Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Life, Character, and Public Services of Commodore Jacob Jones
He made his first cruise under Commodore Barry then regarded as the Father of our Navy. In 1803 Jones was a Lieutenant on the Frigate Philadelphia when that ship with the sloop of war Vixen lay' before Tripoli blockading that port. In the latter part of October the Philadelphia when lying about fifteen miles from Tripoli, Captain Bain bridge her Commander discovered a large ship with Tripolitan colors. He immediately gave chase and continued the pursuit until that ship entered the port; beating out of the harbor on his return from the chase, the Philadelphia ran upon an undescribed rock. Notwithstanding every effort was made to get her ofi she could not be moved and Bain bridge was compelled, when an overwhelming Tripolitan force assailed him, to strike the banner of his country to the Cresent of Mahomet.
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