Powell to Storer, reporting condition of ship’s battery and ordnance
Date
1849-10-22Abstract
This item forms part of a larger collection which contains a series of letters written from Commander Levin M. Powell of the USS John Adams to Commodore George W. Storer. Powell comments on the ships supplies and condition, his sailing orders, and the slave trade, while the ship was off the coast of Brazil, near Rio de Janeiro.