. Historic fields and mansions of Middlesex. the ruler of a hordeof pirates, to induce him to hold oft his hands from our com-merce ; and that our captured crews were sold into slavery orheld for ransom at the behest of a turbaned barbarian. Sixthousand stand of arms, four field-pieces, and a quantity ofgunpowder was the price of the peace granted by the Dey ofAlgiers to America in 1795. In May, 1794, an exhibition wasgiven at the Boston Theatre for the relief of our countrymen,prisoners in Algiers, which realized about nine hundred Terry & Co. advanced $3,000 for the maintenan
. Historic fields and mansions of Middlesex. the ruler of a hordeof pirates, to induce him to hold oft his hands from our com-merce ; and that our captured crews were sold into slavery orheld for ransom at the behest of a turbaned barbarian. Sixthousand stand of arms, four field-pieces, and a quantity ofgunpowder was the price of the peace granted by the Dey ofAlgiers to America in 1795. In May, 1794, an exhibition wasgiven at the Boston Theatre for the relief of our countrymen,prisoners in Algiers, which realized about nine hundred Terry & Co. advanced $3,000 for the maintenance ofthese prisoners, without security. Of the early commanders of our navy Hopkins was de-scribed in 177G as an antiquated-looking person, with a strong 38 HISTOKIC FIELDS AND MANSIONS OF MIDDLESEX. ideal resemblance to Van Tromp. He appeared at first an-gelic, says our authority, until he swore, and then the illusionvanished. Hopkins commanded the lirst American squadronthat set sail from our shores, and carried the colony flag at his. NAVY-YARD IN 1858. Paul Jones had the honor not only of hoisting with his ownhands the American flag on board the Alfred, in 1775, whichhe says was then displayed for the first time, but of receivingin the Eanger the first salute to that flag by a foreign poAverfrom M. de la Motte Piquet, who, with a French squadron, onboard of which was Lafayette, was lying in the bay of Quiberon,ready to sail for America. This occurred February 13, 1778. Next comes a half-acre of round-shot and shell arrangedin pyramids, and waiting till the now torpid Dahlgrens orParrotts shake ofi their lethargy and demand their indigest-ible food. Some of the globes are painted black, befittingtheir funereal purpose, while we observed that others hadreceived a coat of white, and now looked like great sugar-coated pills, — a sharp medicine to carry ofl the nationalbile. To the field of deadly projectiles succeeds a field of anchors,the last resource of the seaman, the sym
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