Jefferson's War (54 page)
Authors: Joseph Wheelan
211. “A husky six-footer”: McKee, frontispiece, p. 80.
211. “Preble was known”: Ibid., p. 35.
211. “criminal charges were”: Ibid., pp. 46â7.
212. “In a letter”: Ibid., p. 138.
212. “Unlike Morris, Preble”: Ibid., pp. 133â4;
Naval Documents
, vol. 3, p. 225.
Naval Documents
, vol. 3, p. 225.
212. “on October 4, 1803, five”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 3, p. 105.
Naval Documents
, vol. 3, p. 105.
212. “On November 16, 1803”: Ibid., p. 225.
212. “Preble kept all”: Ibid., pp. 103-4.
213. “Thus, when Robert Quinn”: Ibid., vol. 4, pp. 218â9, 227.
213. “The meeting took”: Anthony, pp. 109-11.
214. “And then, without warning”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 4, pp. 352, 298â9.
Naval Documents,
vol. 4, pp. 352, 298â9.
215. “The bashaw hunkered”: Ibid., pp. 299â300.
215. “Besides the casualties”: Ibid.
Chapter XII: A Destructive Scheme217. “Whenever Barron arrived”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 4, pp. 114â5.
Naval Documents
, vol. 4, pp. 114â5.
218. “While he regretted”: Ibid., p. 301.
218. “Preble's pride was”: Ibid., p. 377.
218. “Weeks later, when”: Ibid., pp. 63â4.
218. “The
John Adams
”: Ibid., pp. 300â1.
John Adams
”: Ibid., pp. 300â1.
219. “Since the failed parley”: Ibid., p. 222.
219. “Preble offered $80,000”: Ibid., pp. 389, 397.
219. “Yet he couldn't resist”: Ibid., p. 397.
219. “Stephen Decatur had exulted”: Ibid., p. 243.
220. “Preble had declared”: Ibid., vol. 3, p. 210.
220. “Enemy gunners opened up”: Ibid., vol. 4, p. 301.
220. “Preble decided to resume”: Ibid., pp. 302, 481.
220. “Yet the nervous”: Ibid., p. 64.
221. “For three hours”: Ibid., pp. 302â3.
221. “Inside the city”: Ibid., pp. 64, 476, 480â2.
221. “Bainbridge was nearly”: Ibid., pp. 302â3.
221. “Preble brought the
Constitution
”: Ibid., pp. 472â3, 476, 504.
Constitution
”: Ibid., pp. 472â3, 476, 504.
221. “A few days later”: Ibid., pp. 302â4.
222. “Preble suggested a”: Ibid., p. 495.
222. “Beaussier reported that”: Ibid., 496â7, pp. 480-2.
222. “The American fire”: Ibid., p. 65.
222. “There were so many”: Ray, p. 135.
223. “Preble once again”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 4, pp. 304-5, 504.
Naval Documents
, vol. 4, pp. 304-5, 504.
223. “Preble's reckless sorties”: Ray, p. 142.
223. “When Somers asked”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 4, p. 508.
Naval Documents,
vol. 4, p. 508.
224. “âNo place presents'”: Ibid., p. 49.
225. “In Malta in May”: Ibid., p. 136.
225. “Preble himself demanded”: Ibid., vol. 3, pp. 112â3, 156.
225. “A decade later”: Allen, p. 140; Tucker, p. 338.
225. “âmany remarkable fine'”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 3, p. 210.
Naval Documents,
vol. 3, p. 210.
225. “âI have an excellent'”: Ibid., p. 439.
226. “Somers impulsively removed”: Anthony, pp. 150â1.
226. “The
Intrepid
was loaded”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 4, pp. 305â6.
Intrepid
was loaded”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 4, pp. 305â6.
226. “âlike so many planets'”: Ibid., p. 352.
226. “The huge concussion”: Ibid., pp. 360, 509.
227. “The
Nautilus
showed”: Ibid., p. 507.
