Life of Andrew Hull Foote: Rear-admiral United States NavyHarper & Brothers, 1874 - 411 páginas |
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... letter of a manly youth : . ― 6 " U. S. FRIGATE UNITED STATES ' CALLAO , PERU , Sept. 15 , 1824 . " DEAR FRIEND , I ... letters . After spending ten pleasant days at Rio , we weighed anchor and stood In South America . 29 to the ...
... letter of a manly youth : . ― 6 " U. S. FRIGATE UNITED STATES ' CALLAO , PERU , Sept. 15 , 1824 . " DEAR FRIEND , I ... letters . After spending ten pleasant days at Rio , we weighed anchor and stood In South America . 29 to the ...
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... letter from him , in which are these words : " You may discharge your mind from anxiety about your wayward son . " The letter then went on to relate that one of the lieutenants of the ship had spoken to him soon after joining the ...
... letter from him , in which are these words : " You may discharge your mind from anxiety about your wayward son . " The letter then went on to relate that one of the lieutenants of the ship had spoken to him soon after joining the ...
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... letter , written about this time by the com- manding officer of the Natchez , though but a simple letter of introduction , seems prophetic in its expression in regard to the future character and career of our hero : " UNITED STATES SHIP ...
... letter , written about this time by the com- manding officer of the Natchez , though but a simple letter of introduction , seems prophetic in its expression in regard to the future character and career of our hero : " UNITED STATES SHIP ...
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... letter to a friend in Cheshire , dated Mahon , November 28 , 1833 , he , in an animated , sketchy manner , de- scribes the first portion of the cruise : " I presume you have caught an occasional glimpse of my letters to Caroline , and ...
... letter to a friend in Cheshire , dated Mahon , November 28 , 1833 , he , in an animated , sketchy manner , de- scribes the first portion of the cruise : " I presume you have caught an occasional glimpse of my letters to Caroline , and ...
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... letters to the English and American consuls , informing them of his intention to commence hostilities in case his terms were not agreed to , and offered an asylum to the citizens of the two nations if war should arise ; but in the letter ...
... letters to the English and American consuls , informing them of his intention to commence hostilities in case his terms were not agreed to , and offered an asylum to the citizens of the two nations if war should arise ; but in the letter ...
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A. H. FOOTE Admiral Foote Africa ANDREW HULL FOOTE Army attack Barrier Forts batteries battle BATTLE OF BELMONT BENTON boats Bureau of Equipment Cairo capture Carondelet Cincinnati Clarksville Cloth coast Columbus Commander Foote Commodore Commodore Foote Conestoga crew cruise Cumberland DEAR Department Donelson duty enemy fight fire Flag-Officer flag-ship FLAG-STEAMER fleet flotilla Foote's Fort Donelson Fort Henry Fort Pillow Gideon give gun-boats guns Halleck heavy Henry honor hope hundred iron-clad Island Joseph Smith land letter Lexington Lieutenant Foote Lieutenant-Commanding Louis Madrid Memphis miles Mississippi morning mortar-boats mortars Mound City Naval Forces Navy Yard night obedient servant officers Perry Phelps Pillow Pittsburg Pope port Portsmouth rams ready rebel received respectfully sailed sailors Secretary sent shells ship shore shot slaver soon squadron steamer Stembel Tennessee River thing tion troops vessels vols Washington West Western flotilla Western Waters wounded
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