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81. “a French privateer”: Tucker, p. 88.
81. “Congress created a”: Hagan, pp. 41—3; Fowler,
Jack Tars,
p. 36; Moskin, p. 27.
82. “During the Revolutionary War”: Moskin, p. 33.
82. “Congress amended the”: Schachner, p. 602.
82. “Then came the Sedition”: Carruth, pp. 173—4.
83. “The 20-gun
Montezuma”:
Fowler,
Jack Tars,
pp. 36—7.
83. “Two squadrons cruised”: Ibid., p. 39.
84. “In the Leeward Islands”: Fowler, pp. 44—5.
84. “In February 1800”: Ibid., pp. 54—7.
84. “France captured 159”: Ibid., p. 52.
85. “The Navy had 33 ships”: Ibid., p. 43.
85. “‘He was like'”: Samuel Edwards,
Barbary General: The Life of William Eaton
(Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1968), pp. 68—9.
85. “O‘Brien had arrived:” Allen, p. 21; Whipple, pp. 52—3.
86. “Bobba surely was cheered”: Tucker, p. 110.
86. “Bobba, however, was”: Tucker, pp. 102—3.
86. “Betsy Robeson, the twenty-year-old”: Kitzen, pp. 25—7.
87. “Described in later years”: Tucker, p. 24.
87. “He said later in”: Whipple, p. 177.
88. “‘He endured fatigue'”: Tucker, pp. 247—8.
88. “Wayne assigned Eaton”: Edwards, pp. 27—39.
89. “Eaton trapped and arrested”: Ibid., pp. 52—3.
90. “Eaton raised the”: Tucker, p. 113.
91. “‘Not much shall be feared'”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 1, p. 317.
92. “Snatching a whip”: Edwards, p. 76.
92. “The articulate Eaton”: Tucker, p. 115.
92. “The bey sent away Famin”: Edwards, p. 76.
92. “O‘Brien and Cathcart”: Allison, p. 185.
92. “‘The United States set out'”: Wright and Macleod, p. 41.
92. “Congress must ‘send a'”: Ibid., p. 47.
93. “Bobba Mustapha expected”: Edwards, p. 63.
93. “‘I don't pray often'”: Wright and Macleod, p. 45.
93. “The shadow fell on Denmark”: Ibid., pp. 66—7.
93. “Eaton came to”: Allen, p. 71.
93. “But the Danes got”: Wright and Macleod, pp. 66—7.
94. “At Cathcart's first meeting”: Tucker, p. 118.
94. “McDonough bargained the bashaw”: Ibid., pp. 124—5.
94. “Cathcart paid, borrowing”: Allison, p. 169.
94. “O‘Brien and Eaton wisely”: Ibid., pp. 170—2.
95. “In a letter to President Adams”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 1, pp. 322—3.
95. “In July 1800”: Ibid., p. 372.
95. “But in unmistakable language”: Ibid., pp. 394—5.
96. “The
George Washington's
cargo”: Allison, p. 175.
97. “Besides its 130 crewmen”: Allen, pp. 75—80.
97. “The Americans took pleasure”: Ibid.
98. “Throughout the meal”: Tucker, pp. 34—5.
98. “Two months after leaving”: Allen, pp. 75—80.
98. “‘The sending to Constantinople'”: Hagan, pp. 55.
98. “‘I would have lost”':
Naval Documents,
vol. 1, p. 398.
99. “Tunis's bey, Hamouda Pacha,”: Ibid.
99. “‘He seldom robs'”: Ibid., p. 431.
99. “Bainbridge returned to the”: Wright and Macleod, p. 61.
99. “‘He was a large'”: Edwards, p. 84.
100. “One of Bobba's officers”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 1, p. 411.
100. “Sweden had agreed”: Ibid., p. 404.
100. “‘I have every reason'”: Ibid., p. 420.
101. “Consuls and agents”:
Papers of James Madison,
pp. 3—5.
Chapter VI: War and Early Triumph
102. “The bashaw set the”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 1, p. 420.
102. “In two years”: Kola Folayan,
Tripoli During the Reign of Yusuf Pasha Qaramanli
(Ile-Ife, Nigeria: University of Ife Press, 1979), p. 27.
103. “America's $60,000 treaty”
:
Ibid., p. 29.
103. “More aggravating than”: Ibid., pp. 33—4.
104. “In letters to”: Ibid., p. 35.
104. “‘If the United States”':
Naval Documents,
vol. 1, p. 430.
