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Joseph Parrish was a midshipman in the U.S. Navy stationed aboard the U.S. frigate Congress, Commodore Robert F. Stockton's flagship. The Congress traveled the Pacific coast from San Francisco to Mazatlan during the Mexican-American War. Parrish's journal, dated October 8, 1846 to November 11, 1847, contains a list of officers onboard the Congress and describes events in the conquest of California, such as assumption of command of American forces by Stockton, July 23, 1846; occupation of Los Angeles, August 13, and of San Pedro, October 27; and capture of Guaymas and Mazatlan. Commodore Stockton returned to the U.S. on June 28, 1847, leaving Lieutenant John W. Livingston in command. The latter was succeeded by Captain E.A.F. Lavallette on July 20, 1847. The journal contains 71 leaves less

This logbook (3 vols.) of the frigate U.S.S. Congress contains entries made from September 16, 1845 through January 29, 1849. It appears to be a contemporary manuscript copy. The Congress was the flagship of Commodore Robert Field Stockton and covers his operations from the time of his departure from Norfolk, Virginia on September 16, 1845; the voyage around Cape Horn to the Sandwich Islands; the conquest of California; controversy with General Stephen W. Kearny; the occupation of Monterey; the organization of a military force and civil government in California; appointment of Colonel John C. Fremont as governor; departure from the ship at San Francisco on June 30, 1847; leaving Lieutenant John W. Livingston in command until July 20, 1847, when Captain Elie A. F. Lavallette assumed command and continued operations along the Mexican coast until the return to Norfolk, Virginia on January 29, 1849. There is a hiatus in the record from July 21, 1846 until January 8, 1847 less