327. “‘I trusted to”’: Ibid., pp. 263-4.
327. “Congress paid him”: Ibid., p. 178.
327. “Davis didn’t reveal”: Ibid., pp. 516-7, 519.
328. “At his first audience”: Ibid., p. 522; Wright—Macleod, p. 185.
328. “When Davis badgered”: Naval Documents, vol. 6, p. 551.
328. “they sailed away”: Ibid., p. 570.
328. “Davis managed to”: Ibid., p. 585.
329. “For the first time”: Brighton, pp. 272-3.
329. “When the Spanish”: Adams, vol. 2, p. 58.
330. “The Americans’ specious”: Ibid., p. 72.
330. “The British went”: Ibid., vol. 3, pp. 92-3.
330. “They also impressed”: Ibid., p. 97.
331. “The British detentions”: Naval Documents, vol. 6, pp. 532—3.
331. “He claimed that”: Ibid., p. 128.
331. “In August 1806”: Ibid., p. 475.
332. “He dispatched the Chesapeakd”: Ibid., p. 523.
332. “James Barron seldom visited”: Ibid., p. 536.
333. “Not only was”: Tucker, pp. 342-3.
333. “At 6:00 A.M. on”: Walter Lowrie, Walter S. Franklin, ed., American State Papers. Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States. 6 vols. (Washington: Gales and Seaton), I-Foreign Relations, vol. 3, pp. 6-7.
334. “Barron’s officers noticed”: Naval Documents, vol. 6, pp. 536—40.
334. “Humphries deplored the loss”: Ibid., p. 536.
335. “War fever crackled”: Schachner, p. 840.
335. “A mob in Norfolk”: Ibid.
335. “British warships fanned”: Naval Documents, vol. 6, pp. 543-4.
335. “Jefferson closed all”: Schachner, p. 877.
335. “Jefferson’s Cabinet, with”: Schachner, pp. 840-9; American State Papers, I-Foreign Relations, vol. 3, pp. 6—7.
335. “Congress approved the Embargo”: Naval Documents, vol. 6, p. 583.
335. “The infamous Embargo”: Schachner, p. 862.
335. “Later in life, Jefferson”: Ibid., p. 885.
336. “America’s bread-and-butter”: Ibid., p. 876.
336. “Smugglers operated successfully”: Ibid., p. 871.
336. “Campbell emptied the”: Naval Documents, vol. 6, pp. 546-7.
337. “The Chesapeake’s mortified officers”: Ibid., p. 540.
337. “The court of inquiry”: Ibid., pp. 563-7.
337. “Barron’s fellow officers”: Tucker, p. 343.
338. “His actions were celebrated”: Allison, pp. 194—5.
338. “Congress had struck”: Naval Documents, vol. 6, p. 427.
338. “Preble was the rumored”: Ibid., p. 297.
338. “Once, when Preble”: Presidential Papers Microfilm: Thomas Jefferson Papers, Reel 33.
338. “Preble was buried”: Naval Documents, vol. 6, pp. 554-5.
338. “He and the commodore”: Ibid., p. 297.
339. “Congress had awarded”: Edwards, p. 247.
339. “Eaton was ‘an impostor”’: Wright-Macleod, p. 193, Plumer’s journal.
339. “His loyal neighbors”: Ibid., pp. 194, 196.
340. “With Governor George Clinton”: Schachner, p. 790.
340. “At the head”: Buckner F. Melton, Jr., Aaron Burr: Conspiracy to Treason (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002), pp. 53-4.
340. “General James Wilkinson”: Ibid., pp. 56, 122.
340. “Burr recruited Andrew Jackson”: Ibid., pp. 107-11.
341. “At this point, Eaton”: Ibid., p. 97.
341. “It wasn’t until”: Ibid., pp. 131-2, 135.
341. “Before long, Burr”: Ibid., pp. 140, 157, 163.
342. “Eaton testified that”: Ibid., p. 202.
342. “‘The once redoubted Eaton’”: Francis F. Beirne, Shout Treason: The Trial of Aaron Burr (New York, Hastings House Publishers, 1959), p. 177.
343. “Embittered, Eaton returned”: Wright—Macleod, p. 196: Edwards, p. 254; Whipple, p. 274.
343. “Reclusive, suffering from”: Whipple, p. 274; Tucker, p. 443; Edwards, pp. 263—9.
343. “Eaton’s disgrace and”: Wright—Macleod, pp. 196-7.
343. “In November 1807”: Naval Documents, vol. 6, p. 577.
343. “When Lear demanded”: Brighton, p. 283.
344. “Lear paid the dey”: Naval Documents, vol. 6, p. 583.
344. “But then he demanded”: Allen, p. 275.
Chapter XVIII: Epilogue
346. “The British foreign”: Allen, p. 276.
346. “‘the American flag”’: Edgar Stanton Maclay, A History of the United States Navy, From 1775 to 1898 (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1893), vol. 2, p. 6.
