Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . <» _d III -III! - tj .5 g 2 D MGi? ^ ^^ ^3 c fes gsS=?-j c^ ^ ?a * S = i2-SSS ¥/5 C = .!i O (L tf f- 5cccL = -< OJ O i-i OScfi o -i: COo o C-. o__ (m t- OS o X O. CO w (MOt-iCtCi-iioOWdtN »D tCSCiCt-ineCiO^^-*-^ CO Ci^t-COX^-icOTOi-iCO ?* o <rf t~ ?* OS — — « O ic 1-1 C- ?<»( 5C iS ?--? L— ?* eo CO lo ^ WOic-c-^ o O * s£ ? 5 •: s : ? d . ? -a ?J J. * • m » :£a ?5 2 I ?- = e 1 V o ^ ? > t- ? 31 50iflmmt^HJ2;c»(E».KDa rt T3 ^ t3 a?:z ^ a o ^a o o DECATtra Decatur, St
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . <» _d III -III! - tj .5 g 2 D MGi? ^ ^^ ^3 c fes gsS=?-j c^ ^ ?a * S = i2-SSS ¥/5 C = .!i O (L tf f- 5cccL = -< OJ O i-i OScfi o -i: COo o C-. o__ (m t- OS o X O. CO w (MOt-iCtCi-iioOWdtN »D tCSCiCt-ineCiO^^-*-^ CO Ci^t-COX^-icOTOi-iCO ?* o <rf t~ ?* OS — — « O ic 1-1 C- ?<»( 5C iS ?--? L— ?* eo CO lo ^ WOic-c-^ o O * s£ ? 5 •: s : ? d . ? -a ?J J. * • m » :£a ?5 2 I ?- = e 1 V o ^ ? > t- ? 31 50iflmmt^HJ2;c»(E».KDa rt T3 ^ t3 a?:z ^ a o ^a o o DECATtra Decatur, Stephen, naval officer; bornin Sinnepuxent, Md., Jan. 5, 1779; diednear Washington, D. C, March 22, 1820;entered the United States navy as amidshipman April 30, 1798, and rose to. STKPHEN DKOATUR captain in 1804. His first notable ex-ploit was the destruction of the Phila-delphia in the harbor of Tripoli, in thePreble Expedition, for which Congressgave him thanks, a sword, and promotion The Philadelphia had chased a Tripolitanship into the harbor in front of that town,and struck upon a rock not laid down onthe charts. Fast bound, she was capturedby the Tripolitans, and Captain Bain-bridge and his officers were madeprisoners of war, and the crewwere made slaves. Decatur caught a Tripolitanketch laden with maidens, whomthe Bashaw was sending to theSultan at Constantinople as apresent. The captured ketch was takeninto the United States service andrenamed the Intrepid. In herDecatur and seventy - four braveyoung men sailed for Tripoli, ac-companied by the Biren, underLieutenant (afterwards Commo-dore ) Stewart. On a bright moonlit eveningthey sailed boldly into the harbor,warped alongside the Philadelphia,sprang on board, and after a fiercestruggle all the Tripolit
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