Dedicated to the memory of the courageous men who inscribed the following notes on the flyleaves of these journals, hoping that they might surviving even though their authors might not:

Josial Angier Mitchell

Whoever this book receives will be pleased to forward to Mrs. Susan R. Mitchell (my dearly beloved wife) at Freeport, Maine, U.S.A. Boat at sea, June 1866.

Henry Ferguson

Who finds this is begged as a favor to the Dead if possible to send it to John Ferguson, 35 Pine Street, New York, U.S.

Samuel Ferguson

Journal of Samuel Ferguson, No. 35 Pine Street, New York, of Stamford, Ct. The finder of this book will please communicate what information he may obtain of the Hornet's Longboat to the preceding and opposite address and oblige.
Samuel Ferguson, Passenger