104. “‘.. . it would strike'”:
Papers of James Madison,
p. 92.
105. “But the fact was”: Jefferson Notes on Cabinet Meetings,
The Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress,
May—June 1801.
105. “Off Sicily, Tunisian pirates”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 1, p. 479.
106. “The squadron was to”: Ibid., p. 463.
106. “‘It is hopeful that'”:
Papers of James Madison,
pp. 199—200.
107. “Moslem absolutism, the literature”: Allison, p. 37, pp. 48-9.
107. “Moreover, Europeans believed”: Ibid., pp. 61—4.
108. “‘One great object”':
Naval Documents
, vol. 1, p. 463.
108. “The cruise, Madison said”:
Papers of James Madison
, p. 209.
108. “Sterrett was said”: Alexander Laing,
American Sail: A Pictorial History
(New York: Dutton, 1961), p. 42; Tucker, p. 142.
109. “Even while readying”: Schachner, p. 688.
109. “The Reduction Act also”: Fowler,
Jack Tars
, p. 60.
110. “Truxtun, however, wanted”: Ibid., pp. 65—6.
110. “The three-year delay”: Jefferson letter to Congressman Wilson Cary Nicholas, June 11, 1801,
Jefferson. Papers at the Library of Congress
.
111. “From the quarterdeck”: Tucker, pp. 133—4; Edwards, p. 97.
111. “Already friction had”: Whipple, p. 74.
112. “Dale gave Sterrett”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 1, p. 497.
112. “Three days after Sterrett‘s”: Ibid., p. 501.
112. “Murad Reis was actually”: Tucker, pp. 121-2.
113. “The American flag”: Wright and Macleod, p. 89.
113. “No, he told Dale”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 1, p. 501.
113. “Dale gave Bobba Mustapha”:
Papers of James Madison,
p. 213.
114. “‘The squadron under my”':
Naval Documents,
vol. 1, pp. 531-3.
114. “‘The shore along'”: Ibid., p. 587.
115. “Flowering hibiscus, olives”: Tucker, pp. 221—4
115. “Hamet the Great”: Ibid., pp. 225—8.
116. “He led a revolt”: Folayan, pp. 17-20.
117. “When Hamet returned”: Tucker, pp. 225—8.
117. “Eaton sent a circular”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 1, p. 528.
117. “Murad unbent his”: Ibid, pp. 541-2.
117. “Murad, happily rid of”: Tucker, p. 147.
118. “Commodore Richard Dale's first”: Ibid., pp. 546—7.
118. “The furious bashaw”: Donald Barr Chidsey,
The Wars in Barbary: Arab Piracy and the Birth of the United States Navy
(New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1971),
p. 76;
Naval Documents
, vol. 1, p. 539 (
National Intelligencer
).
119. “Sterrett was awarded”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 1, pp. 539—40.
119. “The victory inspired a play”: Allison, p. 187.
119. “In a congratulatory letter”: Christopher McKee,
Edward Preble, A Naval Biography, 1761—1807
(Annapolis, Md.:
Naval Institute Press
, 1972), pp. 91—2.
120. “Sterrett's promotion, however”:
Jefferson Presidential Papers
, Microfilm, Reel 33.
Chapter VII: The War That Wasn't
121. “Dale perversely interpreted”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 2, p. 54.
122. “The Essex convoyed”: Ibid.
122. “Dale complained there”: Ibid., vol. 1, p. 553, 560.
122. “‘I don't expect”': Ibid., vol. 1, pp. 603—4.
122. “As early as August”: Ibid., p. 560.
123. “‘There never was'”: Ibid., pp. 610—11.
123. “En route to Toulon”: Ibid., p. 620.
123. “He sailed from Malaga”: Ibid., vol. 2, pp. 27, 44.
124. “But before his recall”: Ibid., pp. 142—3.
124. “Thinking ahead to when”: Ibid., vol. 1, pp. 565—6.
125. “Richard Valentine Morris”: Tucker, pp. 153—4.
125. “Navy Secretary Smith”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 2, p. 103.
126. “Smith disliked ultimatums”: Ibid., p. 76—83.
126. “The bashaw was sending”: Ibid., p. 66.
126. “Algiers had sent twelve”: Ibid., pp. 155, 173.
127. “‘I never was at Sea'”: Ibid., pp. 161—2.
127. “‘Holding out the'”: Ibid., p. 130.
128. “Soliman now announced”: Ibid., pp. 179—83.
128. “He invited Simpson”: Ibid., p. 276.
