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1840-1850 |
| DATE | EVENT/ASSIGNMENT | Reported/Location | Duty |
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April 11, 1840 - March 4, 1841 |
To duty, New York Navy Yard (signed by Cmdr. J. Renshaw, shipyard commandant) |
New York, NY | Ordinary |
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April 30, 1840 |
Married Eleanor Marshall, St. Paul's Catholic Church, Portsmouth, VA |
Portsmouth, VA | |
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March 4, 1841 - June 17, 1841 |
To duty, USS North Carolina (signed by Cmdr. J. Renshaw; endorsed by J. Gallagher, Captain) |
New York, NY | Navy Yard |
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June 21, 1841 - July 18, 1842 |
To duty, Acting Gunner, US Frigate Brandywine, attached to Mediterranean Squadron (signed by G. E. Badger; arrival endorsed on June 21, 1841 by M. C. Perry, Cmdr., NY Navy Yard) |
New York, NY | Mediterranean |
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August 10, 1842- November 18, 1843 |
To duty, Washington Navy Yard (signed by A. P. Upshur, SecNav, to Captain Kennon) |
Washington, DC | Navy Yard |
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January 14, 1843 |
Appointed Gunner, to date from June 1, 1841 (signed by A. P. Upshur, SecNav) |
Appointment | |
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August 12, 1843 |
Ordered to report to Cmdr. Chauncey at Richmond, VA for duty in connection with inspection of cannon (when relieved, resumed duties at Washington Navy Yard) |
Inspection | |
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November 18, 1843 - October 1, 1846 |
US Frigate Constitution ("Around the World" cruise) (signed by David Denshaw) |
Portsmouth, VA | Circumnavigation |
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October 1, 1846 - March 1, 1847 |
Detached from US Frigate Constitution at Boston; to duty at New York Navy Yard (signed by J. Y. Mason) |
New York, NY | Navy Yard |
| March 3, 1847 - February 9, 1848 | US Brig Hecla | Portsmouth, VA | Gulf of Mexico |
| February 12-23, 1848 | USS Cumberland (as a supernumerary) | Vera Cruz, México | Home Fleet |
| March 14, 1848 | Commendation (signed by T. A. Jenkins) | Pensacola, FL | Commendation |
| April 21, 1848 - July 6, 1848 | US Store Ship Relief | Pensacola, FL | Funeral Escort |
| July 25, 1848 - June 15, 1849 | Gosport Navy Yard | Portsmouth, VA | Navy Yard |
| June 22, 1849 - October 11, 1850 | US Sloop John Adams | Boston, MA | West Africa |
| October 11, 1850 |
Commendation (signed by R. B. Pegram, USS John Adams) |
Commendation | |
| October 15, 1850 |
Commendation (signed by L. M. Powell, USS John Adams) |
Commendation |
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