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Silas Talbot, Captain of Old Ironsides brings us the full and fascinating life of a man who was soldier, sailor, Revolutionary War hero, prisoner of war, politician, businessman, country gentleman, captain in the U.S. Navy, and honored citizen of the republic he helped to create.
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Norton surveys the lives and military accomplishments of five captains in the nascent Continental Navy, investigating how their personality flaws both hindered their careers and enhanced their heroics in Revolutionary War combat. --from publisher description
Correspondence, accounts, account books, bills, receipts, genealogical notes, and printed material reflecting Talbot's career, especially his command of the U.S.S. Constitution (1798-1801). Other subjects include the impressment of American sailors by the British Navy; activities as U.S. agent in the West Indies assisting American seamen; captain of the privateer ship General Washington (1780), and his supervision of the outfitting of the sloop Hawk (1778), the U.S.S. Constitution (1798, 1800), and the ship George Washington (1798) which was purchased by the U.S. Navy and under the Talbot's authority converted into a sloop which was used during the quasi-war with France (1797-1801). Printed materials include a preliminary printing of "Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of the United Colonies", thought to be a draft version of the rules adopted by the Continental Congress (1775 Nov. 18) and two broadsides relating to uniforms for the U.S. Navy (1797, 1798). Correspondents include Benjamin Bourne, Isaac Hull, Timothy Pickering, Robert Morris, Benjamin Stoddert, George Washington Talbot, and Stephen Higginson & Co.
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