JOURNAL
OF MIDSHIPMAN IN NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Embarked
Officers Captain John Percival First Lieutenant Amasa Paine Second Lieutenant William C. Chapin Third Lieutenant James Alden Fourth Lieutenant James W. Cooke Fifth Lieutenant John B. Dale Sixth Lieutenant Gough W. Grant Surgeon Daniel C. McLeod Purser Thomas M. Taylor Acting Sailing Master Isaac G. Strain 1st Lieutenant Joseph W. Curtis, USMC Professor of Mathematics E. Estabrook
Assistant Surgeon Marius Duvall
Assistant
Surgeon Richard McSherry Naturalist J. C. Reinhardt Midshipman Midshipman John E. Hopson Midshipman John E. Hart Midshipman Cornelius Comegys Midshipman Midshipman M. P. Nones Midshipman G. Midshipman J. Jarvis Cook Midshipman W. F. Davidson Acting Midshipman John M. Maury Acting Midshipman Dominick H. Lynch Captain's Clerk Benjamin F. Stevens Boatswain Robert Simpson Gunner George Sirian Carpenter H. G. Thomas Sailmaker Isaac Whitney Master's Mate Charles Woodland 5 Oct 1845
[Sunday] "...main
spencer..." 7 Nov 1845
[Friday] Ship pumped out twice
daily ‑‑ 10‑18 inches!! 5 Feb 1846
[Thursday] One of the ship's
boats is named SPARROW. 7 Feb 1845
Finished painting hull. 4 Jul 1846
[Saturday] Spliced the main
brace. 16
Jul 1846 Ordinary Seaman Michael Fritt
died. 25
Jul 1846 "got up Guns No. 25 from
the Berth Deck." 29 Jul 1846
Painting the ship outside.
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