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| + | it appeard to be glideing away behind, and at last disappearing behind the deep blue sea. We had a very pleasant voige, and passed many vessels on our way. On the 5th in the P.M. we stoped in the Chesapeak bay and cast anchor to lay till morning. | ||
| + | Sept 6th A fine day, and we proceded up the Potomac river which was a splendid oportunity for us to give our eyes a feast for they had got hungary for land, for we had [eaven?] been out of sight of land a part of the time after leaving Boston. Many fine residents and plantations wer visible upon the Meryland side of the river, but the Va side had desolate look generaly. We hove to near Alexandria Va in the P.M. and staid all night. | ||
| + | " 7th We left the good old Marrymack which had brot us so many miles over the deep and took small steamboats for Washington DC. a distance of some six miles. We landed and soon wer marched to the arcenal grounds and into the building and was armed and equiped for the first | ||
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� 6 On the Transport Marimack
it appeard to be glideing away behind, and at last disappearing behind the deep blue sea. We had a very pleasant voige, and passed many vessels on our way. On the 5th in the P.M. we stoped in the Chesapeak bay and cast anchor to lay till morning.
Sept 6th A fine day, and we proceded up the Potomac river which was a splendid oportunity for us to give our eyes a feast for they had got hungary for land, for we had [eaven?] been out of sight of land a part of the time after leaving Boston. Many fine residents and plantations wer visible upon the Meryland side of the river, but the Va side had desolate look generaly. We hove to near Alexandria Va in the P.M. and staid all night. " 7th We left the good old Marrymack which had brot us so many miles over the deep and took small steamboats for Washington DC. a distance of some six miles. We landed and soon wer marched to the arcenal grounds and into the building and was armed and equiped for the first