Dorothy Whitmyer Farnath's Page

Hi again Dorothy,

I don't know if Howard Tourtellotte is part of your research, but there's a fascinating bit of his memorabilia I discovered at this website:
http://www.tenpound.com/182/76.html

It's the second item down the page with the following description:
"Manuscript. PAPERS OF APPRENTICE SEAMAN HOWARD TOURTELLOTTE, 1902-1907. This is a fascinating little archive. Tourtellotte trained on the USS Hartford 1902-1903, then shipped aboard the USS Brooklyn, of the old Atlantic Squadron, as an Apprentice Seaman, second class. In 1905, as flagship of Rear Adm. Sigsbee, the Brooklyn sailed for Cherbourg, France, to recover the body of John Paul Jones and return it for interment at the Naval Academy. Tourtellotte was a member of the party sent to Cherbourg to receive the body, and he records the transfer ceremony in great detail in his journal of the Brooklyn’s cruise. This journal takes up over 100 pages (the Jones business is described in a full eight pages) and features samples of shipboard printing from the Brooklyn, as well as contemporary news clippings and photographs. Also in the archive are a copy of the Brooklyn’s cruise book, 1903-1904, a copy of Marion’s “John Paul Jones’ Last Cruise” four photographs of Tourtellotte and fellow swabbies, photos of the Brooklyn and the Hartford, and Tourtellotte’s discharge papers. A very neat slice of history. The lot $850"