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    :hatsoff: The commodore accepts your plea...

    :hatsoff:

    The commodore accepts your plea bargain. Case dismissed. :hatsoff:
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    Nay Sir, I draw your attention to the date of the...

    Nay Sir, I draw your attention to the date of the battle; 1800.

    Your reference is penned six years after the battle.
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    I am not certain that the commodore could ever be...

    I am not certain that the commodore could ever be give command in the same theater of war or even in the navy again. Once you forsake your comrades who would willingly follow you into harms way...
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    Sir, I do understand that by the rules and...

    Sir,

    I do understand that by the rules and laws written almost half a century ago for the foreign navy of a foreign king that the commodore may well be condemned, and that by rules to be written...
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    Rob, If you were Commodore Samuel Nicholson's...

    Rob,

    If you were Commodore Samuel Nicholson's advocate how would you defend him to keep these accusations from making it to a full court martial? Put on your lawyer's hat and save this man. What...
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    Hugh, The American frigates Constitution,...

    Hugh,

    The American frigates Constitution, United States, and President were the three most powerful ships in the navy at the time of the Quasi War with France, but they were not expected to go toe...
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    Did you read the letter from Washington?

    Did you read the letter from Washington?
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    Letter From Washington December 3, 1800 ...

    Letter From Washington


    December 3, 1800

    To: Samuel Nicholson, Commodore: Caribbean Squadron
    From: Benjamin Stoddert, Secretary of the Navy: United States of America

    Sir:
    I have read...
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    Butcher's Bill American Squadron: 26676 ...

    Butcher's Bill

    American Squadron:

    26676

    26677

    26678
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    The After Action Report 26651 September...

    The After Action Report


    26651

    September 8, 1800

    To: William Bainbridge: Captain; USS United States
    Thomas Truxton: Captain; USS Constellation
    Stephen Decatur Sr.: Captain; USS...
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    AAR September "Disaster in the Fog"

    Please excuse the quality of the pictures in the following After Action Report. There just wasn’t enough sunshine for good photography.
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