Disbound wraps. 39 pages. Later cloth spine. Outer cover removed. Edge cwear and creases to the covers. Stephen Decatur was the first Commander of the Frigate Philadelphia. The Philadelphia, Commanded by William Bainbridge, ran aground at Tripoli Harbor in 1803 during the first Barbary War. The frigate was unsuccessful in its efforts to lighten its weight and sail back to open waters. The crew was captured. The frigate was soon recaptured by the Americans and destroyed.

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Documents, Official and Unofficial, Relating to the Case of the Capture and Destruction of the Frigate Philadelphia at Tripoli, On the 16th February, 1804

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Printed by John T. Towers, Washington DC

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1850

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