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Title: Our navy and the Barbary corsairs
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Allen, Gardner Weld, 1856-1944
Subjects: United States. Navy
Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ar, Decatur sent all the vessels then at Malaga to that place, and followed in the Guerriere a few days later. He arrived off Gibraltar October 6,just as Bainbridge was leaving that place with his squadron, homeward bound. Having communicated with his superior, Decatur went into port for necessary supplies. He sailed for home the next day, and arrived at New York November 12. He was received with honor by the administration and with enthusiasm by the people. It was the first time that the Barbary States had been dealt with in a manner that met with the unqualified approval of every one. Congress appropriated one hundred thousand dollars to indemnify Decatur and the officers and men of his squadron for the prizes that had been restored to Algiers. Commodore Bainbridge sailed from Boston July 3,1815, and arrived at Carthagena August 5. His squadron, part of which sailed with him and part joined him in the Mediterranean, consisted of the Independence, 74, flagship. Captain William M. Crane, the
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IMAGE: Squadron of Commodore Bainbridge
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Commodore Bainbridge sailed from Boston July 3, 1815, and arrived at Carthagena August 5. His squadron, part of which sailed with him and part joined him in the Mediterranean, consisted of the Independence, 74, flagship. Captain William M. Crane, the first ship of the line to show the American flag in the Mediterranean; the frigates United States, 44, Captain John Shaw, and Congress, 36, Captain Charles Morris; the sloop-of-war Erie, 18, Captain Charles G. Ridgely; the brigs Chippewa, Saranac, Boxer,and Enterprise, each 14, commanded by Lieutenants George C. Read, John H. Elton, John Porter, and Lawrence Kearney; and the schooner Lynx, 6, Lieutenant George W. Storer.

The Enterprise was the old schooner of that name altered into a brig. The Firefly, which had started with Decatur and put back for repairs, joined Bainbridge at Carthagena, and he found there on his arrival the Spark and Torch,also of Decaturs squadron. The Congress had come out by way of Holland, and arrived at Carthagena August 9. David G. Farragut, then fourteen year sold, was a midshipman and captains aide on board the Independence. Although Bainbridge had learned on his arrival that peace had already been concluded with Algiers, he soon sailed for that pl

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