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Jared Sparks. PREFACE . In the following pages , I have endeavored to give a plain and accurate narrative of the life and public services of the late Commodore Edward Preble , of the navy of the United States . Several sketches of this ...
Jared Sparks. PREFACE . In the following pages , I have endeavored to give a plain and accurate narrative of the life and public services of the late Commodore Edward Preble , of the navy of the United States . Several sketches of this ...
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... give the reader but a passing and an imperfect account . This period was devoted principally to commercial pursuits . The names of several schooners , brigs , and ships , which he com- manded , in which he went abroad as super- cargo ...
... give the reader but a passing and an imperfect account . This period was devoted principally to commercial pursuits . The names of several schooners , brigs , and ships , which he com- manded , in which he went abroad as super- cargo ...
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... gives the names of ten officers , and of sixty petty offi- cers , marines , and seamen ; total , seventy ; and seventy is the number stated in his letter to the Secretary of the Navy . But in the American State Papers , Vol . XIV . p ...
... gives the names of ten officers , and of sixty petty offi- cers , marines , and seamen ; total , seventy ; and seventy is the number stated in his letter to the Secretary of the Navy . But in the American State Papers , Vol . XIV . p ...
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... the 20th , directed to proceed to Messina , and give the Enterprise such repairs as were necessary to make her a safe vessel ; but , said the economical chief , " You are not to expend any money in ornamenting her . " And EDWARD PREBLE .
... the 20th , directed to proceed to Messina , and give the Enterprise such repairs as were necessary to make her a safe vessel ; but , said the economical chief , " You are not to expend any money in ornamenting her . " And EDWARD PREBLE .
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... give my successor all the assistance in my power . " It so happened , that Barron's presence was delayed until Preble's wishes , thus feelingly but nobly ex- pressed , were well nigh gratified . . As the other frigates were to leave ...
... give my successor all the assistance in my power . " It so happened , that Barron's presence was delayed until Preble's wishes , thus feelingly but nobly ex- pressed , were well nigh gratified . . As the other frigates were to leave ...
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addressed Admiral affairs Algiers American appear arrival Assembly attack Bainbridge Barron Bashaw batteries blockade boats bomb-vessels brig brigs and schooners Captain captives captured charge Chauncey Christian close Colonel Lear colony command Commodore Commodore's compelled Constitution Consul Council crew cruise Decatur despatch duty EDWARD PREBLE enemy engaged England Enterprise father fire flagship force friends frigate gentleman George Fox Gibraltar Governor gunboats guns harbor honor Hull hundred James James Barron John Adams joined King land letter liberty Lieutenant Lord Malta Mediterranean ment Minister month Nautilus naval navy officers peace Penn's Pennsylvania Philadelphia port Preble Preble's prisoners province Quakers ransom received religious remarked round shot sail Samuel Barron schooners Secretary sent ship shot Sir Alexander Ball Siren Society Somers soon squadron Stewart Syracuse tain Tangiers thousand dollars tion treaty Tripoli Tripolitan Tunis United vessels Vixen William Penn wrote