Solving this puzzle may be just as dificult as getting to the log for some. To claim this is a find you must not only be able to solve the puzzle to find the container, but you must also crack open an outer container to retrieve the log and sign it, then you must return the container to the condition in which you found it.
If the initial puzzle seems to be giving you fits, I will give hints after the FTF.log.
Here is the puzzle enjoy!
John P. Gray
W. W. Godding
Joseph G. Rogers
Charles Nichols
Andrew McFarland
Clement Walker
Eugene Grissom
Samuel B. Woodward
John Curwen
H. P. Stearns
J. B. Andrews
G. Adler Bloomer
Robert J. Preston
Richard M. Bucke
So that is the end of the puzzle.
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.