Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 286
a cruise in her palmy days the Constitution hadcarried fifty-four guns and a crew of nearly 400men; but now she was deprived of her batter-ies, and only a handful of jolly tars were ne-cessary. Every man had his place assigned tohim in the boats, and I was told, in case of anaccident, not to wait,… … SSTITUTION : VICTORY OVER THE GUERR1ERE, AUGUST 19, lSl2. To make the matter still more doubtful, the ves-sel appointed to tow the Constitution was theold Powhatan, a slow, paddle-wheel war-steamer, herself in such condition that she alsowas condemned not long after this voyage. Itwas a case of the…
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