Identifier: freetradesailors00phil (find matches)
Title: Free trade and sailors' rights
Year: 1813 (1810s)
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Subjects: United States -- History War of 1812 Naval operations. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pub. by the proprietor, D. Heartt, printer
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ate of the most elegant workmanship,ornamented with appropriate emblems, devices and inscriptions, bepresented in the name of the citizens of Philadelphia, to Captain IsaacHull;—and that a piece of plate also of the most elegant workmanshipand ornamented with appropriate emblems, devices, and inscriptions,be presented in their name to Lieutenant Charles Morris, as testi-monials of the respect and admiration the citizens entertain of their gal-lant conduct in the late action with the British frigate Guerrier; andthat such tokens of their high esteem and approbation be presented tothe other officers and to the crew of the frigate Constitution, as thecommittee to be appointed to carry this resolution into effect maydeem proper. Resolved, That Commodore Richard Dale, William Jones, GeorgeHarrison, Charles Biddle, Thomas W. Francis, and John Sergeant,be a committee on behalf of the citizens, to carry the foregoing reso-lution into effect. RICHARD DALE, Chairman. John Sergeant, Secretary.
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WASP AND FROLIC. Official Letter of Captain Jacob Jones. Cofiy of a letter from Cafitain Jones-, late of the United States sloop, ofwar the IVas/iy to the Secretary of the Aavy, dated New York, 24th November, 1812. SIR,—I here avail iryself of the first opportunity of informing youof the occurrences of our cruise, which terminated in the capture ofthe IFasj! on the 18th of October, by the Poictiers of seventy fourguns, while a wreck, from damages received in an engagement withthe British sloop of war Frolic, of twenty two guns, sixteen of them32 lb. carronades, and four twelve pounders on the main deck, andtwo twelve pounders, carronades, on the top-gallant forecastle, mak-ing her superior in force to us by four twelve pounders. The Frolichad struck to us, and was taken possession of about two hours beforeour surrendering to the Poictiers. We had left the Delaware on the 13th. The l5th had a heavy gale,in which we lost our jibboom and two men. Half past eleven, on thenight of the 17

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