Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ:
Agha Florida n'afọ 1841, ma nọrọ n'ụgbọ mmiri maka njem ya gburugburu ụwa n'afọ 1843<unk>1845, na-ebute ndị agha America mbụ na China. N'agha Mexico na America, o sonyere na ijide Alvarado, Veracruz, na Tuxpan. Ọ ghọrọ onye isi na July 15, 1847, na onye lieutenant na February 5, 1848. Mgbe ọ na-eje ozi na frigate, ọ gara na Matthew C. Perry na Japan na 1853, n'oge nke Preble nyochara ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri dị iche iche na Far East.