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England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry chesapeake
Boston Harbor (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry chesapeake
Annapolis (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry chesapeake
Chesapeake,
The name of a famous United States frigate that will always be memorable because of her interest-absorbing career.
In the spring of 1807 a small British squadron lay (as they had lately) in American waters, near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, watching some French frigates blockaded at Annapolis.
Three of the crew of one of the British vessels, Melampus, and one of another, Halifax, had deserted, and enlisted on board the Chesapeake, lying at the Washington navy-yard.
The British minister made a formal demand for their surrender.
The United States government refused compliance, because it was ascertained that two of them (colored) were natives of the United States, and there was strong presumptive evidence that the third one was, likewise.
The commodore of the British squadron took the matter into his own hands.
the Chesapeake, going to sea on the morning of June 22, 1807, bearing the pennant of Commodore Barron, was intercepted by the British frigate Leopard, whos
London, Madison County, Ohio (Ohio, United States) (search for this): entry chesapeake
Halifax (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry chesapeake
Halifax (Canada) (search for this): entry chesapeake
New York (New York, United States) (search for this): entry chesapeake
Salem (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry chesapeake
Chesapeake Bay (United States) (search for this): entry chesapeake
Chesapeake,
The name of a famous United States frigate that will always be memorable because of her interest-absorbing career.
In the spring of 1807 a small British squadron lay (as they had lately) in American waters, near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, watching some French frigates blockaded at Annapolis.
Three of the crew of one of the British vessels, Melampus, and one of another, Halifax, had deserted, and enlisted on board the Chesapeake, lying at the Washington navy-yard.
The British minister made a formal demand for their surrender.
The United States government refused compliance, because it was ascertained that two of them (colored) were natives of the United States, and there was strong presumptive evidence that the third one was, likewise.
The commodore of the British squadron took the matter into his own hands.
the Chesapeake, going to sea on the morning of June 22, 1807, bearing the pennant of Commodore Barron, was intercepted by the British frigate Leopard, whose
Suffolk (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry chesapeake