A captain's clerk was a rating, now obsolete, in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy for a person employed by the captain to keep his records, correspondence...
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Japan, 794-1869, p. 323. Sewall, John. (1905). The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas, p. lxiv; Cullen, Louis. (2003). A History...
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Logbook of the Captain's Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas, pp. xxxiv-xxxv, xlix, lvi. Sewall, John S. (1905). The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk: Adventures...
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Shark (Schooner), 1821-46". Sewall, John S. (1905). The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas, p. xxxvi. Griffis, William Elliot. (1887)...
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July 1822 Langley,Ibid. Sewall, John S. (1905). The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas, p. xxxi. Van Zandt, Howard (1984). Pioneer...
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158, 179. Cullen, p. 172. Sewall, John S. (1905). The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas, pp. xxxiv-xxxv, xlix, lvi. Tate, Cassandra...
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Tokyo. Sissons (2008), p.261. Sewall, John. (1905). The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas, pp. xxxiv-xxxv, xlix, lvi. "Perry Ceremony...
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each ship was to have one yeoman of the gun room and one captain's clerk. The captain's clerk was the ancestor of the modern yeoman. Both of these positions...
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and two master's mates, four midshipmen, an assistant surgeon, and a captain's clerk. The rest of the men were the crew, or the 'lower deck'. They slept...
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Captain Bligh has brought this on himself." Christian originally thought to cast Bligh adrift in Bounty's small jolly boat, together with his clerk John...
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yeomen were Yeoman of the Gunroom and the Captain's Clerk. Petty officers were appointed by the ship's captain, and served at his pleasure. They did not...
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Naval Institute Press. Sewall, John S. (1905). The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas, Bangor, Maine: Chas H. Glass & Co. [reprint...
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this Bache joined the United States Navy in August 1855, serving as captain's clerk aboard the sloop-of-war Saratoga until May 1857. He then briefly served...
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appointed by the captains of the ships, respectively, in which they are to be employed, viz: two master's mates, one captain's clerk, two boatswain's...
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honor Frederick D. Stuart, the captain's clerk of the expedition. Prevost Harbor is named for James Charles Prevost, captain of HMS Satellite. Nearby Prevost...
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Thomas Westbrook Waldron (1814–1844) was a captain's clerk on the Wilkes Expedition, and the first United States consul to Hong Kong. His service to the...
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and loblolly boy aboard ship. Barret Bonden: Captain's Coxswain on Surprise. Preserved Killick: Captain's Steward on Surprise. Mr Bulkeley: Bosun on Surprise...
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rank, whereby a lieutenant was appointed to command a vessels without a captain's commission (and the associated seniority and privileges). By the 1790s...
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confrontation between Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian at the heart of the mutiny. Ellison described himself as continuing to obey the captain's orders to "clap...
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a Continental man of war was instead fulfilled by petty officers: captain's clerks and stewards. Ship's provisions were drawn from Continental Agents...
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Funafuti in The insect fauna of Funafuti. Harry Clifford Fassett, captain's clerk and photographer, recorded people, communities and scenes at Funafuti...
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Japanese Historian Visits the U.S.A. (1960) A Diary of William Cleveland: Captain's Clerk on Board the Massachusetts (1965), transcribed and annotated by Madoka...
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York, and was married to Olivia Toffey, the aunt of Daniel Toffey, captain's clerk of the USS Monitor. He was appointed midshipman in the Navy on January...
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examination, other of the eldest pair in midshipman's berth. Elijah Butcher: Captain's clerk, who aids Aubrey in his regular records for Humboldt of the temperature...
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death on December 9, 1953. In 1889 Fassett jointed USFC Albatross as a captain's clerk. In 1893 and 1894 Fassett was engaged in chart-making on the Northern...
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Encyclopedia article about "USS Constitution". Official website The Captain's Clerk (Archived 23 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine) – Extensive sources...
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well when in the Royal Navy. Barret Bonden: Captain's Coxswain on the Surprise. Preserved Killick: Captain's Steward on the Surprise. Awkward Davies: Able...
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small proportion of her officers became casualties, with only the captain's clerk, Richard Hurrell, being wounded. After the battle Collingwood transferred...
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To help save his brother from the same fate, he ships him aboard as captain's clerk with the rank of midshipman. The Delaware escapes from blockaded New...
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on Pacific atolls. During that visit, Harry Clifford Fassett, the captain's clerk and a photographer, took pictures of people, communities, and scenery...
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