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... close . The kind attention of several friends de- serves my thanks ; and the very considerable aid afforded me by Mr. Nathaniel F. Deering , of Portland , and by Mr. George H. Preble , Passed Midshipman of the United States navy ...
... close . The kind attention of several friends de- serves my thanks ; and the very considerable aid afforded me by Mr. Nathaniel F. Deering , of Portland , and by Mr. George H. Preble , Passed Midshipman of the United States navy ...
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... close application to study was not suited to his temperament , and his proficiency was not remarkable . Still , the foundation for an education was laid , and , profiting by the opportunities for the acquisition of knowledge , which ...
... close application to study was not suited to his temperament , and his proficiency was not remarkable . Still , the foundation for an education was laid , and , profiting by the opportunities for the acquisition of knowledge , which ...
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... close , and hard fought , and was terminated , at about an hour after its commencement , by the Duff's taking fire and blowing up . Many of her crew jumped overboard , and fifty - five were saved by the boats of the Protector ...
... close , and hard fought , and was terminated , at about an hour after its commencement , by the Duff's taking fire and blowing up . Many of her crew jumped overboard , and fifty - five were saved by the boats of the Protector ...
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... close , we learn , that , while upon his last foreign enterprise , he was captured by a French pirate , plundered of his property , and detained for several months . The recollections of surviving friends enable us further to state ...
... close , we learn , that , while upon his last foreign enterprise , he was captured by a French pirate , plundered of his property , and detained for several months . The recollections of surviving friends enable us further to state ...
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... close of the last century , brought Preble into public life a second time . Prior to that period , though we possessed a few ships of war , it can hardly be said that we had an organized naval estab- lishment . In the preparations to ...
... close of the last century , brought Preble into public life a second time . Prior to that period , though we possessed a few ships of war , it can hardly be said that we had an organized naval estab- lishment . In the preparations to ...
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