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Ship of War, 89. Bav of Biscay, 90. Takes Scotch Brig John and Rebecca, 91. Eclipse of the Sun, 91. Britannia and Elizabeth, Prizes, 91. Mr. A dams s Letter, 92. Mr. A dams s Instructions, 93. Took Scotch Brig, 95. Shameful Treatment by French General, 95. Forty-seven Men taken from the Boston, 95. Crew they left, 97. Sells three Prizes, 98. At Nantes, 98. A t. Brest, 98. Sails in Commodore Whipple s Squadron, and in Company with French Fleet of forty Ships, 99. Saves Life of Cabin Boy, 100. A letter describing the Boston in the Storm, loi. The Squadron on the Banks of Newfoundland, 100. At Portsmouth, 100. Judge Sprague s Remarks on Tucker in his Eulogy on xdams and Jefferson, 102. CHAPTER VI. A Letter of John Paine, 105. Visit to his Family, 105. Agreement of Whipple, Tucker, and Simpson, to cruise, 106. Convoys and protects a Fleet of Merchant Ships, 107. Keeps off t Avo British Frigates in Voyage from St. Eustatia, 107. Fights and captures the Pole Frigate, no. Cruises with the Deane, in. Commands two Frigates, with Orders from Whipple, which entitles him Commodore, 115. Letter from Jos. Reed, 114. Takes Prizes, 116. Sale of the Pole, 117. Boston Gazette enumerates Prizes, 119. Tucker s Account of several Captures, 121. CHAPTER VII. Attends Court Martial, 122. Petition of Whipple, Tucker, et al., for Employment, 123. Their Squadron of four on a Cruise, 125. They are sent to defend Charleston, S.C., 126. Description of Charleston Harbor, c., 126-129. Sir Henry Clinton and Vice-A dmiral Arbuthnot invest City by Land and Sea, 128. Tucker destroys the Beacon Lighthouse,
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