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JOURNAL
OF MIDSHIPMAN JAMES PITY, 22
JULY 1798‑11 MAY 1799, IN NATIONAL ARCHIVES 23
Jul 1798 (Monday) 10 kts for 8 hours 28
Jul 1798 10 kts for 2 hours 16
Aug 1798 (Thursday) "...got the Spanker Boom on Deck & Reduced
it..." 23
Aug 1798 Mention of pinnace and yawl 29
Aug 1798 Pumped ship: 10" of water 31
Aug 1798 "...a 5 Beat to Quarters and 1 Sep 1798 (Saturday) 11 kts for 1 hour ‑‑
10 kts for 9 hours 2 Sep 1798 12 kts for 1 hour ‑‑ 11
kts for 1 hour ‑‑ 10 kts for 5 hours 2 Oct 1798 A glazier on board "to mend
cabin windows" ‑‑ unbent spritsail and stowed below 11 Oct
1798 A new fore topgallant mast ‑‑ "Royal Masts" ‑‑
3 PM furled
spritsail 12
Oct 1798 (Friday) 10 kts for 1 hour 17
Oct 1798 Captain Nicholson announced that Midshipman Philip Jarvis was an
Acting Lieutenant and "Major of Signals" 20
Oct 1798 "...a new fidded [mizzen] royal mast..." 22
Oct 1798 Sailmaker making hammocks 24
Oct 1798 11 merchantmen in convoy 28
Oct 1798 Both bowsprit and foremast fish were sprung ‑‑ Nicholson
told 29
Oct 1798 Making new fish for the foremast 31
Oct 1798 Ordinary Seaman James Jones lost overboard in storm 2 Nov 1798 (Friday) 10 kts for 2 hours 23 Nov 1798 Acting Master's Mate Ward in irons
for "seditious words" ‑‑ Boatswain Connolly arrested for
"abusing Mr. Cordis" ‑‑ Midshipman Pity arrested for
"unofficerlike conduct" 1 Dec 1798 Midshipman Pity dismissed from ship
in writing by Nicholson. 22
Dec 1798 Midshipman PIty received written orders to return to the ship. 28
Dec 1798 (Friday) First Lieutenant Russell and Second Lieutenant of Marines
Amory quit ship ‑‑ Lieutenant Cordis arrested, suspended, and
dismissed from ship for
"oppression and disobedience of orders" 30
Dec 1798 12 kts for 2 hours ‑‑ 11 kts for 6 hours ‑‑ 10
kts for 5 hours 31
Dec 1798 11 kts for 6 hours ‑‑ 10 kts for 7 hours ‑‑
203 nautical miles noon‑to‑noon from preceding day 8 Jan 1799 11 kts for 1 hour ‑‑ 10
kts for 7 hours 10
Jan 1799 10 kts for 7 hours 11
Jan 1799 11 kts for 2 hours ‑‑ 10 kts for 4 hours ‑‑
"Cross'd the Tropic of Cancer perform'd the Usual Ceremonies Vizt. Blackg.
Ducking Shaving &c. which among 400
People produced a Set of Devils equal to any ever Seen." 14
Jan 1799 10 kts for 2 hours 15
Jan 1799 11 kts for 1 hour 16
Jan 1799 "...housed in the lee guns & down ports..." 17
Jan 1799 10 kts for 1 hour 27
Jan 1799 A new main topmast 28
Feb 1799 "...painting the ship.." 3 Apr 1799 Took CUTERATO [CARTERET], and
English packet from 7 May 1799 12 kts for 1 hour ‑‑ 11
kts for 3 hours ‑‑ 10 kts for 5 hours 8 May 1799 10 kts for 1 hour
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