Washington, D.C., December 9, 1814. Patriotic vignettes of an eagle with wings spread at top center and battle flags, cannons, and cannon balls, across the bottom. Paper Seal of the Department of the Navy affixed at lower center. Appointment of George B. McCulloch as “Lieutenant in the Navy.” By 1820, Lieutenant George B. McCulloch was stationed in Philadelphia as a recruiting officer. The Navy reported that on December 31, 1827, Lieutenant George B. McCulloch of the U.S.S. Constitution had died ”of disease” and was buried ashore in Port Mahon, on the Spanish island of Minorca, the next day. Benjamin W. Crowninshield (1772-1851) served as Secretary of the Navy from 1814-1818 in the cabinets of Presidents James Madison and James Monroe. He was elected to represent Massachusetts in Congress as an Adams-Clay Republican in 1822, reelected as an Adams candidate in 1824 and 1826, and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian in 1828, serving in the House of Representatives from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1831.