1875, ISBN: 9781130115536

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Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: . . . great sadness in America, and unbounded joy in England. 1 Another disaster followed the loss of the Chesapeake. It was the capture of the American brig Argus, Captain Allen, in August. The Argus, in the spring 1813, had conveyed Mr. Crawford, United States minister, to France, and for two months had greatly annoyed British shipping in the English Chan-They said, So much was done to alleviate the uncomfortable and distressing situation in which we were placed, when received on board the ship you command, that we can not better express our feelings than by saying, wo ceased to consider ourselves prisoners; and every thing that friendship could dictate, was adopted by you and the officers of the Hornet, to remedy the inconvenience we otherwise should have experienced, from the unavoidable loss of the whole of our property and clothes, by the sudden sinking of the Peacock, The crew of the Hornet divided their clothing with the prisoners. Captain James Lawrence was a native of New Jersey, and received a midshipmans warrant at the age of sixteen years. He was with Decatur at Tripoli page 392. He died four days after receiving the wound, at the age of thirty-one years. A beautiful monument, in the form of a truncated column and pedestal, waa erected to his memory in Trinity church-yard, New York. This, in time became dilapidated, and, a few years ago, a new one, of another form, was erected near the eouth entrance to the church, a few feet from Broadway. A writer of the time observed: Never did any victory--not those of Wellington in Spain, nor even those of Nelson--call forth such expressions of joy on the part of the British; a proof that our naval character had risen somewhat in their estimation. nel. Several vessels were Bent out to ca. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<