Nautilus
showed”: Ibid., p. 507.
227. “there was no sign”: Ibid., p. 306.
227. “Without any basis”: Ibid., pp. 306â7.
228. “The bashaw and his”: Ibid., p. 65.
228. “Preble chased down”: Ibid., pp. 307â8.
228. “Barron cruised off”: Ibid., p. 513.
228. “President Jefferson took time”: McKee, pp. 314â5.
229. “With $1,245 they raised”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 6, p. 497.
Naval Documents,
vol. 6, p. 497.
229. “the monument was vandalized”: Wright-Macleod, p. 194.
230. “Its inscription reads”: Taken from the monument.
230. “In Portland, Maine”: Tucker, p. 333.
230. “In 1938, the”: Lieutenant (jg) Arthur P. Miller, Jr. “
Tripoli Graves Discovered
” (U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, April 1950), pp. 373â7.
Tripoli Graves Discovered
” (U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, April 1950), pp. 373â7.
231. “In April 1949”: Ibid.
Chapter XIII: Plotting a Regime Change233. “âThe Secretary of War”': Edwards, p. 127.
233. “This proposal was”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 1, p. 494.
Naval Documents,
vol. 1, p. 494.
233. “âThe subjects in'”: Ibid., p. 569.
233. “âdoes not accord'”: Ibid., vol. 2, p. 245.
234. “âWe have no'”: Ibid., vol. 4, p. 153.
234. “Madison permitted up to”: Ibid.
234. “Thin, pale, and”: Karl Schuon, ed.,
The Leathernecks
(New York: Franklin Watts Inc., 1963), p. 34.
The Leathernecks
(New York: Franklin Watts Inc., 1963), p. 34.
234. “he had moved”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 2, p. 486; vol. 3, p. 222.
Naval Documents,
vol. 2, p. 486; vol. 3, p. 222.
235. “Eaton said that organizing”: Ibid., vol. 5, p. 37.
235. “Eaton dispatched his”: Edwards, pp. 128â31.
235. “Bainbridge, Murray, Morris”: Tucker, pp. 229â31.
236. “Significantly, Preble, the”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 3, pp. 259â60, 486.
Naval Documents,
vol. 3, pp. 259â60, 486.
236. “Eaton complained to”: Ibid., vol. 4, p. 120.
236. “âIf my project'”: Ibid., vol. 5, p. 35.
236. “Hull's verbal orders”: Ibid., p. 20.
237. “âHow Glorious would'”: Ibid., p. 305.
237. “Founded in 332 B.C.”:
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia
(USA: Funk & Wagnalls, 1983), vol. 1, p. 372.
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia
(USA: Funk & Wagnalls, 1983), vol. 1, p. 372.
237. “The Americans gazed”: P. J. Vatikiotis.
The History of Egypt
(Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1969), p. 31.
The History of Egypt
(Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1969), p. 31.
237. “Napoleon's lightning invasion”: Ibid., pp. 30â1.
238. “âLet the Franks'”: Ibid., pp. 38â9.
238. “But the shrewd Napoleon”: Ibid., p. 44; Felix Gilbert, Eugene F. Rice, Jr., Richard S. Dunn, Leonard Krieger, Charles Breunig, Norman Rich, ed.,
The Norton History of Modern Europe
(New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 1971), p. 816.
The Norton History of Modern Europe
(New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 1971), p. 816.
238. “In 1801 they”: Vatikiotis, p. 50.
239. “While waiting for the”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, p. 171.
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, p. 171.
239. “They started up”: Wright-Macleod, p. 151.
239. “A striking blue-eyed”: Prentiss, p. 446.
239. “he was fluent”: Edwards, p. 5.
239. “He also happened”: Ibid., pp. 5â6.
239. “he had mastered”: Ibid., p. 11.
240. “These traits had”: Ibid., p. 27.
240. “âEgypt has no”':
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, p. 191.
