The Library of American Biography, Volume 12C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1847 - United States |
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... Offered the Navy Agency at Bos- - ton , Measures attempted for the Restoration of his Health . His - Death . Funeral Honors . CHAPTER XI . Character of Commodore Preble . · 165 APPENDIX . No. I. The relative Force of the four Squad ...
... Offered the Navy Agency at Bos- - ton , Measures attempted for the Restoration of his Health . His - Death . Funeral Honors . CHAPTER XI . Character of Commodore Preble . · 165 APPENDIX . No. I. The relative Force of the four Squad ...
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... offered to him under circum- stances which " irresistibly excited sensations of sympathy and regret ; " but he continued , " to insist upon your retaining command of the Adams would be an act of inhumanity , which no state necessity ...
... offered to him under circum- stances which " irresistibly excited sensations of sympathy and regret ; " but he continued , " to insist upon your retaining command of the Adams would be an act of inhumanity , which no state necessity ...
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... offered less wages than the govern- ment had paid previously , and a third less than was given in the merchant service . The officer , who had charge of the boats at the navy yard , had suffered them to lie upon the ground without cover ...
... offered less wages than the govern- ment had paid previously , and a third less than was given in the merchant service . The officer , who had charge of the boats at the navy yard , had suffered them to lie upon the ground without cover ...
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... offered to go in with the Siren and cut out the Philadelphia ; and Decatur had proposed to run in for the same object with the Enterprise . Preble preferred a scheme of his own , and to employ the prize ketch , which had received the ...
... offered to go in with the Siren and cut out the Philadelphia ; and Decatur had proposed to run in for the same object with the Enterprise . Preble preferred a scheme of his own , and to employ the prize ketch , which had received the ...
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... offered to volunteer their services on the occasion . " Most of those who were actu- ally engaged in the affair were promoted ; and Decatur , the principal actor , was raised to a post - captain . The Commodore's letters to his friends ...
... offered to volunteer their services on the occasion . " Most of those who were actu- ally engaged in the affair were promoted ; and Decatur , the principal actor , was raised to a post - captain . The Commodore's letters to his friends ...
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Page 280 - ... distance from New Castle, northward and westward unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of northern latitude, and then by a straight line westward to the limits of longitude above mentioned.
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Page 280 - The said land to extend westward five degrees in longitude, to be computed from the said eastern bounds, and the said lands to be bounded on the north by the beginning of the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude, and on the south by a circle drawn at twelve miles...