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Day in the Life

May 8, 1838

Journal Entry

May 08, 1838 ~ Tuesday

8th We walked to the navy yard at Portsmouth N. H. & spent several hours visiting it which was an interes-
ting sight we had a view of the war ships, the cannon, the balls, the shot &c we visited one frigate of 60
guns & one ship a man of war of 120 guns. I paced her upper deck & found her to be 14 rods in length &
3 rods in wedth at midship & about 90 feet in hight we also visited the building containing her spars & rig-
ging. I should judge her anchors would weigh two tons each. O how many inventions man hath sought out
to shed the blood of his fellow man. We then walked to Newburyport (Essex County) ^{[illegible shorthand]}^ Massachusetts 20 miles
from thence to Georgetown formerly New Rowley Essex County Mass & spent the night at father Nathaniel Holmes 35 m[iles]

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Holmes, Nathaniel
15 Aug 1775 - 20 Feb 1849
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Georgetown, Essex County, Massachusetts
New Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts
Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal
On the I parted with Mrs. Woodruff and Father Carter and family, and in company with Milton Holmes walked thirty-three miles towards Portsmouth, which city we reached the following day and spent several hours there, visiting the navy yard. We then walked to George- town, formerly New Rowley, and spent the night with Father Nathaniel Holmes.
Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine
On the I parted with Mrs. Woodruff and Father Carter and family, and in company with Milton Holmes walked thirty-three miles towards [[Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire|Ports-
Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
and on the walked to the Navy-yard Portsmouth N. H. Here we spent several hours and had an interesting view of the war ships cannon balls shot &c. We visited one frigate of sixty guns and a ship of war of 120 guns We also visited the building where her rigging anchors &c were kept. We then walked 20 miles farther to Georgetown making a distance in the day of 35 miles.

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May 8, 1838