Journal of a Cruise onboard the United States Frigate Raritan bearing the broad Pendant of Commodore Dan'l Turner, Francis H. Gregory Esq., Captain. Leonard Henry Lyne, United States Frigate Raritan August 22nd 1844, 1844, Aug. 22 - 1846, Sept. 4.

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Journal of a Cruise onboard the United States Frigate Raritan bearing the broad Pendant of Commodore Dan'l Turner, Francis H. Gregory Esq., Captain. Leonard Henry Lyne, United States Frigate Raritan August 22nd 1844, 1844, Aug. 22 - 1846, Sept. 4.

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The journal kept by Leonard Henry Lyne, also signed by Capt. Francis Hoyt Gregory. Detailed daily entries record daily events, orders, events on board, rations, enforcing the naval blockade, prizes captures, encounters with foreign vessels, etc. The journal covers the Raritan's South America cruise ( from August 22, 1844 to March 1846) and its subsequent service in the Mexican War as part of the Home Squadron's blockade of the east coast of Mexico and then, jointly with the U.S.S. Potomac, reinforcing the military depot at Point Isabel from May to September 1846.

346 pages, 27 cm, bound volume.

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Henry Edmond Gregory was born on May 30, 1839. His father, Rear Admiral Francis H. Gregory (1789-1866) served in the navy throughout most of the first half of the 19th century. His mother was named Elizabeth, and he had at least 3 siblings: John, Hugh, and Mary. The Gregory family lived in New Haven after 1850. Henry left for Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1858, where he worked in a foundry. In June 1860, he moved to Niobrara, Nebraska, where he remained for about a year, working as a merchant a...

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Leonard Henry Lyne (b. 1835), appointed midshipman on Sept. 10, 1841; passed midshipman on Aug. 10, 1847; master on Sept. 14, 1855, Lieutenant, Sept. 15 September, 1855. Dismissed on Oct. 7, 1857. In May 1861, Lyne was commissioned Lieutenant of Virginia Navy. U. S. Frigate Raritan was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and launched 13 June 1843. The Raritan, commanded by Capt. Francis H. Gregory, served the flagship of Commodore Daniel Turner, then the commander of Bra...

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