New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . )fC. 100 NEW JERSEY AS A COL. and was there abandoned. The gunboat driftedashore at Absecom and was finally cut up by thenatives for her iron and brass. In the meantime the British blockading squad-ron had returned to its post. Led by that doughtyold Frenchman, Stephen Girard, who had be-come the leading merchant in Philadelphia, therehad earlier been blockade running out of the Dela-ware. But Girard had lost his Montesquieu while entering the bay, and the kingly ransom ex-acted for her discharge deterred others from tak-in
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . )fC. 100 NEW JERSEY AS A COL. and was there abandoned. The gunboat driftedashore at Absecom and was finally cut up by thenatives for her iron and brass. In the meantime the British blockading squad-ron had returned to its post. Led by that doughtyold Frenchman, Stephen Girard, who had be-come the leading merchant in Philadelphia, therehad earlier been blockade running out of the Dela-ware. But Girard had lost his Montesquieu while entering the bay, and the kingly ransom ex-acted for her discharge deterred others from tak-ing part in adventures to the West Indies. Theblockade was complete. British ships-of-warcruised between Capes Charles and Sandy Hook,and except for trifling blockade running by thecaptains of sloops, shallops, and schooners ownedin West Jersey few if any cargoes arrived in Phila-delphia by sea or river. In the vicinity of Cape May there was privateer-ing and blockade running, and in consequencefrequent captures. As an instance, in the latterpart of 1813, an armed British schooner lying offCape Ma
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