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The American Privateer “General Armstrong”

An American flagged ship is firing canons at British flagged ship as sailors from the boats are trying to board
Description: Lithograph, By Nathaniel Currier, C. 1830, Dimensions Unknown
Accession #: 07-386-A
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This privateer was named for Secretary of War John Armstrong, who had served in the Continental Army and later as a United States Senator.  At the start of the War of 1812, he joined the U.S. Army and was placed in charge of the defenses of the port of New York.

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  • War of 1812 1812-1815
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