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639:. Girard, with the authorization of the American authorities, paid 180,000 Spanish milled dollars ransom for his vessel, an amount that Grelaud had negotiated. Girard applied to the US authorities for permission to pay the ransom, which he received. (Girard's Bank was a principal source of government credit during the
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American flag ... also a
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man, an unusual background for an officer. He quarreled with his sailing master and froze him out of the running of the vessel. During Pierie's command, 14 of his 31 crewmen deserted. This may not have been entirely due to Pierie. When captains of four other vessels on the station were asked to
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were one man killed and three wounded. The newspaper claimed that 40 to 50 men aboard the Nova
Scotian vessel had been killed or wounded. The account reported that a three-masted schooner or lugger, of 17 guns, then came out and that it was that vessel that captured
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had been in sight at the time of the capture. The court ruled that Lord George Stuart, who commanded the station at
Heligoland, had sent the two British vessels out with parallel, but not joint orders. It further ruled that there was no independent evidence that
815:; a sixth-class share was worth £7 14s 10d. For an ordinary seaman, the amount was worth about four to five months' pay. For a captain, the first-class share was worth more than four or five years' pay. This payment represented money reserved to answer
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was registered on 4 June 1808. However, she was already commissioned in
February 1807 under Lieutenant George Mitchenor. In April, Lieutenant John Pierie replaced Mitchenor, still on the River plate station. Pierie had been a
666:(Lewistown), the Americans having declined to deliver the bullocks that Beresford had requested. The British fired some 400 shot, but with little or no effect and no infliction of any casualties, and then withdrew.
545:, for the Americans to provide his vessels with twenty live bullocks, in return for payment, or face bombardment. The governor of Delaware played for time as he moved in troops to resist a landing.
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took command and sailed her to
England. There she was refitted at Portsmouth between 24 April 1808 and 6 June 1808. In 1809 in the North Sea. Still under Pring's command, on 23 May 1809,
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on 3 February 1807. She served on the River Plate, North Sea, and North
American Stations, where she captured numerous privateers and merchant vessels. The Navy sold her in 1816.
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s cargo at $ 1.5 million. Girard stated that the value was $ 164,744.20. Girard was also unimpressed with the lack or resistance by John Wilson, the captain of
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Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of
Admiralty: commencing with the judgments of the Right Hon. Sir William Scott, Trinity term, 1811
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712:, of Ocracocke, J. Cook, master, which was carrying 679 barrels of flour to St. Johns, New Brunswick. The second, on 14 October, was the schooner
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had been in sight. The court therefore denied the claim. The case was nevertheless important in that it helped define the meaning of blockade.
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Delaware River and immediately entered into negotiations with Girard's agents instead of sending the vessel to be condemned at the
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794:, as Girard felt that his crew, though outnumbered, and his vessel, though somewhat outgunned, were still capable of having put up a fight.
486:. An American account reported that a sloop of six guns had set out from Nova Scotia with 100 volunteers on board to attempt to capture
252:, they naturally sent over "the clumsy, the stupid, the violent, and the disobedient", and these men represented over half of her crew.
510:. She was armed with two 4-pounder guns and a long 12-pounder gun on a pivot; to these her new owners added two 12-pounder carronades.
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sued to share in the proceeds on two grounds: first, that the two
British vessels were engaged in a joint enterprise, and second, that
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A first-class share of the prize money was worth £46 17s 11½d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth £3 8s 6d.
704:, of 115 tons, sailing to Boston with a cargo of 506 barrels of tar, 170 of pitch, 69 of turpentine and 100 of flour. In October,
522:
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list of the revenue and coast survey vessels, and principal ocean steamers, belonging to citizens of the United States in 1850
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captured property at
Harlinger Zyl, together with a Danish privateer and a mutt in ballast. The next month, on 11 September,
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was paid off in October 1814. She was sold in 1816, but her name was not deleted from the Navy List until 7 February 1817.
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This business having been completed around the end of March, on 6 and 7 April, the British squadron, including
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as being "pierced for 10 Guns, about 3 Years old, Sails on Shore, is coppered, and pretty well found." In June
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that same day and the captain immediately sent a letter to Girard. Beresford arrived on the scene in
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was part of a squadron of 12 ships that shared in the capture on 13 and 14 March of
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shared in the capture of vessels referred to in the prize-money announcement as
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s war on commerce continued with the capture on 13 September of the schooner
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1348:(Two volumes in one ed.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company.
1115:"The list of American privateers during the War of 1812 compiled by Emmons"
599:, which occurred on 27 March 1813. She belonged to the Philadelphia banker
466:, of 69 tons and 27 men, under the command of John Sinclair, Jnr., master.
1457:
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arrived at Halifax with a convoy and Pring transferred to the flagship of
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captured three vessels. The first, on 4 October, was the 95-ton sloop
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went on to have a successful career preying on American shipping.
716:, W. Clarke, master. The third, on 27 October, was the schooner
1423:"The Bombardment of Lewes by the British: April 6 and 7, 1813"
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1440:"The life and times of Stephen Girard, mariner and merchant"
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then came under the command of Lieutenant Perry Dumaresq.
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was in company with the gun-vessel (and ex-Dutch schuyt)
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and two sloops. On 16 March, Beresford sent a demand to
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was part of a squadron under the command of Admiral Sir
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when they destroyed two Danish privateers, one was the
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at Hocksyl. There they captured the Danish privateer
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was on the River Plate in the squadron under Admiral
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s claims before the Vice admiralty court at Halifax.
