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THE

LIBRARY

OF

AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY.

CONDUCTED

BY JARED SPARKS.

SECOND SERIES.

VOL. XII.

BOSTON:

CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN.

HAR AND COLLEGE LIONARY

FROM THE LIDIARY OF

MRS. ELLEN HAVEN HOSS
JUNE 28, 1938

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1847, by
CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN,

in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

STEREOTYPED AT THE

BOSTON TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.

LIVES

OF

EDWARD PREBLE

AND

WILLIAM PENN,

BOSTON:

CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1847, by

CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN,

in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

STEREOTYPED AT THE

BOSTON TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.

Ancestors of the Prebles of Maine. General

Jedediah Preble and his Family. - Birth of

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Edward Preble. His early Life. He

makes a Voyage in a Privateer.

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Obtains

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a Midshipman's Warrant in the Massachu-

setts Marine, and joins the Protector, under

John Foster Williams.-Captured and sent

Prisoner to New York.. Released. -First

Lieutenant of the Winthrop, under George

Little. Performs a brilliant Exploit near

the Mouth of the Penobscot. At the Peace,

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he enters the Merchant Service. .

CHAPTER II.

Preble in the Merchant Service. - Appointed a

Lieutenant in the United States Navy.

Commands the Pickering.- Appointed a Cap-

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