CHESAPEAKE FLOTILLA![1]
($18 ADVANCE)
Where an honorable and comfortable situation offers to men
out of employ during the Embargo; where seamen and landsmen will receive four
month's pay advanced, and their wives to receive half pay, monthly; and single
men can provide foraged parents; and widowers for the helpless children, in the
same manner, with the advantage of always being near their families, and not to
be drafted into the militia, or turned over into any other service. Apply to the recruiting officers, or to
JOSHUA
BARNEY,[2]
Com. of U.S.
Flotilla
March 3 eott[3]
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| Joshua Barney circa 1800 image from Wikipedia |
[1] The
Chesapeake Flotilla and Joshua Barney. http://www.pgparks.com/War_of_1812/History/The_Chesapeake_Flotilla_and_Joshua_Barney.htm
"On July 4, 1813, Joshua
Barney, an American Revolutionary War naval hero, proposed a plan to the
Secretary of the Navy, William Jones, to build, purchase, outfit, man, and
command a flying squadron of 20 barges to defend the Chesapeake Bay from
British incursions."
[2] Joshua
Barney (6 July 1759 – 1 December 1818) was, born in Baltimore, Maryland, and
served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War. He later achieved
the rank of commodore in the United States Navy and also served in the War of
1812. from Wikipedia.
[3] Baltimore
Patriot & Evening Advertiser.; Date: 04-29-1814; Volume: 3; Issue: 101;
Page: [4]; Location: Baltimore, Maryland.
Transcribed by John Peter Thompson, April 28th, 2013.
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