The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
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The general immediately responded to this petition , and ordered Captain George E. Pickett , 9th infantry , " to establish his company on Bellevue , or San Juan island , on some suitable position near the harbor at the southeastern ...
The general immediately responded to this petition , and ordered Captain George E. Pickett , 9th infantry , " to establish his company on Bellevue , or San Juan island , on some suitable position near the harbor at the southeastern ...
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... to all intents and purposes , a Span- ish ship ; her real captain and crew were Spanish ; the nominal cap- tain was an American , as was also another man , who died from the ill - treatment he received from the Spanish crew .
... to all intents and purposes , a Span- ish ship ; her real captain and crew were Spanish ; the nominal cap- tain was an American , as was also another man , who died from the ill - treatment he received from the Spanish crew .
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To which he replied , " Well , I might strain a point , and tell the captain the Dale was just near at hand . " The Dale is an American vessel of war , and capture by her would subject the offenders to the extreme punishment provided by ...
To which he replied , " Well , I might strain a point , and tell the captain the Dale was just near at hand . " The Dale is an American vessel of war , and capture by her would subject the offenders to the extreme punishment provided by ...
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In every case it is to be clearly understood , that the captain of a ship - of - war who determines to board & merchant vessel , must do so at his own risk and peril , and must remain responsible for all the con- sequences which may ...
In every case it is to be clearly understood , that the captain of a ship - of - war who determines to board & merchant vessel , must do so at his own risk and peril , and must remain responsible for all the con- sequences which may ...
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MY LORD : I have the honor to transmit to you herewith , for the information of her Britannic Majesty's government , extracts from the instructions of the 6th instant , given by the Navy Department to Captain William Inman , appointed ...
MY LORD : I have the honor to transmit to you herewith , for the information of her Britannic Majesty's government , extracts from the instructions of the 6th instant , given by the Navy Department to Captain William Inman , appointed ...
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| Title | The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
| Author | United States. President |
| Published | 1860 |
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