Our Naval War with FranceHoughton Mifflin, 1909 - 323 strani |
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... frigate actions and very many minor contests furnish some of the most stirring exploits in the early history of the navy . An examination of manuscript sources and con- temporary newspapers has brought to light much material never ...
... frigate actions and very many minor contests furnish some of the most stirring exploits in the early history of the navy . An examination of manuscript sources and con- temporary newspapers has brought to light much material never ...
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... Frigate of the Directory yielded to superior skill and bravery . Killed on board L'Insurgent 29. Wounded 46. Constellation 1 killed , 3 wounded . Force of the Constellation : Guns 36 , Men 310. Force of the Insurgent : 40 Guns , 18 ...
... Frigate of the Directory yielded to superior skill and bravery . Killed on board L'Insurgent 29. Wounded 46. Constellation 1 killed , 3 wounded . Force of the Constellation : Guns 36 , Men 310. Force of the Insurgent : 40 Guns , 18 ...
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... FRIGATE BOSTON " Frégate Américaine , faisant secher ses Voiles . Dessiné d'après Nature et gravé par Baugean . " From " Recueil de Navires de Guerre et Marchands de Diverses Nations " ( Paris , 1812 ) . By courtesy of Captain Arthur H ...
... FRIGATE BOSTON " Frégate Américaine , faisant secher ses Voiles . Dessiné d'après Nature et gravé par Baugean . " From " Recueil de Navires de Guerre et Marchands de Diverses Nations " ( Paris , 1812 ) . By courtesy of Captain Arthur H ...
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... frigate Embuscade in which he came he sent north at once , and she soon arrived at Phila- delphia , while he himself made the journey by land , after a halt of two weeks or more in Charleston . During his stay in the south Genet entered ...
... frigate Embuscade in which he came he sent north at once , and she soon arrived at Phila- delphia , while he himself made the journey by land , after a halt of two weeks or more in Charleston . During his stay in the south Genet entered ...
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... frigate Africa ; but Fauchet had previously landed at Stonington with his papers . The English captain , however , caused the minister's baggage on the sloop to be searched , and also sent an insulting letter to the governor of Rhode ...
... frigate Africa ; but Fauchet had previously landed at Stonington with his papers . The English captain , however , caused the minister's baggage on the sloop to be searched , and also sent an insulting letter to the governor of Rhode ...
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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.