Statistics for occurrence #1 of “United States” in entry forts-morgan-and-gaines-seizure-of of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...ve any distinguished strangers the government may see fit to send on a visit to us.
Fort Gaines, on Dauphin Island, opposite Fort Morgan, shared the fate of the latter.
That morning, Jan. 4, the United States revenue cutter Lewis Cass was surrendered to the collector of the port of Mobile (q. v.). See Bowyer, Fort.
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