USS CONSTELLATION (1797): A LOG BOOK KEPT BY MIDSHIPMAN ADAM...

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USS CONSTELLATION (1797): A LOG BOOK KEPT BY MIDSHIPMAN ADAM S. KUHN, U.S. NAVY
Dated Friday November 12th 1819 to Sunday April 10th 1820, during which time the Constellation was the flagship of Commodore Charles Morris on the Brazil Station, commanded by John B. Nicolson; giving a detailed account of the ship's movements and featuring occasional sketches, titled respectively 1st View of Lobos 5 1/2 miles distant, 2nd View of Lobos 4 miles distant, Appearance of Black Point and the Sugarloaf Mount and Montevideo Hill 4 Miles Distant; half-leatherbound, with marbled boards, the upper cover titled in gilt leather, 4to

Note: onto the second free endpaper are pasted two newspaper extracts, transcribed below - 

American Daily Advertiser, Philadelphia.
Tuesday Morning, May 1 1921
Extract of a letter from the Commander of the U.S. Frigate Constellation, dated October 1829, on her voyage to the Pacific Ocean. 
A very painful duty has devolved on me, as Commander of this ship, and particularly so, as the subject of my letter was an ornament to his profession, and my friend. 
The late Mr. Kuhn, Midshipman on board this ship, departed this life on the 24th August last, after an illness of only four days. His complaint was Billious. Every attention and medical assistance was afforded him, but without avail. His mind was perfect to his last moments. His amiable deportment and mild manners had gained him the esteem of all on board; his loss was, therefore, the more severely felt. He had made himself master of his profession, and would, if he had have lived, have been an ornament to his profession. 
Adam S. Kuhn, youngest son of P [...] Kuhn, Esq. of Philadelphia. 

Extract of a letter from an officer on board the frigate Constellation, dated Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 25th 1820.
"Please communicate, for the information of his friends, of whom there must be many, the sudden death of Adam S. Kuhn, of Philadelphia, which took place on the 24th August last. - He was a young man of great merit, and a very promising officer. His complaint was a mortification of the bowels - every alleviation possible, was afforded him."