Francis MacDonald Journal * Facsimile and Transcription
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vessel's side. It blew a perfect gale last night. {T}ruly we have had our quantum of bad weather and were it not that we are in 5 as strong ship as wood and Iron can make one, I would not have been sitting here tonight writing my log. {B}ut thank God our good ship has weathered all 10 as yet still “we know not what a day nor an hour may bring forth.”112 My Dear Eliza, I trust that when you come over, no gales shall interrupt your passage, nor 15 foul weather mar the vessel's speed. I trust you shall have a pleas[-] ant passage, a swift passage, [and] a safe passage. [End of Page 70]
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