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 {| |width="15%"|1827 |width="85%"| |- | valign="top" |March 14 |Applied to Secretary of the Navy Samuel Southard for surveying duty. |- | valign="top" |March 31 |Son, John Wilkes, born. |- |1828 | |- | valign="top" |July 15 |Withdrew application for surveying duty and requested duty with proposed Exploring Expedition. |- | valign="top" |November 18 |Ordered to New York to procure instruments for Exploring Expedition. |- |1829 | |- | valign="top" |January 3 |Daughter, Jane Wilkes, born. |- |1830 | |- | valign="top" |April 21 |Ordered to Boston, Capt. George Storer, at New York; cruised to Mediterranean. |- | valign="top" |November 15 |Transferred to Fairfield, Capt. Foxhall Parker, at Port Mahon. |- |1831 | |- | valign="top" |May 10 |Detached from Fairfield and placed on leave awaiting orders. |- | valign="top" |December 7 |Ordered to Boxer, Lt. Benjamin Page, Jr., at Boston; orders cancelled because of ill health. |- |1832 | |- | valign="top" |May 14 |Ordered to Newport for duty in connection with survey of Narragansett Bay. |- |1833 | |- | valign="top" |February 4 |Son, Edmund Wilkes, born. |- | valign="top" |February 16 |Ordered to Washington to take charge of Depot of Charts and Instruments; reported for this duty March 12. |- |1834 | |- | valign="top" |September 10 |Requested permission of Board of Navy Commissioners to erect, at his own expense, a building on Capitol Hill to house an observatory. |- |1836 | |- | valign="top" |August 8 |Sailed for Europe from New York to purchase instruments and books for Exploring Expedition. |- |1837  | |- | valign="top" |March 15 |Asked by Secretary of the Navy Mahlon Dickerson to take a post in the astronomical department of Exploring Expedition.
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