Diary, 1848 Aug. 23-1849 Sep. 1.

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Diary, 1848 Aug. 23-1849 Sep. 1.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58774046

Shipboard diary, 1848 Aug. 23-1849 Sep. 1, kept by Passed Midshipman William Henry Weaver while serving aboard the U.S. Sloop of War, Portsmouth, with William M. Armstrong as commanding officer, on a voyage from Boston to Monrovia, Africa, and during his return voyage to New York aboard the bark Byron.

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