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JOURNAL, LIEUTENANT ELIE A. F. VALETTE 29 Oct 1824 0900
underway from 30 Oct 1824 10 kts (10 hrs) 11 kts (1 hr) 3 Nov 1824 Exercised the crew at great guns and small arms 4 Nov 1824 10 kts (1 hr) 5 Nov 1824 Exercised 1st, 2nd, and 4th divisions at great guns 18 Nov 1824 10 kts (6 hrs) 11 kts (2 hrs) 12 kts (1 hr) 20 Nov 1824 10 kts (9 hsrs) 22 Nov 1824 10 kts (11 hrs) 11 kts (1 hr) 24 Nov 1824 Arrived
at 26 Nov 1824 “Launch watering Ship…” 27 Nov 1824 “…Boats watering Ship…” 28 Nov 1824 Divine Service 30 Nov 1824 Underway 6/7 Dec 1824 Hove to
off 11 Dec 1824 Arrived
at 13 Dec 1824 Coxe
family left the ship to casting found flawed – shifted anchors. 16 Dec 1824 1400 Underway 21 Dec 1824 1700
Arrived at 23 Dec 1824 Watering ship 24 Dec 1824 Watering ship – painting ship 25 Dec 1824 Painting ship 28 Dec 1824 Watering ship – painting ship 30 Dec 1824 Blacking the bends – leak in bow reported 31 Dec 1824 Blacking the bends – painting cabin.
1 Jan 1825 Watering ship 2 Jan 1825 Divine Service 3 Jan 1825 Launch watering ship – overhauling rigging – repairing mainmast 8 Jan 1825 Painting ship – mainmast work 10 Jan 1825 Repairing mainmast 12 Jan 1825 Repairing mainmast 13 Jan 1825 Completed mainmast repairs – discharged Seaman Raphael Scott 14 Jan 1825 Launch watering ship 16 Jan 1825 Sent up main top 19 Jan 1825 Fidded main topmast – sent up main topsail yard, main yard , and main topgallant mast 20 Jan 1825 “Painting mast heads…”, “…repairing 1st and 2d cutters…” 22 Jan 1825 “commenced painting the gun deck…” 27 Jan 1825 Heavy rain showers and “sharp lightning…” – 3rd cutter mentioned. 29 Jan 1825 4th cutter mentioned 31 Jan 1825 Launch watering ship 1 Feb 1825 0400 “called all hands to scrub hammocks & bags…” – launch watering Ship 2 Feb 1825 Launch watering ship – fidded topgallant masts – draft 20’10” fwd, 22’5’ aft 3 Feb 1825 Launch watering ship 6 Feb 1825 1700 Underway 11 Feb 1825 1030
Arrived 13 Feb 1825 Divine Service 20 Feb 1825 Divine Service 22 Feb 1825 1200 Salute to Washington’s birthday 26 Feb 1825 Watering ship 1 Mar 1825 Painting boats 3 Mar 1825 2nd cutter watering ship 4 Mar 1825 2nd cutter watering ship.
5 Mar 1825 2nd cutter watering ship 10 Mar 1825 Launch watering ship 11 Mar 1825 Launch watering ship 12 Mar 1825 Blacking the bends 13 Mar 1825 Divine Service 15 Mar 1825 Launch watering ship 22Mar 1825 Launch watering ship 24 Mar 1825 Painting boats 26 Mar 1825 Launch watering ship – caulking main deck 28 Mar 1825 Caulking gun deck – turning powder 29 Mar 1825 Warering ship 30 Mar 1825 Scrubbed hammocks and bags 1 Apr 1825 Watering ship 4 Apr 1825 Watering ship 11 Apr 1825 Watering ship 12 Apr 1825 Watering ship 13 Apr 1825 Watering ship 14 Apr 1825 Watering ship 16 Apr 1825 Carpenter received 100# white lead, 50# putty, 25# verdigrise [sic], and 20# letharge 17 Apr 1825 Divine Service on the gun deck 18 Apr 1825 Scrubbed hammocks – Gunner received 6 sheets sheet iron – Carpenter received 57# hoop iron and 3 loads of wood 19 Apr 1825 Watering ship 21 Apr 1825 Received 150# iron and 100’ elm plank 23 Apr 1825 Watering ship 26 Apr 1825 Lt Henry W. Gardner, USMC, died before 8 AM – buried ashore 27 Apr 1825 Watering ship 28 Apr 1825 Received 6 ½ toms of coal 29 Apr 1825 Turning powder 1 May 1825 Divine Service 2 May 1825 Received 1884 gals brandy 3 May 1825 Watering