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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barry, John, 1745-1803 (search)
ton, fourteen guns, which, after a sharp action, captured the tender Edward. This was the first John Barry. vessel captured by a commissioned officer of the United States navy. Barry was transferred to the frigate Effingham; and in the Delaware, at the head of four boats, he captured an English schooner, Commodore Barry's monument. in 1777, without the loss of a man. He was publicly thanked by Washington. When Howe took Philadelphia, late in 1777, Barry took the Effingham Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. up the Delaware with the hope the Delaware with the hope of saving her, but she was burned by the British. Howe had offered him a large bribe if he would deliver the ship to him at Philadelphia, but it was scornfully rejected. Barry took command of the Raleigh, 32, in September, 1778, but British cruisers compelled him to run her ashore in Penobscot Bay. In the frigate Alliance, in 1781, he sailed for France with Col. John Laurens, who was sent on a special mission; and afterwa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste. (search)
Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste. French sculptor; born in Calmar, Alsace, April 2, 1834; received the Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1865, and is best known in the United States by his colossal statue in New York Harbor, entitled Liberty enlightening the world. His other works include a statue of Lafayette in Union Square, New York, and a bronze group of Lafayette and Washington, presented by American citizens to the city of Paris, and unveiled Dec. 1, 1895. Soon after the establishment oof the foremost men of France lent it their aid. It was decided to present to the United States a colossal statue of Liberty enlightening the world, and more than 1,000,000 francs were raised by popular subscription for that purpose. Of the Bartholdi's statute of liberty in New York Harbor. various models submitted to the committee having the matter in charge, that of M. Bartholdi was selected as the best, and the statue was constructed by him. It is the largest statue ever made, and the