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An english shipwright , Mr. Joshua Humphreys , of the resident at Philadelphia ,
was required to give in an ships . estimate of the cost of building a 74 - gun ship ,
to measure 1620 tons american , which , as we shall by and by show , is about ...
An english shipwright , Mr. Joshua Humphreys , of the resident at Philadelphia ,
was required to give in an ships . estimate of the cost of building a 74 - gun ship ,
to measure 1620 tons american , which , as we shall by and by show , is about ...
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Supe With respect to the materials of which the ships were constructed and the
pains taken in building ner in them , we ... perhaps , who expected , at no distant
day , to risk his life and honour on board the very ship whose equipment he was ...
Supe With respect to the materials of which the ships were constructed and the
pains taken in building ner in them , we ... perhaps , who expected , at no distant
day , to risk his life and honour on board the very ship whose equipment he was ...
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... the commodore came unexpectedly on board , and immediately all ready
hands went to work bending sails and getting the ship ready for sea , The
surgeon , too , began preparing his plasters and splinters , and rubbing up his
instruments of ...
... the commodore came unexpectedly on board , and immediately all ready
hands went to work bending sails and getting the ship ready for sea , The
surgeon , too , began preparing his plasters and splinters , and rubbing up his
instruments of ...
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M. , when the two ships were about 90 yards apart , captain Bingham hailed the
President in the customary manner ... At this instant a gun was fired , let by acus
for the present say , by each ship ; and , let us also say , that both guns went off
by ...
M. , when the two ships were about 90 yards apart , captain Bingham hailed the
President in the customary manner ... At this instant a gun was fired , let by acus
for the present say , by each ship ; and , let us also say , that both guns went off
by ...
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A ship is descried , a man of war , “ from the symry de- metry of her upper sails ”
and her making signals , * lusion and the british frigate Guerrière , as is scarcely
thecha- less doubted , from her proximity to the coast , and racter because the ...
A ship is descried , a man of war , “ from the symry de- metry of her upper sails ”
and her making signals , * lusion and the british frigate Guerrière , as is scarcely
thecha- less doubted , from her proximity to the coast , and racter because the ...
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| Título | The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by France, in February 1793, to the Accession of George IV. in January 1820 : in Six Volumes, Volumen6 |
| Autor | William James |
| Editor | Harding, Lepard, and Company, 1826 |
| Procedencia del original | Deutsches Museum |
| Digitalizado | 19 Abr. 2018 |
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