Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 750
ritish frigates were making things very un-comfortable for the few American merchantmenengaged in the Pacific trade. The arrival of the Essex soon changed all that. Within a year shehad captured four thousand tons of British ship-ping, and had taken four hundred prisoners. Shemay be said to have… … lilt BATTLE OF THE ESSEX Willi Tlltl lllUiUli AND Tilt CHERLU. ships, but the men were paid with money found on war that should be fortunate enough to catch her. board of one of her prizes. But the American frigate was fleet, and difficult to Orders were given that the Essex must be catch. Finally,…
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