346. “The janissaries had assassinated”: Irwin, p. 170; Brighton, pp. 291-2.
346. “He complained that”: Irwin, pp. 171-2.
347. “Lear wangled a”: Allen, pp. 276-7; Brighton, p. 296.
347. “As he sat down”: Allen, pp. 277-8.
347. “America had to face”: Fletcher Pratt, Preble’s Boys: Commodore Preble and the Birth of American Sea Power (New York: William Sloane Associates, 1950), p. 44.
348. “the British had destroyed”: Ibid.
348. “The Edwin, a brig”: American State Papers, I-Foreign Affairs, vol. 3, pp. 748-9.
348. “‘My policy and’”: Allen, pp. 279-80.
348. “Washington threw a”: Pratt, pp. 85-6.
349. “By 1812, Decatur”: Ibid., p. 98.
349. “Decatur had met”: Ibid., p. 99.
350. “Decatur brought the prize”: Ibid., pp. 99-104.
351. “And then, in January”: Ibid., pp. 104—6.
352. “Hadji Ali had”: Allison, p. 209.
352. “On February 23, 1815”: American State Papers, I-Foreign Affairs, vol. 3, p. 748.
352. “Its 17-ship fleet”: Maclay, vol. 2, p. 6.
352. “Its navy had 5”: Ibid., pp. 7-8.
352. “Aboard the Guerriere was”: Allen, p. 292.
353. “Lookouts sighted several”: Maclay, vol. 2, pp. 9-10.
354. “As a boy”: Tucker, pp. 454-5.
354. “Badly wounded when”: Maclay, vol. 2, pp. 11-3.
354. “Two days later”: Ibid., pp. 13-4.
355. “Omar the Terrible”: Anthony, pp. 248—51.
355. “On June 28”: American State Papers, I-Foreign Affairs, vol. 4, p. 6.
355. “‘... peace, to be durable”’: Allen, p. 285.
356. “A second letter”: Ibid., p. 286.
356. “The dey invited”: Ibid., pp. 286—7.
356. “He said he would”: American State Papers, I-Foreign Affairs, vol. 4, p. 6.
357. “American ships spotted”: Maclay, vol. 2, p. 15.
357. “‘It has been dictated”’: Anthony, pp. 249—51.
357. “Lieutenant John Shubrick”: Allen, p. 289; Maclay, vol. 2, pp. 16—7; Anthony, p. 251.
358. “Early in 1815”: Maclay, vol. 2, p. 17; Anthony, pp. 252-4.
358. “Decatur learned of the”: Allen, p. 289.
358. “Through U.S. consul”: Maclay, vol. 2, p. 17-8; Anthony, p. 253; Allen, p. 290.
358. “Decatur’s next stop”: Maclay, vol. 2, pp. 18-9; Anthony, p. 254; Allen, pp. 290—91.
359. “Lookouts sighted seven”: Maclay, vol. 2, pp. 19-20.
359. “Bainbridge’s squadron reached”: Maclay, vol. 2, p. 20; Anthony, pp. 258—60; Allen, pp. 292-3.
359. “In Washington, everyone applauded”: Allen, p. 292; American State Papers, I-Foreign Affairs, vol. 4, p. 4.
360. “Lord Exmouth sailed to”: Maclay, vol. 2, p. 21.
360. “when Shaler presented”: Ibid., pp. 21-2.
360. “The alarmed dey”: Allen, p. 296.
361. “The British government”: Julien, p. 328.
361. “Exmouth and van Cappellen”: Wolf, p. 331.
361. “‘It is a principle”’: Allen, p. 339.
362. “Chauncey and Shaler added”: Ibid., pp. 299-300.
362. “He imposed a single”: Ibid., p. 300; Wright—Macleod, p. 206.
362. “Yusuf and Hamet”: Allen, p. 265.
362. “The last act”: Tucker, p. 437.
363. “In 1835, Yusuf’s son”: Whipple, p. 338.
363. “Baltimore gave him”: Anthony, pp. 270-1.
363. “‘Our country!’ Decatur said”: Ibid., p. 265.
363. “He stowed away”: Pratt, p. 110.
363. “After serving his”: Ibid., p. 112.
364. “He wrote a letter”: Ibid; Anthony, p. 287.
364. “In October Barron had”: Ibid., pp. 287-90.
364. “They agreed to fire”: Ben Birindelli, The 200 Year Legacy of Stephen Decatur, 1798—1998 (Gloucester Point, Va.: Hallmark Publishing Company Inc. 1998), p. 68.
364. “Decatur already had”: Ibid.; Anthony, p. 308.
365. “Decatur died in agony”: Birindelli, p. 68.
366. “35 American ships”: Allison, p. 110.
367. “little more than 30”: Allen, pp. 333-5.
367. “their stories were still”: Adams, History of the United States, vol. 2, p. 436.
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