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... ship that wore a pendant was an armed merchant ship , and that a king's frigate lay there in sight at anchor within the Humber , waiting to take under convoy a number of merchant ships bound to the north- ward . The pilots imagined the ...
... ship that wore a pendant was an armed merchant ship , and that a king's frigate lay there in sight at anchor within the Humber , waiting to take under convoy a number of merchant ships bound to the north- ward . The pilots imagined the ...
Page 78
... ship for the Bon homme Richard , there being the most essential difference in their appearance and construction ; besides , it was then full moonlight , and the sides of the Bon homme Richard were all black , while the sides of the ...
... ship for the Bon homme Richard , there being the most essential difference in their appearance and construction ; besides , it was then full moonlight , and the sides of the Bon homme Richard were all black , while the sides of the ...
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... ship's company I have the honour to command . It only remains there- fore for me to assure you , that they all fought with great bravery ; and it gives me great pleasure to say , that from the smallest boy in the ship to the oldest ...
... ship's company I have the honour to command . It only remains there- fore for me to assure you , that they all fought with great bravery ; and it gives me great pleasure to say , that from the smallest boy in the ship to the oldest ...
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refuses to answer a letter and loses thirteen fine | 9 |
Benjamin Franklin makes a freak suggestion | 15 |
John Adams writes his wife news of the Declaration of Inde | 21 |
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