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USN 902802 Attack on USS INDEPENDENCE in Boston Harbor by the British Frigate HMS NYMPHE, 1814

Attack on USS INDEPENDENCE in Boston Harbor by the British Frigate HMS NYMPHE, 1814
Title: Attack on USS INDEPENDENCE in Boston Harbor by the British Frigate HMS NYMPHE, 1814
Caption: In the spring of 1814, Charles Goullet, Master's Mate of the British 38-gun frigate HMS NYMPHE entered the port of Boston in a boat with six other persons for the purpose of destroying the United States ship of the line INDEPENDENCE then but recently launched. Having pulled past a whole tier of heavy batteries, the little band of adventurers entered the inner harbor, where they boarded a schooner, which they quickly fitted out as a fire ship, and then sent blazing in the direction of INDEPENDENCE. It now being daylight and the harbor being in a state of commotion, they were obliged to make off with all speed, pursued by a number of boats from whom, as well as the batteries, they contrived to escape in safety.
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Catalog #: USN 902802
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Original Creator: Artist, Warren (attributed)
After this Year: 1812
Before this Year: 1815
Original Medium: Watercolor Painting, BW Photo
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