eruption of the body,
to define this for my second defining annotation: an eruption of the body in this context refers to disease, such as a rash, abrasion, or infection. -cherryb history 211
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The rations upon the ship were very bad... Every ten persons received three pounds of butter a week, four cans of beer and two cans of water a day, two platters full of peas every noon, meat four dinners in the week and fish three, and these we were obliged to prepare with our own butter. Also we must every noon save up enough so that we might get our supper from it. The worst of all was that both the meat and the fish were salted to such an extent and had become so rancid that we could hardly eat half of them. And had I not by the advice of good friends in England provided myself with various kinds of refreshment, it might perhaps have gone very badly for me.
I felt another annotation of this was important because I think while this Author describes deplorable conditions and struggles such as inadequate food, and rough seas, i cant help but think of the deplorable conditions discussed in the previous chapters abord the salve ships. Those people were subjected to things far worse than this, with little to no food at all, cramped conditions, rampant sickness, and they did not have the ability to fully stand in some instances let alone lay down. It is wild to think about the privilege of this man in comparison, despite his self proclaimed inconveniences and experiences. -cherryb history 211
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But praised be the fatherly hand of the divine mercy which lifts us up again so many times and holds us back that we fall not entirely into the abyss of the evil one.
This highlights the relationship with religion the author has, with him also citing psalm 107 earlier in the text. He claims that it is God that has allowed the boat to stay together and arrive in one peace, noting that if they did not do so, it was the devil's or the "evil ones" doing. So, not so much luck, or the work of the captain and crew. but divine intervention. -cherryb history 211
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That one of the boatmen became insane and that our ship was shaken by the repeated assaults of a whale, I set forth at length in my last letter.
This part of the article describes the mental toll being at sea and working the boat had on the members of the crew during this time. Was it a form of post traumatic stress, or was it side effects from spoiled food.. I desire more context on what insanity looked like or really was, as we understand within a modern lens, that the understanding of insanity and mental illness were very different historically. I think a perspective we are missing is the crew members of the boat, and if the crew member who was deemed insane had the faculties to write, his perspective might be vital in understanding the voyage form a crew memebers perspective. Cherryb history 211
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The rations upon the ship were very bad... Every ten persons received three pounds of butter a week, four cans of beer and two cans of water a day, two platters full of peas every noon, meat four dinners in the week and fish three, and these we were obliged to prepare with our own butter. Also we must every noon save up enough so that we might get our supper from it
This shows that the rough seas, storms, and sickness were not only the things faced, but the rations were horrible. He describes the salted fish and meats as "rancid smelling". I also think, contextually, it is interesting to see that beer was considered an essential part of rations. There is a mention of fresh water, but its fascinating to me that the amount of beer given in rations exceeds the allocation of water twofold. What were the beliefs surrounding alcohol at this time, was it believed to have supplemental health effects? - cherryb history 211
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Also when possible one should arrange with a ship which sails up to this city of Philadelphia, since in the case of the others which end their voyage at Upland, one is subjected to many inconveniences.
This is interesting because it provides us with the historical context that some passengers abord this ship did not have the same destination as others, some chose to get oof the boat early at Upton instead of getting off at Philadelphia, like the author. He states that getting off at Upland would arguably be more unpleasant, citing many inconveniences. What kind of inconveniences is he referring to, I wonder? - cherry b history 211
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tempests
one of two annotations defining a word. In this context, tempest is a storm, and a particularly violent one. -cherryb history 211
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1684 Francis Daniel Pastorius Describes his Ocean Voyage, 1684
This describes the important who, what, and when of historical context, with the who being Francis Daniel Pastorious, and the ocean voyage he underwent being the what. Finally, the voyage took place in the year 1684. This is important because it gives us an understanding of what sea voyages were like in the 1600's and as the subtitle highlights.. shows the "discomfort and dangers of oceanic travel in the 17th century -cherryb history 211
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October 6, were also ten weeks upon the ocean, and the ship that set out with ours from Deal was fourteen days longer on the voyage, and several people died in it. The Crefelders lost a grown girl between Rotterdam and England, whose loss however was replaced between England and Pennsylvania by the birth of two children. On our ship, on the other hand, no one died and no one was born.
I thought this was interesting. It highlights the unpleasant conditions of taking embarking on a sea voyage at this time. I'm thinking about one of the very important questions related to annotating documents which is what other perspectives are missing? I would want to hear the perspective of the Crefelder family, who lost a daughter on the voyage. What would it be like to experience loss at sea in this way, and do they see her death as being lessened by the birth of two other children? -cherryb
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