ship 5 May 1825 1000 Boy Joseph Colson died – 1600 buried ashore 6 May 1825 Watering ship 7 May 1825 Received 980 gals brandy 10 May 1825 Shifted sheet anchor from starboard to larboard waist – watering ship 11 May 1825 Watering ship – received 5710 ½ # bread 12 May 18125 1500 Seaman Moses Williams buried ashore 13 May 1825 Watering ship – received 90 bags of bread 14 May 1825 Lt Bell received a public reprimand on quarterdeck per court-martial – stowing new starboard sheet anchor 16 May 1825 Watering ship 20 May 1825 Watering ship 21 May 1825 Watering ship 22 May 1825 Stored larboard bower anchor in larboard waist 23 May 1825 Watering ship 24 May 1825 Watering ship 26 May 1825 Watering ship 29 May 1825 1130 Underway – 3rd cutter, whaleboat, and gig mentioned 30 May 1825 1700 Loaded guns 10 Jun 1825 Bent on both bowers and larboard sheet anchor 11 Jun 1825 2010 Arrived at 12 Jun 1825 Watering ship – a kedge mentioned 13 Jun 1825 Watering ship – received 564 gals “spirits,” 200 gals vinegar, 7000# bread, 31# flour, 34 bbls pork, 16 kegs butter, 7 boxes candles, 2800# cheesse, 29 bbls beans, 6 tierces rice, and 7 qtr casks molasses 14 Jun 1825 Watering ship 15 Jun 1825 Scrubbed hammocks, bags, and clothes 0800-2000 – received: Carpenter – 16# nails, 6 chalk lines, 10# chalk, 12 hand saw files, 3 brass locks, 6 firmers, 12 gimlets, 1000 rivets, 2 doz paint brushes, 1 doz. Camel hair pencils, 20# letherage, 12 whitewash brushes, 800# white lead, 200# black paint, 50 gals boiled oil, and 50# verdigris; Gunner – 25 bath bricks, 50 sheets sandpaper, 25# wire assorted, 2 doz large files, 1 sheet brass, ½ doz warding files, 14# pewter solder, 339# flat bar iron, and 143# square iron. 17 Jun 1825 Saluted 18 Jun 1825 Watering ship – “bitted the chain cable…” 19 Jun 1825 1030 COMO Rodgers inspected ship and crew 22 Jun 1825 Watering ship – MIDN Henry Moores [sic] joined 24 Jun1825 Blacking the bends and main deck guns 25 Jun 1825 Watering ship 26 Jun 1825 Watering ship – 1100 Divine Service – Acting Sailmaster Talmadge promoted to Lieutenant; MIDN John Pope made Acting Sailmaster. 27 Jun 1825 Chaplain John McCarthy left – Querter Gunner
James Crowder transferred to Cyane 28 Jun 1825 Turning powder and filing cylinders – Lt Henry B Taylor, USNC, transferred to Erie, - 1st Lt Augustus A. Nicholson, USMC, joined, along with Pvt Nathaniel Taylor. 29 Jun 1825 Filling cylinders- Midn H W Morris [sic] joined 30 Jun 1825 Watering ship – Pvts H Brown and Henry Clarke transferred to Cyane, and Pvt James White
to 1 Jul 1825 James Folsoom received from 3 Jul 1825 1030 Divine Service – Seaman Thomas Griffis [sic] shipped 4 Jul 1825 1200 17-gun salute 5 Jul 1825 Watering ship 7 Jul 1825 Sent ashore 37 ½# condemned beef; received 38# beef – 4th cutter mentioned 8 Jul 1825 Lt Edward Carpenter joined from 9 Jul 1825 1000 Underway – Seaman John Williams, who had deserted from Constitution at New 25 Jul 1825 Arrived 27 Jul 1825 Underway 29 Jul 1825 Turning powder 9 Aug 1825 Arrived 10 Aug 1825 Watering ship 11 Aug 1825 Watering ship 12 Aug 1825 Watering ship 13 Aug 1825 Watering ship – 1800 hoisted in launch, 1st, 2nd, and 4th cutters 14 Aug 1825 1130 Underway 19 Aug 1825 1530
Arrived 23 Aug 1825 Watering ship 24 Aug 1825 Watering ship 25 Aug 1825 Watering ship 26 Aug 1825 Received 50 bushels coal [incomplete]
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