129. “Morris put a watch”: Ibid., pp. 275—6, 280.
129. “Handwritten letters and”: Tuchman, p. 7.
129. “The Navy Department sent”: Ibid., p. 136.
129. “Belying his unyielding”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 2, p. 309.
130. “Congress, which supported”: Schachner, pp. 711—2.
130. “Two corsairs had slipped”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 2, p. 176.
130. “Firing cannon salutes”: Ibid., pp. 176, 201.
131. “Eaton tried to open”: Ibid., p. 201.
131. “On October 11”: Ibid., pp. 279, 288.
131. “Richard O‘Brien, the U.S.”: Ibid., p. 349.
131. “‘Let me at this time”': Ibid., p. 232.
132. “It was so late”: Ibid., pp. 296—7.
132. “Morris confided to Cathcart”: Ibid., p. 291.
132. “O‘Brien had learned”: Ibid., p. 289.
132. “‘This year has proved'”: Ibid., p. 213.
132. “Sweden made peace”: Ibid., pp. 305—6.
133. “Young Wadsworth thought”: Ibid., pp. 273—4.
133. “The forecastle captain's wife”: Ibid., p. 387.
133. “It was so widespread”: Whipple, p. 309.
133. “Lawson, who had never”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 2, pp. 293—5.
134. “He displayed his”: Ibid., pp. 293-95, 299.
135. “Carmick was returning”: Ibid., p. 300.
135. “‘Yesterday we left Livonine'”: Ibid., p. 310.
135. “Cochran tried to pick”: Ibid., p. 362; Whipple, p. 90.
136. “Congress empowered the president”: Edwards, p. 111.
136. “Congress also authorized”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 2, pp. 51—2.
136. “Early in 1803”: Ibid., p. 346, 362, 366.
137. “‘Sunday: One and a'”: Ibid., pp. 49—50.
137. “‘Government may as well”':
Naval Documents
, vol. 2, p. 229.
137. “He also was angry”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 2, pp. 166—9.
138. “‘I belieive you'”: Ibid., p. 145.
138. “‘Our operations of the'”: Ibid., pp. 248—9.
139. “The United States risked”: Ibid., pp. 196—7.
139. “‘intolerable abuse and”': Ibid., pp. 248-9.
139. “A Barbary consul:” Ibid., p. 353.
139. “‘Nothing of importance”': Ibid., p. 327.
139. “Finally, in February 1803”: Ibid., p. 306.
Chapter VIII: Frustration
140. “Morris's squadron delivered”: Ibid., pp. 86—7.
140. “The bey instructed Eaton”: Ibid., pp. 134—5.
141. “He told Eaton”: Charles Prentiss,
Life of the Late William Eaton
(Brookfield, Mass.: Merriam & Co., 1813), pp. 214—5;
Naval Documents
, vol. 2, p. 354.
141. “The brief rapprochement”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 2, p. 163, 166.
141. “The frigate, he said”: Ibid., p. 269.
141. “‘It is false'”: Ibid., p. 305.
142. “‘I will indemnify myself'”: Ibid., pp. 344—6.
142. “Morris insisted the
Paulina”:
Ibid., pp. 351—4.
143. “Yet it was true”: Prentiss, pp. 238—9.
143. “Eaton had added”: Wright and Macleod, pp. 102, 122.
144. “The torrent of vituperation”: Prentiss, p. 241; Edwards, p. 122; Tucker, p. 167.
144. “Cathcart reported what happened”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 2, p. 369.
144. “Eaton found a buyer”: Ibid., pp. 354—5.
144. “The commodore sent the bey”: Ibid., p. 369.
144. “‘Had I commanded”': Ibid.
145. “‘It is unprecedented'”: Prentiss, p. 239.
145. “‘I presume it would'”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 2, p. 396.
145. “‘His character does not'”: Ibid., p. 301.
145. “The snub prompted”: Ibid., pp. 379—81.
146. “Given sailing orders”: Ibid., p. 387.
146. “Dale, the Navy's senior”: Ibid., pp. 330, 337.
147. “He was ordered to”: Ibid., p. 405.
147. “Over Cathcart's protests”: Ibid., pp. 398-9.
147. “While the
New York”:
Allen, p. 125; Tucker, p. 171.
148. “‘Twelve months pass'd‘”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 2, p. 417.
148. “While dining at a”: Tucker, pp. 182—3.
149. “Rodgers displayed the same”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 2, pp. 408—9.
149. “Days later, the
Enterprise
”: Ibid., p. 416.

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