443:, J. Darley, master, on 18 July. In September 1812
482:(of three guns and 38 men, out of Salem), off the
1164:"Niles Weekly Register Vol 5 Page 208, cited in"
611:), from Canton. Dumaresq put the entire crew of
408:were serving independently blockading the river
607:, silk, copper, and cassia (Chinese cinnamon -
331:in ballast, and sundry goods. Two weeks later,
210:The time of her capture, the British described
194:was a Spanish naval schooner that the British
1187:
677:, of 92 tons, which was sailing from Cuba to
8:
1427:Papers of the Historical Society of Delaware
803:A first-class share of the ransom was worth
137:General characteristics (in British service)
114:General characteristics (in Spanish service)
435:sailed for North America on 22 April 1811.
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1398:(2nd ed.). Halifax: Formac Pub. Co.
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1307:. 27 December 1814. pp. 2537–2538.
1229:. 7 September 1813. pp. 1769–1770.
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313:Some three weeks later, on 10 August,
20:
1394:Harris, Graham; MacPhie, Les (2005).
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506:at Halifax for £530 and renamed her
681:. Under her master, C. Southworth,
298:then captured the French privateer
1459:. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO.
893:. 13 September 1807. p. 1210.
615:and their baggage into the ship's
564:for use as a tender. On 11 April,
228:operations to capture Buenos Aires
14:
1078:. 16 November 1811. p. 2223.
1038:. 6 September 1814. p. 1901.
992:. 6 September 1814. p. 1903.
270:was in company when the gun-brig
1421:Marine, William Matthew (1901).
1396:Oak Island and its lost treasure
1058:. 5 November 1811. p. 2145.
783:Newspapers had put the value of
462:captured the privateer schooner
74:
68:By the Royal Navy, February 1807
34:
1389:. Washington: Gideon & Co.
1382:Emmons, George Foster (1853).
327:, a sloop laden with linen, a
1:
1327:. 1 January 1814. p. 20.
1249:. 13 June 1818. p. 1079.
1015:. 12 March 1811. p. 486.
972:. 30 June 1812. p. 1285.
952:. 10 April 1810. p. 549.
873:. 13 April 1807. p. 473.
552:captured the 10-gun schooner
535:. The squadron also included
1438:McMaster, John Bach (1918).
1516:Schooners of the Royal Navy
1442:. London: J.B. Lippincott.
1188:Harris & MacPhie (2005)
531:, which was blockading the
1537:
136:
113:
101:By capture, February 1807
27:
23:
1342:Burke, Bernard (1970) .
918:(1994), Vol. 124, p.478.
906:(1994), Vol. 124, p.443.
439:recaptured the schooner
306:destroyed the privateer
1486:. Seaforth Publishing.
1168:War of 1812: Privateers
1119:War of 1812: Privateers
647:shared the ransom with
1482:Winfield, Rif (2008).
1363:Dodson, John (1853) .
560:. The Royal Navy kept
449:Admiral Herbert Sawyer
379:. Then on 3 November
339:, and the gun-vessels
16:Spanish Naval Schooner
679:Newport, Rhode Island
400:On 26 December 1809,
931:Tucker et al. (2012)
633:Vice admiralty court
558:Cape May, New Jersey
248:provide crew to man
1277:, pp. 214–220.
1091:, pp. 424–428.
854:, pp. 366–367.
673:captured the sloop
262:. There Lieutenant
226:'s soldiers in the
222:supporting General
175:2 × long 6-pounder
1324:The London Gazette
1304:The London Gazette
1246:The London Gazette
1226:The London Gazette
1075:The London Gazette
1055:The London Gazette
1035:The London Gazette
1012:The London Gazette
989:The London Gazette
969:The London Gazette
949:The London Gazette
890:The London Gazette
870:The London Gazette
702:Richard D. Stanley
523:John Poo Beresford
179:+ 10 × 12-pounder
1493:978-1-86176-246-7
1466:978-1-85109-956-6
1369:. Little, Brown.
1190:, pp. 65–66.
685:was carrying 113
627:. Beresford took
609:Cinnamomum cassia
576:too as a tender.
260:Cape of Good Hope
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533:Delaware River
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391:Twee Gebroders
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1299:"No. 16969"
1241:"No. 17369"
1221:"No. 16771"
1070:"No. 16542"
1050:"No. 16538"
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792:Montesquieu
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200:Monte Video
177:bow chasers
1505:Categories
1355:0806304154
1336:References
1173:31 January
1124:31 January
621:Lewis Town
196:Royal Navy
181:carronades
164:Complement
109:Sold, 1816
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1448:600010162
830:Citations
687:hogsheads
653:Poictiers
649:Belvidera
625:Poictiers
586:Massatoit
582:Christina
568:captured
556:, out of
543:Lewistown
538:Belvidera
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389:detained
373:Young Paz
278:Elsigneur
57:Laid down
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273:Exertion
172:Armament
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129:Armament
123:Schooner
98:Acquired
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718:William
710:Charles
691:tierces
689:and 19
637:Halifax
617:pinnace
605:nankeen
574:Pilgrim
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504:Revenge
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308:Betsey
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155:141 (
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