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Aug 11, 1837

Journal Entry

August 11, 1837 ~ Friday

11th in company with Ezra & SFabyen Carter I entered a fish
boat & put forth into the sea for the purpose of fishing we
spent the day and night at anchor & caught 250 fish such
as cod, Haddock, Hake, &c. I also saw four WHALES two
of them appeared in view at the same time, this was the first
time I ever saw a fish belonging to that kind that swallowed
Jonah {I was somewhat sea sick.} Spent the night at sea {Distance of the day} 8 m

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Carter, Ezra (Jr.)
29 Apr 1804 - 11 May 1887
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Carter, Joseph Fabyan
11 Dec 1798 - 30 Sep 1873
56 mentions
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Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
out in a fishing boat on the . We spent the day and night at anchor and caught 250 fish such as cod haddock hake &c I also saw four whales. Two of them appeared in view at the same time. This was the first time I ever saw a whale

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Aug 11, 1837