34 porter's journal. 



By attending to this request you will essentially oblige 

 me ; and by doing which you cannot possibly return, in 

 suitable manner, the heavy obligation I lie under to captain 

 Porter, for his very generous and humane conduct to me 

 whilst a prisoner on board his frigate. 



I remain, dear sirs, very respectfully, 

 Your most obedient servant, 



JAMES HEYWORTH. 

 American frigate Essex, at sea^ 

 December 13th, 1812, 



The Nocton proving to be a beautiful vessel, and well 

 calculated for the United States service, I took the liberty 

 of recommending her to the secretary of the navy as a 

 cruiser ; being anxious that one of the enemy's small ves- 

 sels should be taken into our service, to supply the place 

 of the Nautilus, which had been taken by the British a 

 short time before. 



The prize made sail to the northwest, and we pursued 

 our course to the southward. 



The following officers and men were sent on board her, 

 from this ship, to take her to the United States, viz. 

 Lieutenant Finch, commander Samuel Manly 

 Midshipman Thos. A, Conover Josiah Morris 

 John C. Porter William Sinclair 



John Godfrey Ramsay White 



John Hubbard William Klaer 



John Williams Charles Haigh 



William Bursell Berlin St. Rose 



Nicholas Ledworth 



A list of the prisoners sent in the brig, 

 p C Mr. James Heyworth James Rawe, 1st 



rassen- i ^j^^ ^j^^^ Watson James Rawe, 2(J 

 gers. ^ Rossendale Thomas Arthur 



Captain Robert Leonard Thomas Tongue 



Robert Rowe, sailing-master William Piggotte 

 William Pickert, Surgeon William Alexander 



Robert Sinclair, master's mate Samuel Rivers 

 Arthur Collins, carpenter William Thomas 



Thomas George, cook 



A hst of the prisoners kept on board the Essex* 

 Richard Jolm, boatswain Edward Dale 



