The Rochester Daily Democrat
August 22, 1849, page 2, column 3
A Female Sailor From Rochester 

A letter received in Nantucket from Consul at Paita, states that the ship Christopher Mitchell, of that port, touched at Paita on the 6th of July, to land a female who shipped at Nantucket as a green hand, under the name of George Johnson;  but who, upon her sex being known, gave her real name as Ann Johnson, daughter of George Johnson, living n this city, at 22 Oak street, a shoemaker by trade.   Her appearance is said to be that of a good looking boy of 16 or 17 years.   She did her duty cheerfully, going aloft to take in sail in the heaviest weather and has taken her regular mast-heads and helms all the voyage.  We understand from persons who were acquainted with the parents of this girl, that they have gone west, probably to Detroit.