Log 3

USS CONSTITUTION LOG
17 JUNE 1810 - 31 JANUARY 1812
FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

NHC, USN

USS Constitution, Ca. 1810

17 Jun 1810	[Sunday] 0830 Isaac Hull took command -- exercised at battle stations.
18 Jun 1810	"...ship...very rotten in the seams..." -- exercised great guns and sail handler.
19 Jun 1810	"...caulking under the half deck..."
5 Jul 1810	Arrived at Boston.
14 Jul 1810	Sailed from Boston.
20 Jul 1810	Punished Privates Elias Poe, Patrick Hakey, and John Dennis for drunkenness and fighting.
23 Jul 1810	Arrived at Hampton Roads
24 Jul 1810	Blacking the yards.
27 Jul 1810	Seaman Joseph Mareign discharged, time up -- "...rake of the masts from the Tressletrees [sic]: Foremast 3' 6 1/2", Main Mast 2' 7 1/4", Mizin Mast 4' 1 3/4"."
2 Aug 1810	[Thursday] "...stream anchor stowed in the larboard fore chains..." -- Captain Hull went fishing in 2nd cutter.
4 Aug 1810	Boy Andrew Armstrong reported aboard from USS PRESIDENT.
5 Aug 1810	Sailed from Hampton Roads.
8 Aug 1810	Seaman Martin Sheridan given 9 lashes for drunkenness, and Private Andrew McCulloch 18 for desertion.
9 Aug 1810	Mizzen royal yard carried away.
11 Aug 1810	Arrived at Wilmington, Delaware.
13 Aug 1810	Resigned Midshipman Bosworth left ship.
14 Aug 1810	Armorers mounting swivels in the boats.
15 Aug 1810	Painting ship inside and out -- 1st, 3rd, and 4th cutters sent ashore for painting.
16 Aug 1810	Began painting on gun deck.
19 Aug 1810	Received a quantity of green paint.
24 Aug 1810	Sailed from Wilmington.
26 Aug 1810	Midshipmen Storer, Beatty, Sprogel, Brailesford, Madison, Rogers, Laughton, and Gilliam reported for negligence.
1 Sep 1810	"Gun men" John Williams 2nd and Jacob Jewel, and Seaman Lemuel Short given 12 lashes each for drunkenness.
6 Sep 1810	Seaman James Hunter killed in fall from the fore yard.
7 Sep 1810	Seaman Thomas Bailey died -- 1100 Hunter and Bailey buried at sea.
12 Sep 1810	[Wednesday] Found 3 forecastle carronades "insufficiently secured about the bed bolts..."
16 Sep 1810	Arrived at Boston -- 5 cutters and a gig.
17-18 Sep 1810	Caulking gun deck -- cutting air ports for the berth deck.
20 Sep 1810	Added 7 tons of shingle ballast to the spirit room and 15 in the main hold -- sent 10 tons of pig iron to the Navy Yard.
22 Sep 1810	1100 informed that pilot boat bringing rum and forewood to the ship had swamped -- sent boats -- 1200 boats returned without the wood "but fortunately retrieved the rum."
23 Sep 1810	Private John Green transferred from the ship.
24 Sep 1810	"...whitewashing the Store Rooms..."
27 Sep 1810	Blacking the bends -- whitewashing berth deck and steerage -- "...one roll of sheet lead..."
29 Sep 1810	Seaman Nathaniel Enfrito [?] deserted from 1st cutter.
30 Sep 1810	"...quarter boats..." -- 1000 Sailed from Boston.
4 Oct 1810	[Thursday] "...gunners...repairing cylinders..."
6 Oct 1810	Arrived at Hampton Roads.
8 Oct 1810	Sailed from Hampton Roads.
9 Oct 1810	Thomas Chase and Samuel Madison given 9 lashes each for theft; James Bartholemew got 30 for drunkenness and mutinous language.
