. Georgian: a pattern of spoons, forks and all other pieces of table flat ware is partly shown in this book . •iii(j tuioj uut ii greatexpense, met with dis- Wi*.v , ^/./. ^^ oiint ^ev*non aster and utterly was the expeditionagainst the British postat Castinc, near themouth of the PenobscotRiver, organized inMassachusetts, in whichthirty-seven vessels wereengaged, and had en-tered the river, when,on August thirteenth,they were hemmed inby a British fleet of su-perior force which sud-denly appeared. The Americans, rather than sec their ships fall into the hands of theBrit
. Georgian: a pattern of spoons, forks and all other pieces of table flat ware is partly shown in this book . •iii(j tuioj uut ii greatexpense, met with dis- Wi*.v , ^/./. ^^ oiint ^ev*non aster and utterly was the expeditionagainst the British postat Castinc, near themouth of the PenobscotRiver, organized inMassachusetts, in whichthirty-seven vessels wereengaged, and had en-tered the river, when,on August thirteenth,they were hemmed inby a British fleet of su-perior force which sud-denly appeared. The Americans, rather than sec their ships fall into the hands of theBritish, beached and burned them, making their way back to Boston overland. The American navy, from the poverty of national resources an inconsiderablepower heretofore, received at this time a memorable accession in the fleet under JohnPaul Jones, fitted out at LOricnt, France, bv the .American and French govern-ments. Jones, by birth a Scotchman, had already shown high ability in the ser\iceof .America, and when, after many tedious disappointments, he found himself incommand of an effective if not powerfu
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