Old naval days; sketches from the life of Rear Admiral William Radford, U S N. . iumphal arches dedicated tohira during his extraordinary journey. Referring to that earlier occasion of which Levasseur speaks,we read in his diary: The day of our arrival at Staten Island,whilst the General was receiving the congratulations of the peoplefrom the balcony of the Vice Presidents house (Vice PresidentTompkins) a rainbow, one of whose limbs enveloped and tingedFort La Fayette with a thousand colors, appeared. The multi-tude, struck with the beauty and opportuneness of the circum-stance, exclaimed that
Old naval days; sketches from the life of Rear Admiral William Radford, U S N. . iumphal arches dedicated tohira during his extraordinary journey. Referring to that earlier occasion of which Levasseur speaks,we read in his diary: The day of our arrival at Staten Island,whilst the General was receiving the congratulations of the peoplefrom the balcony of the Vice Presidents house (Vice PresidentTompkins) a rainbow, one of whose limbs enveloped and tingedFort La Fayette with a thousand colors, appeared. The multi-tude, struck with the beauty and opportuneness of the circum-stance, exclaimed that * Heaven was in unison with America incelebrating the happy arrival of the Friend of the Country. Thus, upon the eve of his sixteenth birthday, did WilliamRadford set forth, under this heaven-sent insignia, to ascertainwhence were coming and whither were going these many fairships with their spreading sails on which so great a portion ofhis eventful life was henceforth to be spent, A list of the officers who sailed upon that cruise has been ^ Commodore Morriss S o LA FAYETTE 27 recently brought to light amongst papers of my fathers, and itmay interest some of their descendants. Captain, Charles Morris1st Lt. Francis H. Gregory2nd Lt. Blanden Dulany3rd Lt. Ralph Voorhes4th Lt. Thomas Freelon5th Lt. Irvine Shiibnck6th Lt. David G. Farragut */th Lt. John MarstonPurser, Edward N. Cox Surgeon, Wm. BirchmoreSurgeons Mate, Wm. PlumsteadSurgeons Mate, John BrookeSaihng Master, Ehsha Peck (Com-missioned Lieutenant, 1826)Captain Marines, Thomas S. Eng-lishLieutenant Marines, William Midshipmen Samuel Barron, VirginiaThomas W. Brent, Dist. of M. Bache, Phila., D. Belton, GeorgiaJohn B. Cutting, Dist. of ColumbiaJohn A. Davis, LouisianaEzra T. Doughty, Nev\^ YorkCharles W. Gay, MassachusettsPaul H. Haynes, South CarolinaHenry Hoff, South CarolinaHarry Ingersoll, Philadelphia, F. Irving, New YorkAndrew M. Irwin, Pennsylvania Kinse
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