8th – Very mild day, no Frost last night Wind South – Roads deep. Went to Town return’d to Dinner –
From the journal of Captain Henry Thompson, February 8, 1814. Courtesy the Friends of Clifton.
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“Go and ask your mother” – George Nicholas Hollins joins the Navy
On February 8, 1814, 14-year-old George N. Hollins wrote a letter to his uncle Samuel Smith:
“Dear Uncle, I saw Commodore Perry and witnessed the honors paid him. I never was so pleased with the appearance of any person. Anxious to deserve similar honors and emulate his actions, I have taken the liberty to solicit your interest to procure me a midshipman’s commission in the navy.”
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