History of the American Privateers, and Letters-of-marque: During Our War with England in the Years 1812, '13, and '14. Interspersed with Several Naval Battles Between American and British Ships-of-war |
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... passed without effect . British cruisers have been in the practice also of violating the rights and the peace of our coasts . They hover over and ha- rass our entering and departing commerce . To the most insult- ing pretensions , they ...
... passed without effect . British cruisers have been in the practice also of violating the rights and the peace of our coasts . They hover over and ha- rass our entering and departing commerce . To the most insult- ing pretensions , they ...
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... passed off without any serious consequences , and it was hoped , by a considerable portion of the peo- ple , that England would refrain from further aggressions . This hope , however , was delusive , and so far from making reparation ...
... passed off without any serious consequences , and it was hoped , by a considerable portion of the peo- ple , that England would refrain from further aggressions . This hope , however , was delusive , and so far from making reparation ...
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... passed . At seven o'clock in the eve- ning , the boats of the Constitution were again ahead the ship steering S.W. W. with an air so light as to be almost imperceptible . At half past seven , she sounded in twenty - four fathoms . For ...
... passed . At seven o'clock in the eve- ning , the boats of the Constitution were again ahead the ship steering S.W. W. with an air so light as to be almost imperceptible . At half past seven , she sounded in twenty - four fathoms . For ...
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... passed on the contrary tack , so near that it was thought by some who observed the movement that she ought to have opened her fire upon the Constitution . But as that vessel was only a twelve - pounder frigate , and she was still at a ...
... passed on the contrary tack , so near that it was thought by some who observed the movement that she ought to have opened her fire upon the Constitution . But as that vessel was only a twelve - pounder frigate , and she was still at a ...
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... passed off to leeward , and another sight was again obtained of the enemy . The Belvidera , the nearest ship , had altered her bearing in that short period nearly two points more to leeward , and was a long way astern . The next nearest ...
... passed off to leeward , and another sight was again obtained of the enemy . The Belvidera , the nearest ship , had altered her bearing in that short period nearly two points more to leeward , and was a long way astern . The next nearest ...
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action Algeciras American privateer arrived ballast Baltimore battle blockade boats Bordeaux Boston bound Brig Britain British British brig British government British ship broadside burnt burthen Cape Capt CAPTURED BY PRIVATEERS carronades cartel Charleston chase coast colors commanded commenced Commodore crew David Porter Decatur divested Dolphin dry-goods enemy enemy's England English escape fire fleet France frigate full cargo Gibraltar Guerriere guns half-past Halifax hauled hhds honor Island Jamaica John killed La Rochelle laden with fish laden with sugar letter-of-marque letter-of-marque schooner lieutenant Lisbon Liverpool London man-of-war Martinique nations Newfoundland Nova Scotia o'clock officers Philadelphia Portsmouth prisoners priva private armed prize-master PRIZES CAPTURED Rattlesnake rigging sail Saucy Jack schooner seamen sent into Charleston sent into Portland sent into Salem sent into Savannah shot Sloop sloop-of-war soon tacked taken Teazer tons took tured United valuable cargo valuable vessel wind windward wine wounded Yankee York
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Page 404 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Page 405 - ... the several islands lying within the said rivers, lakes and water communications, do respectively belong, in conformity with the true intent of the said treaty of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three.
Page xvii - Under pretended blockades, without the presence of an adequate force, and sometimes without the practicability of applying one, our commerce has been plundered in every sea, the great staples of our country have been cut off from their legitimate markets ; and a destructive blow aimed at our agricultural and maritime interests.
Page xv - British cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects.
Page xxi - In reviewing the conduct of Great Britain towards the United States, our attention is necessarily drawn to the warfare, just renewed by the savages, on one of our extensive frontiers; a warfare, which is known to spare neither age nor sex, and to be distinguished by features peculiarly shocking to humanity. It is difficult to account for the...
Page 402 - Doctor of Civil Laws ; — and the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, has appointed John Quincy Adams, James A. Bayard, Henry Clay, Jonathan Russell, and Albert Gallatin, Citizens of the United States ; who, after a reciprocal communication of their respective full Powers, have agreed upon the following Articles : I.
Page xv - ... vessels in a situation where no laws can operate but the law of nations and the laws of the country to which the vessels belong ; and a self-redress is assumed which, if British subjects were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is that substitution of force for a resort to the responsible sovereign which falls within the definition of war.
Page xxii - ... other belligerents; and more especially that the British cabinet would not, for the sake of a precarious and surreptitious intercourse with hostile markets, have persevered in a course of measures which necessarily put at hazard the invaluable market of a great and growing country, disposed to cultivate the mutual advantages of an active commerce.
Page xvi - The practice, hence is so far from affecting British subjects alone that, under the pretext of searching for these, thousands of American citizens, under the safeguard of public law and of their national flag, have been torn from their country and from everything dear to them...
Page 414 - In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed, having signed the same -with my hand.