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, p. 191.
240. “âWild Arabs' roved”: Ibid., p. 186.
240. “Eaton's party hunted”: Ibid., pp. 186â7.
241. “âThey kissed our”': Ibid., pp. 190â2.
241. “Eaton impressed the”: Ibid., p. 174.
241. “Cairo's viceroy, Khorshid”: Vatikiotis, p. 37.
241. “They were escorted”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, pp. 188-9.
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, pp. 188-9.
242. “âIt was more like'”: Ibid.
242. “He cemented their”: Ibid., pp. 185â6.
242. “The viceroy's envoy”: Ibid., p. 192.
242. “Eaton sent a letter”: Ibid., p. 180.
243. “âThus you must'”: Ibid., p. 268.
243. “âI cannot but”': Ibid., p. 252.
243. “Bring plenty of money”: Ibid., pp. 277â9.
243. “Less than halfway”: Ibid., pp. 303â4.
244. “Eaton began to notice”: Ibid., p. 314.
244. “âThere is more'”: Tucker, p. 366.
244. “Turkish guards suddenly”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, pp. 301, 304.
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, pp. 301, 304.
245. “âTents were pitched'”: Ibid., p. 333.
245. “The governor and”: Ibid., p. 304.
245. “Hamet had decided”: Ibid., p. 349.
245. “if even 100”: Ibid., p. 214.
246. “The envoy was”: Ibid., pp. 349â50.
246. “He âis now'”: Ibid., p. 360.
246. “Yusuf had halted”: Ibid., p. 100.
247. “âHis people thought”': Ibid., p. 131.
247. “Yusuf presided over”: Ibid., p. 206.
247. “Hull opened a”: Ibid., p. 349.
247. “Eaton got another $7,000”: Ibid., pp. 348, 408.
247. “âCash will do'”: Ibid., p. 553.
247. “There were Greeks”: Tucker, p. 369.
248. “Of the 400”: Edwards, p. 170;
Naval Documents
, vol. 5, pp. 371, 388.
Naval Documents
, vol. 5, pp. 371, 388.
248. “Selim Comb, a Turk”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 5, pp. 398â9.
Naval Documents
, vol. 5, pp. 398â9.
248. “Leitensdorfer was born”: Prentiss, pp. 419â24.
249. “Under his new”: Ibid.
250. “His adventures with Eaton”: Ibid.
251. “âConvention between the'”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, pp. 367â8.
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, pp. 367â8.
251. “âI cannot but'”: Ibid., p. 354.
252. “âWe found the impediments'”: Ibid., p. 384.
Chapter XIV: America's Lawrence253. “As befitted a”: Whipple, pp. 203â4.
253. “The army trekked”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, p. 399.
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, p. 399.
253. “It was the same”: Tucker, p. 376; McEvedy, vols. 1â2.
254. “During World War II”: Edwards, p. 15.
254. “In March and April”: Tucker, pp. 371â4.
254. “âGeneral Eaton's instincts'”: Edwards, p. 185.
254. “âWherever General Eaton'”: Edwards, pp. 3, 6.
255. “They refused to”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, p. 405.
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, p. 405.
255. “The Arab cavalry fired”: Ibid., p. 410.
255. “Arabs stole all”: Edwards, pp. 1-3.
256. “They drew water”:
The Leathernecks,
p. 36; Whipple, p. 200.
The Leathernecks,
p. 36; Whipple, p. 200.
256. “explored a valley”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 5, p. 423.
Naval Documents
, vol. 5, p. 423.
256. “Eaton examined scattered”: Ibid., p. 482.
256. “âwith Greek inscriptions'”: Ibid.
256. “The camel drivers again”: Ibid., vol. 4, pp. 433â4.
257. “Eaton responded to the”: Ibid.
257. “Fifty drivers returned”: Ibid., vol. 5, p. 435.
257. “The tribesmen thought”: Ibid., pp. 444, 448, 454.
