Commodore Joshua Barney: many interesting facts connected with the life of Commodore Joshua Barney, hero of the United States navy, 1776-1812, also a compilation of genealogical material relating to Commodore Barney's ancestors and descendants, with valuable records for those in search of Barney family connections . ngress. Thepeople everywhere testified their joy at this event bysome public demonstration. In Baltimore a proces-sion was formed on Philpots Hill in which both parties,forgetting their recent feuds, joined in fraternal har-mony. The mechanical trades, the liberal professions,all u
Commodore Joshua Barney: many interesting facts connected with the life of Commodore Joshua Barney, hero of the United States navy, 1776-1812, also a compilation of genealogical material relating to Commodore Barney's ancestors and descendants, with valuable records for those in search of Barney family connections . ngress. Thepeople everywhere testified their joy at this event bysome public demonstration. In Baltimore a proces-sion was formed on Philpots Hill in which both parties,forgetting their recent feuds, joined in fraternal har-mony. The mechanical trades, the liberal professions,all united in the procession and respectively displayedtheir appropriate banners. Commodore Barney per-formed a conspicuous part on this occasion. He had asmall boat fifteen feet in length, completely rigged andperfectly equipped as a ship, which was called theFederalist, which being mounted upon four wheels anddrawn by the same number of horses, took its place inthe procession. He commanded the ship and washonored with a crew of captains who, at his word andthe boatswains pipe, went through all the variousmanoeuvers of making and taking in sail, to the greatdelight of the crowded windows, doors and balconiesby which they passed. The ship was immediately fol-lowed by all the captains, mates and seamen at that 144.
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