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Identifier: boysof1812othern00sole (find matches)
Title: The boys of 1812 and other naval heroes
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Soley, James Russell, 1850-1911
Subjects: United States. Navy
Publisher: Boston, Estes and Lauriat
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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e same day he wrote to thePresident of Congress to tell him of Manleys fine capture, andsaid : I sincerely congratulate you, sir, on this great acquisi-tion ; it more than repays all that has been spent in fitting outthe squadron. Manley was off to sea again in a day or two, and a weeklater he captured three more vessels, the cargoes of which weresold, some of them bringing a high price. For these servicesManley was placed by Congress on the list of Continental cap-tains, and put in command of a frigate. His schooner, the Lee, was given to Captain Waters, who cruised in her forseveral months, capturing a number of transports with troops onboard. The other vessels also took their share of prizes, even theleaky old Harrison bringing in a sloop and a schooner.Broughtons ships, the Lynch and the Franklin, seizedseveral vessels that were supposed to belong to Tories, but mostof these were released. After their return the Franklin wasgiven to James Mugford, a daring Marblehead captain. This
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HE SENT COLONEL GLOA^ER AND MR. PALFREY IN HOT HASTE TO RAISE THE MINUTE-MEN. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE XAVT. 23 was ill tlie spring after the British had evacuated Boston, butships laden with supplies were still coming to America. Oneof these, the Hope, of six guns, fell in with Mugford nearBoston, and he determined to attack her, thouQ:h an Eng;lislisquadron was in sight not many miles away. He had justboarded her, when the English captain ordered his men tocut the topsail-halliards, so that the ship would be delayeduntil the squadron could come up. But Mugford roared outthat any man who carried out the order would suffer instantdeath, and no one dared to move. The prize had fifteenhundred barrels of powder in her hold, and it was almost hope-less to try to get her into the harbor by the usual channel inthe face of the enemys fleet. But just then the Lee cameup, and Captain Waters, \ylio knew every shoal and winding-passage in Boston harbor, told Mugford he would carry her inthrough Shi

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