me that, Two Bro went out of Lisbon the 7 October
Pilot
[16]
Tue 25 Jan 1774
Sent for Tilsy, abt ?Making Sails & Twine?
Sailmaker
[17]
Wed 16 Feb 1774
Thos Tilsy had Some Sail Cloath
Sailmaker
[18]
Wed 09 Mar 1774
Sent for Thos Tilsy This Eavening [doesn't say why]
Sailmaker
[19]
Sun 01 Jan 1775
About, 11 or 12 a Clock. Last night after I was a Bed Some People came here & Calld us up, & told us Ben was Come into the Bay.
Sent Phill Down to order Tilsed to go onbd This Morning to bring her in, but he Refusd to go as there was Some body Else onbd.
Pilot
[20]
Thu 20 Apr 1775
Agreed with Willm Tillsed this Eavening, to Pilot out ye Susan
Pilot
[21]
Sat 29 Jul 1775
The Bee Went Over the Barr about 11 a Clock, The People all Drunk, & nothing Done to Secure any thing on Deck or Below, the Mast nor Water was not Lash'd on The Deck, nor was any thing Twix Deck's. Tillsey Declared to me he Saw them throw Bread Baggs of Bread to Stop them.
Pilot??
[22]
Fri 01 Sep 1775
The Amy Went Over the Barr About 2 a Clock. [After dinner] Tilsed the Pilot Came up & told me he Left ye Amy in the Bay,
Pilot
[23]
Fri 01 Sep 1775
Tilsed & ye People Were as Wett As Dung comeg up & Burton & Sister Lucy with them.
Pilot
[24]
Sun 03 Sep 1775
Recd a Letter fm Capt Burton out fm the Bay, he Wants a Bed & Tobacco & Candles. Sent Tilsed the Pilot, onboard the Amy in the Bay, with Some Beding & Candles for Capt Burton. The Candles John Fricker Put on Board would not Burn
Pilot
Records 25 - 48
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