12 Oct 1810	Arrived at New York -- PRESIDENT anchored nearby.
15 Oct 1810	Both frigates shifted to anchorages off Sandy Hook.
16 Oct 1810	Midshipmen Rogers and Morgan duelled near Sandy Hook Light, the former killed and the latter wounded -- Morgan placed under arrest -- Doctor Gilliland and Midshipman Hamilton, who attended the affair, suspended from duty -- Rogers buried ashore.
17 Oct 1810	Sailed from New York.
20 Oct 1810	Arrived at Newcastle, Delaware.
21 Oct 1810	1430 Midshipman Sprogel fell overboard from the mizzen channels and drowned.
24 Oct 1810	Blacking yards and tarring rigging -- repairing carronade bed bolts.
7 Nov 1810	[Wednesday] Private Fred Quigley given 12 lashes for misconduct and Private Elias B. Rowe 24 for drunkenness and abusive language; Saul Goodrich got 12 for drunkenness.
14 Nov 1810	Privates Patrick Higgins and Patrick Fuller transferred to the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
16 Nov 1810	Privates Jacob Preston, Emmanuel Laver, and Henry Belfrito received from the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
20 Nov 1810	1845 Seaman Samuel Francis fell from the mizzen rigging and drowned.
21 Nov 1810	Seaman Caleb Martin fell overboard and drowned.
25 Nov 1810	Met merchant sloop INCOME of Wareham, Massachusetts, right after she had lost her captain in a gale; Midshipman Riley sent to navigate her into port.
28 Nov 1810	Arrived at New London, Connecticut.
3 Dec 1810	[Monday] Snow.
5 Dec 1810	Whitewashing the berth deck.
11 Dec 1810	0930 Privates John right, Elias Rowe, and James Taryner punished for drunkenness, and Ordinary Seaman Samuel Williams for theft -- armorers making new funnel for galley -- carpenters making air ports.
15 Dec 1810	Armorers making stove pipe for wardroom.
17 Dec 1810	Overhauling chain pumps.
18 Dec 1810	Much ice in harbor.
21 Dec 1810	Seaman Jack Despard discharged per order of the Secretary.
26 Dec 1810	0030 Seaman John Ebburey [?] died.
31 Dec 1810	Snow.
3 Jan 1811	[Thursday] Midshipman Ambrose Fields joined.
4 Jan 1811	Snow.
13-14 Jan 1811	Snow.
16 Jan 1811	Heavy snow.
25 Jan 1811 1330Ordinary	Seaman John Christian died.
1-10 Feb 1811	Snow every day, sometimes heavy and with hail.
12 Feb 1811	Heavy snow.
16 Feb 1811	Snow.
18 Feb 1811	Snow -- Midshipman Alcott joined.
22 Feb 1811	Snow -- court martial for Ordinary Seamen John Loring and Samuel McClary.
23 Feb 1811	Snow -- court martial ended.
25 Feb 1811	Loring and Mcclary given 100 lashes each -- Roger O'Boil [sic] given 12 for fighting -- James Bartlett drummed out of service.
6 Mar 1811	[Wednesday] Heavy snow.
9 Mar 1811	Varnished spars and painted head railings.
14 Mar 1811	2400 Midshipman Laughton returned from Groton with news that Midshipman Fowle had died from duelling wound.
15 Mar 1811	Fowle buried ashore.
20 Mar 1811	Gunner's Yeoman Nicholas Fountain given 12 lashes and reduced to Seaman; 12 lashes also given to Abraham Hinard, William Harris, William Homes [sic], Elisha Clarke, William Gardner, John Webber, William Jackson, and John Nutt; 10 lashes given to Thomas Long; 9 lashes given to Hymen [sic] Perry, James Steady, Cook John Emmings (and reduced to Seaman), and William Folster; and 24 to Lanson Marks (for 2 desertions and a seditious letter).
21 Mar 1811	Privates William Crandell, John Burton, John Brown, John Brady, Richard Calhoun, Ephram Lexton, and Sergeant Spencer received from New York.
