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Page 61
... wrote to the Secretary , " I was well informed , that her situation was such as to render it impossible to bring her out ; and , her destruction being absolutely necessary to favor my intended operations against that city , I determined ...
... wrote to the Secretary , " I was well informed , that her situation was such as to render it impossible to bring her out ; and , her destruction being absolutely necessary to favor my intended operations against that city , I determined ...
Page 67
... wrote as follows . " Lieutenant Decatur is an officer of too much value to be neglected . The important service he has rendered in destroying an ene- my's frigate of forty guns , and the gallant manner in which he performed it , in a ...
... wrote as follows . " Lieutenant Decatur is an officer of too much value to be neglected . The important service he has rendered in destroying an ene- my's frigate of forty guns , and the gallant manner in which he performed it , in a ...
Page 79
... vulnerable to the United States in one way ; and that was , as he wrote to Preble , " by eight or ten thousand men landing near the town . This measure , or money , is the alter- native . " And with regard to a blockade , EDWARD PREBLE .
... vulnerable to the United States in one way ; and that was , as he wrote to Preble , " by eight or ten thousand men landing near the town . This measure , or money , is the alter- native . " And with regard to a blockade , EDWARD PREBLE .
Page 91
... wrote , in the jour- nal of his proceedings two days after Chaun- cey's arrival , " I cannot but regret , that our naval establishment is so limited , as to deprive me of the means and glory of completely sub- duing the haughty tyrant ...
... wrote , in the jour- nal of his proceedings two days after Chaun- cey's arrival , " I cannot but regret , that our naval establishment is so limited , as to deprive me of the means and glory of completely sub- duing the haughty tyrant ...
Page 110
... wrote , in December , 1803 , that Portu- gal had offered Algiers one million and two hundred thousand dollars for peace , and the ransom of three hundred and eighty captives , but that he supposed our two hundred and sev- enty - eight ...
... wrote , in December , 1803 , that Portu- gal had offered Algiers one million and two hundred thousand dollars for peace , and the ransom of three hundred and eighty captives , but that he supposed our two hundred and sev- enty - eight ...
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