. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . ortland, 15 Aug., 1761; , 25 Aug., 1807. When he was seventeen yearsold he ran awayand -hipped ina privateer, andon his returnwas appointedmidshipman inthe Massachu-setts state ma-rine, participat-ing in the Pro-tector in a gal-lant attack onthe British pri-vateer Admi-ral Duff,whichtook fire andblew tip. InK?!l he was>•;<]! n !v I in the Protec-tor and sent to the Jersey prison-ship in Xew York. Afterhis release he served in the state .miser Win-throp, and took a British armed brig. After thepeace of 1783 he cruised around the
. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . ortland, 15 Aug., 1761; , 25 Aug., 1807. When he was seventeen yearsold he ran awayand -hipped ina privateer, andon his returnwas appointedmidshipman inthe Massachu-setts state ma-rine, participat-ing in the Pro-tector in a gal-lant attack onthe British pri-vateer Admi-ral Duff,whichtook fire andblew tip. InK?!l he was>•;<]! n !v I in the Protec-tor and sent to the Jersey prison-ship in Xew York. Afterhis release he served in the state .miser Win-throp, and took a British armed brig. After thepeace of 1783 he cruised around the world in themerchant marine. Upon the organization of thenavy he was one of the first five that were consioned as lieutenants, 9 Feb., 17!is. served as act ingcaptain of the brig Pickering. and was commis-sioned captain, 15 May. 171)!). commanding the,Essex on a cruise to China, when- . he convoyed afleet of fourteen merchantmen, valued at many mill-ions. He married Mary bet-ring in 1SII1. In May,1803, he commanded the Constitution, and tin;. PREBLK PREBLE 105 squadron to operate against the Barbary states,with the Philadelphia, Capt. Bainbridge; theArgus, under Lieut. Hull; the Siren, ; the Enterprise, Lieut. Decatur: the Nautilus, Lieut. Somers; and the Vixen, On 6 Oct., 1803, the fleet arrived off Tan-giers, where, by display of force and firm demands,In compelled the sultan of Morocco to renew thetreaty of 1786. The Philadelphia was sent toblockade Tripoli, and, while chasing Tripolitan gun-boats, ran on a reef and was captured, after the gunshad been thrown overboard in vain efforts to floatthe ship. Subsequently the Tripolitans removedher to the inner harbor Preble arrived off I ice., 1803, reconnoitred the harbor, receivedletters from Bainbridge in prison, and matured aplan for the destruction of the Philadelphia thathad been suggested by Bainbridge. He sailed to•Syracuse, where he detailed Decatur with volun-teers in the capture
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