257. “âDespondency sat in'”: Ibid., p. 456.
258. “âThe services of'”: Ibid., p. 459.
258. “âJoseph Bashaw's forces'”: Ibid., p. 464.
259. “âThey were astonished'”: Ibid., p. 472.
259. “OâBannon was a”: Tucker, p. 356.
259. “On the
Adams
”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 2, p. 335.
Adams
”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 2, p. 335.
260. ҉O'Bannon [is] oneӉ:
The Leathernecks,
p. 36.
The Leathernecks,
p. 36.
260. “Eaton's volcanic relationship”: Naval Documents, vol. 5, p. 475.
260. “Absent several days”: Ibid., p. 478.
261. “The proclamation began”: Ibid., pp. 467â9.
261. “âHe leads you'”: Ibid., pp. 469â70.
262. “âI shall be'”: Ibid.
262. “By early April”: Ibid., p. 478.
262. “âIf they preferred'”: Ibid., p. 490.
263. “Eaton and OâBannon”: Ibid., pp. 490â1.
263. “Eaton then made”: Ibid.
263. “Eaton began to berate”: Edwards, pp. 6-8.
264. “The standoff ended”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, pp. 490â1.
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, pp. 490â1.
264. “Later, OâBannon scolded”: Edwards, pp. 6-8.
264. “Christians and Arabs”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 5, p. 498;
The Leathernecks,
p. 36.
Naval Documents
, vol. 5, p. 498;
The Leathernecks,
p. 36.
264. “Captain Selim Comb”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 5, p. 481.
Naval Documents
, vol. 5, p. 481.
264. “Halting on April 9”: Ibid., p. 495.
265. “the hungry Marines”:
The Leathernecks,
p. 37.
The Leathernecks,
p. 37.
265. “The women strung”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, p. 503.
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, p. 503.
265. “Hamet killed a”: Ibid., p. 509.
265. “now reduced to eating”: Ibid., p. 512.
265. “âIn an instant'”: Ibid., p. 498.
265. “The bitter Arabs”: Ibid., p. 512.
265. “Eaton and the Christians”: Ibid.
266. “Hull had reached”: Ibid., p. 493.
266. “The
Argus
and
Hornet
”: Ibid., p. 443.
Argus
and
Hornet
”: Ibid., p. 443.
267. “Before his men”: Ibid., p. 533.
267. “Yusuf had established”: Folayan, p. 42.
267. “A tent was”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, p. 389.
Naval Documents,
vol. 5, p. 389.
268. “He returned empty-handed”: Ibid., p. 443.
268. “âThey said that”': Ibid., p. 505.
268. “The increasingly flustered”: Ibid., p. 509.
268. “Ten thousand, the”: Ibid., p. 523.
268. “The next morning”: Ibid., p. 540.
269. “But Barron's squadron”:
Naval Documents,
vol. 6, pp. 30â1.
Naval Documents,
vol. 6, pp. 30â1.
270. “If he had three”: Ibid., vol. 5, p. 94.
270. “Only Preble's August 3”: Ibid., pp. 58â9.
270. “He owed Tunis”: Ibid., p. 52.
271. “Barron would blockade”: Ibid., vol. 4, p. 153.
271. “âwithout any price”': Ibid., pp. 155â6.
271. “Should âadverse events'”: Ibid., p. 153.
271. “a Cabinet meeting”: Jan. 8, 1805, Cabinet meeting notes.
Presidential Papers Microfilm: Thomas Jefferson Papers
(Washington, D.C., 1974), Reel 32.
Presidential Papers Microfilm: Thomas Jefferson Papers
(Washington, D.C., 1974), Reel 32.
271. “Jefferson, however, confided”:
Naval Documents
, vol. 5, p. 465.
Naval Documents
, vol. 5, p. 465.
272. “On November 14”: Ibid., p. 141.
272. “By December 27”: Ibid., p. 221.
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