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Title: Free trade and sailors' rights
Year: 1813 (1810s)
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Subjects: United States -- History War of 1812 Naval operations. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pub. by the proprietor, D. Heartt, printer
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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rchase of the said piece of Plate, to be paidon the draught of the said committee. .Yetv-York, December 12.—In Council—The following resolu-tion was presented to the Common Council, last evening, by Alder-man Lawrence, and unanimously adopted: Resolved, That an elegant Sword be presented to Captain Jones,late of the United States sloop of war IFas/i, and also the Freedom ofthe City, as a testimony of the high opinion this Corporation entertainof his gallant conduct in capturing the British sloop of war Frolic, andthat the tluuiks of the Common Council be presented to his brave of-ficers and crew. Merit Rewarded. The following are the officers attached to the frigate Macedonian-.Captain Jones; Lieutenants Rodgers. Carter, Booth, Claxton,Rapp, Mr. Knight, Saifing Master; Mr. Wise, Purser: all of whom,lieutenant Carter excepted, were lately attached to the Wasp.^ Mr. Biddle, who so nobly distinguished himself in the action wilkthe Frolic^ is promoted to the rank of Master Commandard.
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UNITED STATES AND MACEDONIAN. (From a London Paper of January 4.3 Frigate Macedonian.—This noble frigate,, supposed to be thelargest in the British navy, was lately refitted and repaired at Ply-mouth, and excited the admiration of professional men. Referring tothe capture of the Guerrier, it has been often observed, that if anyBritish frigate could cope with the large American frigates that fri-gate v?as the Macedonian, She has 16 guns on her quarter deckalone—her metal is of an extraordinary weight—iCaptain Garden isone of the bravest officers in his Majestys service, See. 8cc. Message of the President of the Uiiited States, communicating to Con gress the Official Letters of Cafitains Decatur and Joiies.To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, I transmit to Congress a copy of a letter to the Secretary of theNavy, from Captain Decatur^ of the frigate United States, reportinghis combat and capture of the British frigate Macedojiian. Too much praise cannot

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