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Chapter 3 - 1803 - 1814 -
From There Go the Ships by George Shirley

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these orders was most annoying to them. If they carried French goods they would enter them in the ship's bill of lading, which was supposed to be it description of the ship's cargo, then she was likely to be taken because she was carrying French goods. Then if they carried them without entering in the bill, our cruisers, if they found them on board, seized the ship, although it was that of a neutral, the Prize Courts condemned her, and she became a lawful capture. These, and other grievances, led to the war of 1813 and 1814. We had six American merchant

 
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ships stopped by us, to see if they were carrying any French goods. As an instance we chased it ship and brought her to by firing at her, and sent a boat's crew to search her, but could find nothing. As they were going away, the officer in charge of the searching party heard one of the crew say that he would sell her for a glass of grog. On his return he reported this to the captain, who had her boarded again, and a more rigorous search made, when they found some cases of French watches that were not put down in the bill, seized her, and the court condemned her as a lawful prize.

We formed part of the squadron that ran up the Chesapeake, and diverted the attention of the American troops by running up the different rivers and destroying manufactories of war like material, alarming the whole country; then, as soon as the American troops began to march towards the threatened parts, we sailed clown again and up other rivers on the other side of the bay, keeping their troops marching and counter-marching, whilst our

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