25 Mar 1811	Sailed from New London.
28 Mar 1811	Arrived at Boston.
31 Mar 1811	Discharged Thomas Chase, William Leary, Thomas Lynch, William McFarlane, and Hugh Helm, their times expired.
4 Apr 1811	[Thursday] Seaman Thomas Musto joined.
6 Apr 1811	Tarring down rigging.
7 Apr 1811	Painting quarter galleries and "white streak."
11 Apr 1811	Painting the head and stern -- heavy snow at night.
6 May 1811	[Monday] "...painting the gun deck..."
14 May 1811	Sailed from Boston.
18 May 1811	Arrived in Chesapeake Bay.
24 May 1811	Arrived at Annapolis, Maryland.
31 May 1811	Armorers repairing the screws for the carronades.
7 Jun 1811	[Friday] Francis Fountain deserted from a ship's boat.
8 Jun 1811	David Lee died.
22 Jun 1811	"Carpenters employed rigging a Canvas Bulk head or screen for the forward Cabin."
4 Jul 1811	[Thursday] Fired a 17-gun salute.
6 Jul 1811	Midshipman Baurie [sic] joined – court martial for Quarter Gunner Thomas Macumber.
12 Jul 1811	Court ended.
31 Jul 1811	Cleaning gun carriages and slides, and filling shot boxes.
1 Aug 1811	Sailed from Annapolis.
5 Aug 1811	Sailed from Hampton Roads.
21 Aug 1811	Gunners making cylinders and muzzle bags for long guns.
25 Aug 1811	11 kts (1 hr).
26 Aug 1811	Midshipmen Germain, Fields, and Madison under arrest -- 11 kts (2 hrs).
27 Aug 1811	11 kts (2 hrs).
31 Aug 1811	Making cylinders.
1 Sep 1811	[Sunday] Making cylinders.
6 Sep 1811	Arrived Cherbourg, France, passing through British blockading squadron of 2 74s (including VANGUARD), 2 frigates, and 2 brigs.
12 Sep 1811	Sailed from Cherbourg -- boarded by HMS ROYAL OAK.
15 Sep 1811	Arrived at Dover, England.
16 Sep 1811	John Tullington died.
17 Sep 1811	Sailed from Dover.
20-23 Sep 1811	Off the Texel, Holland.
24 Sep 1811	Anchored off Den Helder.
25 Sep 1811	Sailed.
29 Sep 1811	Transferred specie to Dutch authorities off Flushing.
3 Oct 1811	Anchored in Dover Downs.
4 Oct 1811	Mr. Taggledon [sic], Sir James Fay and Judge Thompson of New York joined the ship as passengers.
8 Oct 1811	Sailed from Dover Downs.
9 Oct 1811	In predawn darkness, fired on by HMS REDPOLE, which sent a boat with an apology.
12 Oct 1811	[Saturday] Arrived at Cherbourg after being twice hit by British blockaders' fire.
14 Oct 1811	Overhauling the green boat.
25 Oct 1811	Domenick Ortero punished for smuggling liquor and 3 others for drunkenness.
30 Oct 1811	David Bransford buried ashore.
2 Nov 1811	Repairing boats and waist railing damaged by British fire.
8 Nov 1811	[Friday] "...leading the cutwater..."
9 Nov 1811	Sailed from Cherbourg with Minister Russell.
10 Nov 1811	Arrived at Portsmouth, England; Russell debarked.
14 Nov 1811	Took on 14 civilian passengers.
19 Nov 1811	Colin Frasure [sic] died -- Gustavus Numan [sic] and Hugh Groundwater, passengers, shipped on board.
20 Nov 1811	Sailed from Portsmouth.
22 Nov 1811	0900 Arrived at Cherbourg.
20 Dec 1811	[Friday] Midshipman William C. Pierpoint died -- Daniel Bliss and William Cooper punished for bringing bladders of rum on board.
21 Dec 1811	Abraham Harding died.
9 Jan 1812	[Thursday] Sailed from Cherbourg.
19 Jan 1812	Ordinary Seaman Elisha Pomeroy died -- 11 kts (1 hr).
26 Jan 1812	Seaman Henry Brown washed overboard and lost in heavy gale.
30 Jan 1812	6th cutter washed away from larboard quarter [davit] -- "...extremely heavy Gales & a verry [sic] heavy Sea..."