This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...he was exchanged and returned to port. The naval record for 1778 opens in January, when, on the 27th, in the Providence, armed with twelve four-pounders, Capt. John P. Rathburne descended on New Providence island in the Bahamas. He landed at 11 o'clock at night with twenty-five men (half of his crew) and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...he was exchanged and returned to port. The naval record for 1778 opens in January, when, on the 27th, in the Providence, armed with twelve four-pounders, Capt. John P. Rathburne descended on New Providence island in the Bahamas. He landed at 11 o'clock at night with twenty-five men (half of his crew) and released thirty odd American prisoners confined on shore. Then he captured Fort Nassau with its cannon and ammunition and 300 stand of muskets. At daylight he captured, without a fight, an armed vessel of sixteen guns, together with five merchantmen and another fort A British sloop-of-war (ship) having appeared off the port, she was fired on from the shore, when she made haste to sail away. After holding the place two days and getting all the portable munitions of war on board and spiking the cannon, Captain Rathburne burned two of the prizes and carried four home. The loss of one of the new American frigates which.the Congress had ordered, the Virginia, of twenty-eight guns, followed. She was coming down Chesapeake Bay and grounded at night In the morning two British warships The next exploit of note was that of Capt John Barry, who, while in command of the brig Lexington, had had an honorable career. It will be remembered that the command of the Effingham, then building in the Delaware, was given to him and that the British captured Philadelphia before the ship could get away to sea. To keep the ship out of the British hands she was moved up the river to White Hill, New Jersey, and by order of Mr. Hopkinson of the Navy Board was sunk. Barry and Hopkinson had a very loud dispute over the sinking of the Effingham, for Barry was confident that, with the ten guns already on board and the thirteen guns on the frigate Washington that was in company...
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Very Good. Four volume set. First printings. Blue cloth boards with gold lettering and designs. Top edges gilt. Other edges untrimmed. Frontispieces and tissue guards. All volumes are very good or better with light wear to corners and spine ends. Contents clean and unmarked. (box 106)
