Our Naval War with FranceHoughton Mifflin, 1909 - 323 strani |
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... color by W. A. K. Martin , through the courtesy of Henry A. Martin , Esq . , of Ambler , Pa . BENJAMIN STODDERT . • སྐྱ་ 54 From the original painting by E. F. Andrews at the Navy Depart- ment , Washington . JOHN BARRY . 66 From the ...
... color by W. A. K. Martin , through the courtesy of Henry A. Martin , Esq . , of Ambler , Pa . BENJAMIN STODDERT . • སྐྱ་ 54 From the original painting by E. F. Andrews at the Navy Depart- ment , Washington . JOHN BARRY . 66 From the ...
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... colors and nearly came to blows before discovering each other's iden- tity . The stranger proved to be a British fifty - gun ship . After that a system of private signals was established by which American and British vessels might ...
... colors and nearly came to blows before discovering each other's iden- tity . The stranger proved to be a British fifty - gun ship . After that a system of private signals was established by which American and British vessels might ...
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... colors and boarded her . Her officers were French , but professed to be royalists ; her crew was very mixed , with many French and Spanish , and her papers were unsatisfactory . Nicholson therefore concluded that she was French , and ...
... colors and boarded her . Her officers were French , but professed to be royalists ; her crew was very mixed , with many French and Spanish , and her papers were unsatisfactory . Nicholson therefore concluded that she was French , and ...
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... colors — but crowding sail after us , and we presumed chasing the same vessels which we were . The Retaliation then dropped un- suspicious with her prize ( or rather could not avoid them ) close under their guns , when the headmost ...
... colors — but crowding sail after us , and we presumed chasing the same vessels which we were . The Retaliation then dropped un- suspicious with her prize ( or rather could not avoid them ) close under their guns , when the headmost ...
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... colors and fired into the Retaliation , while the other , the flagship Volontaire , 44 , ordered Bain- bridge on board . He had no alternative , and ac- cordingly struck his colors , went on board the Volontaire , and surrendered to ...
... colors and fired into the Retaliation , while the other , the flagship Volontaire , 44 , ordered Bain- bridge on board . He had no alternative , and ac- cordingly struck his colors , went on board the Volontaire , and surrendered to ...
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action Adams Amer American commerce American vessels April armed vessels arrived August Bainbridge Barry Boston brig British broadside Cape François Captain captured chase Chron claims coast colors Columbian Centinel command Commodore Congress Constellation consuls convoy crew cruise cruisers Curaçao David Porter December deck decree enemy English Essex February February 26 fire flag fleet force France French privateer frigate Genet Guadeloupe Guadeloupe station guns Havana Hist hoisted Insurgente Isaac Hull island Jacmel January Jay's treaty July July 26 June Letter Book Lieutenant Maley March March 22 marines Mass masts Mercury midshipman Murray naval Norfolk November officers ordered Pickering Porter ports pounders President prisoners prize recaptured returned rigging sail San Domingo schooner Secretary sent September ship shot soon spoliations squadron station Statutes at Large Stoddert Talbot Thomas Truxtun tion took treaty Truxtun United West Indies windward wounded
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Stran 294 - February, 1778, the treaty of amity and commerce of the same date, and the convention of the 14th of November, 1788, nor upon the indemnities mutually due or claimed, the parties will negotiate further on these subjects at a convenient time...
Stran 294 - ... shall address themselves to the courts, judges, and officers competent, and shall demand the said deserters in writing^ proving by an exhibition of the registers of the...
Stran 290 - It shall be lawful for the ships of war and privateers belonging to the said parties respectively to carry whithersoever they please the ships and goods taken from their enemies...
Stran 5 - ... it is the right of every nation to prohibit acts of sovereignty from being exercised by any other within its limits ; and the duty of a neutral nation to prohibit such as would injure one of the warring powers...
Stran 38 - I will never send another minister to France without assurances that he will be received, respected, and honored as the representative of a great, free, powerful, and independent nation.
Stran 40 - United States. Thinking in this manner, and feeling how incumbent it is upon every person, of every description, to contribute at all times to his country's welfare, and especially in a moment like the present, when every thing we hold dear and sacred is so seriously threatened, I have finally determined to accept the commission of Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States...
Stran 291 - ... also from one place belonging to an enemy to another place belonging to an enemy, whether they be under the jurisdiction of one power or under several.
Stran 292 - If the ships of the said subjects, people, or inhabitants, of either of the parties, shall be met with, either sailing along the coasts or on the high seas, by any ship of war of the other, or by any privateer, the said ship of war or privateer, for...
Stran 2 - The two parties guarantee mutually from the present time and forever against all other powers, to wit: The United States to His Most Christian Majesty, the present possessions of the Crown of France in America, as well as those which it may acquire by the future treaty of peace...
Stran 301 - Whether the ships thus denationalized by the arbitrary measures of the English government, enter into our ports, or those of our allies, or whether they fall into the hands of our ships of war, or of our privateers, they are declared to be good and lawful prizes. — Art. III. The British islands are declared to be in a state of blockade, both by land and sea.