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41 [there] the vessel lay all night; on Wednesday morning we pulled out to the [mouth] with cables &c, all of us working manfully, & then set sail with a brisk wind, which however is [nearly] ahead we tacked & tacked & at about 4 o'clock ran aground & stuck a small anchor or kedge (?), was dropped, astern & pulled at from the windlass; it drifted [off] at about sunset by itself leaving the anchor, to which they tied a buoy & cast anchor near the pass of lake Potchartrain On Thursday morn we set sail passed between the telegraphic posts past the Fort (what's it's name) & travelled to the place where we were to meet the lighter with our load of freight at Joe's island; cast anchor no lighter there none have come that day Friday morning Apr 25th What impatience no lighter yet Capt [D????] & Mr Stowe went out in a yawl & got aboard of a schooner that was going in, & in an hour or two came back, on [another schooner], with the lighter close behind Thank gracious we began to fear twould never come; the whole of Friday occupied in putting on the freight I went out a rowing several times today & yesterday in the yawl with Henry Snipes & Henry Hart like the exercise
Saturday April 26th We have weighed anchor, & are going ahead with a good light breeze, thankful to be under way at last We are passing thro' what are called the "Riggelees" (I spell as 'tis pronounced) We have 9 passengers aboard a pleasant [set] my roommate is a Mr Bradbury an agent for periodicals, the North American Review &c he was in my office in Cin a few weeks ago, soliciting subscriptions; then Mr Stowe & Mr [Smith] from Eufaula Jolly souls; The former a great seaman & the latter full of laughable 'yarns' then Henry Hart, a clever young merchant of Eufaula, spirited & full of joke, & Henry Snipes of the same place, formerly with me in the Tuskegee MIlitary School now grown to 6 feet 2 inches, full of fun & joke
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Drawing of a cornfield
Port Jackson sketched from my office door, on Sept 11th 1849
Store & office here in front on bank of the river
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Drawing of a bateau on the Chattahoochee River
Port Jackson as seen from the Chattahoochee River drawn from memory Correct representation Jan 22nd 1850
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Drawing showing a building several men a mule & a horse
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Drawing showing a bateau being poled along Besides the man doing the poling, there is a horse and a man holding an umbrella over his head on the boat