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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... wounded honor , of the in- jured party . An utter inability alone to resist , would justify a quiet surrender of our rights , and degrading submission to the will of others . To that condition the United States are not re- duced , nor ...
... wounded honor , of the in- jured party . An utter inability alone to resist , would justify a quiet surrender of our rights , and degrading submission to the will of others . To that condition the United States are not re- duced , nor ...
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... wounded , they receive pensions , and are provided for in sickness and old age . Now look at the other side of the picture : What had the captains and officers of privateers and letters - of - marque to expect from their country ? No ...
... wounded , they receive pensions , and are provided for in sickness and old age . Now look at the other side of the picture : What had the captains and officers of privateers and letters - of - marque to expect from their country ? No ...
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... wounded , and not a few were confined in filthy English prisons . And , what is the reply to all their petitions ? Why for- sooth , these men were engaged in cruising for prize- money and not for the interest of the country . That ...
... wounded , and not a few were confined in filthy English prisons . And , what is the reply to all their petitions ? Why for- sooth , these men were engaged in cruising for prize- money and not for the interest of the country . That ...
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... wounded men . At about half - past six o'clock in the evening , after the firing had ceased , I went on deck , and there beheld a scene which it would be difficult to describe : all the Guerriere's masts were shot away , and as she had ...
... wounded men . At about half - past six o'clock in the evening , after the firing had ceased , I went on deck , and there beheld a scene which it would be difficult to describe : all the Guerriere's masts were shot away , and as she had ...
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... wounded a few men . At this period Mr. Morris , Captain Hull's first Lieutenant , came aft on the quarter - deck ( where Captain Hull was walking , and attentively observing every move- ment 28 | 1812 THE AMERICAN PRIVATEERS .
... wounded a few men . At this period Mr. Morris , Captain Hull's first Lieutenant , came aft on the quarter - deck ( where Captain Hull was walking , and attentively observing every move- ment 28 | 1812 THE AMERICAN PRIVATEERS .
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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.