RUMORED BUZZ ON OLDIRONSIDE

Captain Edward Preble purchased to consider command of Structure inside a letter dated fourteen Might 1803[sixty five] as his flagship and made preparations to command a different squadron for a third blockade try. The ship was recommissioned on twenty Could.[sixty six] The copper sheathing on her hull needed to be replaced and Paul Revere equipped

A merchant captain named Samuel Dewey approved a small wager as to whether he could comprehensive the process of removal.[167] Elliot had posted guards on Structure to ensure the safety of the figurehead, but Dewey crossed the Charles River in a little boat, using the noise of thunderstorms to mask his actions, and managed to noticed off almost all