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HISTORIC 1811 NEWSPAPER - COMMODORE DECATUR BLASTS HOLE IN HMS EURYDICE ACCIDENT




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Reference Number: Avaluer:91002Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Original Description:
LISTED HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1811 NEWSPAPER DESCRIBING A LITTLE-KNOWN HISTORIC FACT - THE U.S.S. UNITED STATES UNDER THE COMMAND OF STEPHEN DECATUR, FIRED A CANNON SHOT INTO THE HULL OF THE H.M.S.EURYDICE UNPROVOKED AND IN PEACETIME AND CLAIMING IT WAS AN ACCIDENT ALMOST ONE FULL YEAR BEFORE THE START OF THE WAR OF 1812.

THIS HISTORIC NEWSPAPER ONCE BELONGED TO AND SHOWS THE NAME OF THOMAS POYNTON IVES WRITTEN IN INK ON THE UPPER LEFT CORNER.
IVES PARTNERED WITH NICHOLAS BROWN... II AND FORMED THE FAMOUS NEW PROVIDENCE FIRM OF BROWN & IVES.




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