. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . n the vicinity of New York City one incident longremembered in story and tradition was the cap-ture of the sloop Eagle, tender to the Britishcruiser Poictiers, which occurred upon the 4thof July 13, 1813. Under the directions of Commo-dore Lewis the fishing smack Yankee wasequipped as if for an expedition to the fishingbanks off the Monmouth County shore. Upon herdecks were placed some live stock and three men,while in her cabin and forepeak were thirty thor-oughly armed militia. Overtaken at once by theEagle, the Yankee
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . n the vicinity of New York City one incident longremembered in story and tradition was the cap-ture of the sloop Eagle, tender to the Britishcruiser Poictiers, which occurred upon the 4thof July 13, 1813. Under the directions of Commo-dore Lewis the fishing smack Yankee wasequipped as if for an expedition to the fishingbanks off the Monmouth County shore. Upon herdecks were placed some live stock and three men,while in her cabin and forepeak were thirty thor-oughly armed militia. Overtaken at once by theEagle, the Yankee was directed to proceedto the Poictiers, which lay about five miles dis-tant. Suddenly the Yrankee was broughtalongside the British tender, and in obedienceto the watchword Lawrence the armed Ameri-cans rushed upon the decks of the Eagle, andwith a volley of musketry made an effectual cap-ture. In the me\6e the captain of the Eagleand a marine were killed, while two others of thecrew were wounded. During the afternoon of In-dependence Day the captive Eagle was brought.
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