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NH 59293 "Destruction of the Clipper Ship 'Jacob Bell' by the British Pirate 'Florida.'"

Photo #: NH 59293 "Destruction of the Clipper Ship 'Jacob Bell' by the British Pirate 'Florida.'"
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Title: "Destruction of the Clipper Ship 'Jacob Bell' by the British Pirate 'Florida.'"
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Description: Photo #: NH 59293 Destruction of the Clipper Ship 'Jacob Bell' by the British Pirate 'Florida.' Line engraving from Harper's Weekly, January-June 1863, page 189. It is signed G. Perkins in the lower left. The merchant ship Jacob Bell was in the West Indies, bound from Foochow, China, to New York, with a valuable cargo when she was captured by CSS Florida on 12 February 1863. She was burned the next day. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 59293
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