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... Bainbridge and his Asso- ciates in Prison . - Correspondence between the two Officers . - Difficulty of supplying our Countrymen in Prison at Tripoli with Cloth- ing , Money , and Stores . - Kindness of the Bashaw's Prime Minister , and ...
... Bainbridge and his Asso- ciates in Prison . - Correspondence between the two Officers . - Difficulty of supplying our Countrymen in Prison at Tripoli with Cloth- ing , Money , and Stores . - Kindness of the Bashaw's Prime Minister , and ...
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... sub- jects of Tripoli ; while in August , Bainbridge , in the Philadelphia , had made prize of another of his vessels , the Mirboka , of twenty - two guns and ninety - eight men , which cruiser had 42 AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY .
... sub- jects of Tripoli ; while in August , Bainbridge , in the Philadelphia , had made prize of another of his vessels , the Mirboka , of twenty - two guns and ninety - eight men , which cruiser had 42 AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY .
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... Bainbridge , which confirmed and gave the particulars of the disaster . The accident happened on the 31st of October , near the town , and just as the Philadelphia was abandoning the chase of a Tripolitan cruiser bound in , and was ...
... Bainbridge , which confirmed and gave the particulars of the disaster . The accident happened on the 31st of October , near the town , and just as the Philadelphia was abandoning the chase of a Tripolitan cruiser bound in , and was ...
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... Bainbridge , with the concurrence of his officers , who deemed further delay or opposition to be fruitless , ordered his flag to be lowered ; hoping , as directions had been given to injure her bottom by the boring of holes , that she ...
... Bainbridge , with the concurrence of his officers , who deemed further delay or opposition to be fruitless , ordered his flag to be lowered ; hoping , as directions had been given to injure her bottom by the boring of holes , that she ...
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... the 16th of September , Bainbridge , in that frigate , was ordered to convoy from the Bay of Gib- raltar , and from Malaga , to such part of the Mediterranean as was necessary , whatever Amer- ican vessels might 50 AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY .
... the 16th of September , Bainbridge , in that frigate , was ordered to convoy from the Bay of Gib- raltar , and from Malaga , to such part of the Mediterranean as was necessary , whatever Amer- ican vessels might 50 AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY .
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