Samuel Kelly sets sail in the packet service fleet from Great Britain to the Leeward Islands and America. From a hurricane to poor treatment and no food, life at sea wasn't exactly a luxury in the 1700s.

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The Journal of Samuel Kelly is a detailed diary kept by an 18th century sailor. It was discovered approximately 100 years after his death. The book is out of print with its final printing occurring around 1925 by the Fredrick A Stokes company.