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... miles distant , and Chorilos a small place containing but a few huts . A party of us visited Lima a short time since , where we spent four days very pleasantly . The city may still be styled one of the richest cities in the world ...
... miles distant , and Chorilos a small place containing but a few huts . A party of us visited Lima a short time since , where we spent four days very pleasantly . The city may still be styled one of the richest cities in the world ...
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... miles , and found the frigate Columbia , bearing the broad pennant of Commodore Read , which came in the day preceding . These islanders have made less advance in civiliza- tion than the people of the Sandwich Islands ; for although ...
... miles , and found the frigate Columbia , bearing the broad pennant of Commodore Read , which came in the day preceding . These islanders have made less advance in civiliza- tion than the people of the Sandwich Islands ; for although ...
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... miles from the African coast . " ** In another place Lieutenant Foote happily describes the physical conformation of the African sea - coast , which has had , and will ever have , its influence upon the commerce of that continent ...
... miles from the African coast . " ** In another place Lieutenant Foote happily describes the physical conformation of the African sea - coast , which has had , and will ever have , its influence upon the commerce of that continent ...
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... mile would tell effectively ; * even beyond that they would not be comfortable customers for an enemy . Always ricochet the shot when the water is smooth enough ; but with the shells keep the gun up about half a degree , so that the ...
... mile would tell effectively ; * even beyond that they would not be comfortable customers for an enemy . Always ricochet the shot when the water is smooth enough ; but with the shells keep the gun up about half a degree , so that the ...
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... miles with- out obtaining sight of the Beaton , she returned . The com- mander of the Cyclops addressed a letter to Lieutenant Foote , saying that he had noticed the sailing of the Louisa Beaton ; that he had suspected her of being a ...
... miles with- out obtaining sight of the Beaton , she returned . The com- mander of the Cyclops addressed a letter to Lieutenant Foote , saying that he had noticed the sailing of the Louisa Beaton ; that he had suspected her of being a ...
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A. H. FOOTE Admiral Foote Africa ANDREW HULL FOOTE Army attack Barrier Forts batteries battle BATTLE OF BELMONT BENTON boats Bureau of Equipment Cairo capture Carondelet Cincinnati Clarksville Cloth coast Columbus Commander Foote Commodore Commodore Foote Conestoga crew cruise Cumberland DEAR Department Donelson duty enemy fight fire Flag-Officer flag-ship FLAG-STEAMER fleet flotilla Foote's Fort Donelson Fort Henry Fort Pillow Gideon give gun-boats guns Halleck heavy Henry honor hope hundred iron-clad Island Joseph Smith land letter Lexington Lieutenant Foote Lieutenant-Commanding Louis Madrid Memphis miles Mississippi morning mortar-boats mortars Mound City Naval Forces Navy Yard night obedient servant officers Perry Phelps Pillow Pittsburg Pope port Portsmouth rams ready rebel received respectfully sailed sailors Secretary sent shells ship shore shot slaver soon squadron steamer Stembel Tennessee River thing tion troops vessels vols Washington West Western flotilla Western Waters wounded
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