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Page 57
... shot a good distance with considerable force . The twenty - four pounders were eight feet long and weighed forty - five hundred pounds . Carronades were not used in the United States navy before 1799 , being first placed , it is said ...
... shot a good distance with considerable force . The twenty - four pounders were eight feet long and weighed forty - five hundred pounds . Carronades were not used in the United States navy before 1799 , being first placed , it is said ...
Page 58
... shot , or two round balls , according to the distance at which the enemy fight . " The weight of shot varied , and Cooper found upon investigation that French shot were considerably heavier than American shot of the same denomination ...
... shot , or two round balls , according to the distance at which the enemy fight . " The weight of shot varied , and Cooper found upon investigation that French shot were considerably heavier than American shot of the same denomination ...
Page 65
... shot were fired at her before she surrendered . She proved to be the French priva- teer schooner Croyable , of twelve guns , from Cape François , having left that port June 19. Her cap- tain's story was that he fled from the Delaware ...
... shot were fired at her before she surrendered . She proved to be the French priva- teer schooner Croyable , of twelve guns , from Cape François , having left that port June 19. Her cap- tain's story was that he fled from the Delaware ...
Page 90
... shots of her , when , to the astonishment of all hands , she attempted by short stretches to get to windward of us directly under our battery , but in this she failed , for we soon brought her to , our third shot having gone effectually ...
... shots of her , when , to the astonishment of all hands , she attempted by short stretches to get to windward of us directly under our battery , but in this she failed , for we soon brought her to , our third shot having gone effectually ...
Page 93
... as soon as I got in a position for every shot to do execution I answered 1 Brown , ch . xii , xiii , xiv ; Mass . Mercury , March 29 , 1799 . by commencing a close and successful engagement which lasted until EVENTS OF 1799 93.
... as soon as I got in a position for every shot to do execution I answered 1 Brown , ch . xii , xiii , xiv ; Mass . Mercury , March 29 , 1799 . by commencing a close and successful engagement which lasted until EVENTS OF 1799 93.
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Page 296 - It shall be lawful for the ships of war of either party, and privateers, freely to carry whithersoever they please, the ships and goods taken from their enemies, without being obliged to pay any duty to the officers of the admiralty or any other judges ; nor shall such prizes be arrested or seized...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 291 - It shall not be lawful for any foreign privateers, not belonging to subjects of the Most Christian King nor citizens of the said United States, who have commissions from any other Prince or State in enmity with either nation, to fit their ships in the ports of either the one or the other of the aforesaid parties...
Page 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 vessel's or ship's roll, or other public documents, that those men were part of the said crews ; and, on this demand so proved, (saving, however, where the contrary is proved,) the delivery shall not be refused.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 297 - ... no shelter or refuge shall be given in their ports to such as shall have made...
Page 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...