The Analectic Magazine, to which is Added, an Appendix of Official Naval Docments, Volume 1M. Thomas, 1813 |
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... ISAAC HULL . THERE are few employments more pleasing and useful than that of paying a just tribute to those who have honourably dis- tinguished themselves in the service of their country . It is pleas- ing , because it gives opportunity ...
... ISAAC HULL . THERE are few employments more pleasing and useful than that of paying a just tribute to those who have honourably dis- tinguished themselves in the service of their country . It is pleas- ing , because it gives opportunity ...
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6. Stuart Pine ! Engraved for the Analectic Magazine D. Edun se . the character and actions of any man , until he. ISAAC HULL ESQ " of the Mnited States Navy.
6. Stuart Pine ! Engraved for the Analectic Magazine D. Edun se . the character and actions of any man , until he. ISAAC HULL ESQ " of the Mnited States Navy.
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... ISAAC HULL was born at Derby , a small town in the state of Connecticut , about ten miles from New - Haven . He is a son of the gentleman who distinguished himself in the capture of some whale - boats in the Sound during ... ISAAC HULL . 227.
... ISAAC HULL was born at Derby , a small town in the state of Connecticut , about ten miles from New - Haven . He is a son of the gentleman who distinguished himself in the capture of some whale - boats in the Sound during ... ISAAC HULL . 227.
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... HULL , on the nineteenth of the ensuing August , with the same vessel , the same officers , and the same crew , falling in with a large frigate , which struck to him after a close action of thirty minutes . She proved to ... ISAAC HULL . 229.
... HULL , on the nineteenth of the ensuing August , with the same vessel , the same officers , and the same crew , falling in with a large frigate , which struck to him after a close action of thirty minutes . She proved to ... ISAAC HULL . 229.
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... country- men , and administer a little occasional adulation . The historian , if he does not absolutely falsify events , will naturally so detail them as to gild the successes and varnish the defeats CAPTAIN ISAAC HULL . 231.
... country- men , and administer a little occasional adulation . The historian , if he does not absolutely falsify events , will naturally so detail them as to gild the successes and varnish the defeats CAPTAIN ISAAC HULL . 231.
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