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USN 902969 The Privateer PAUL JONES Captures the HASSAN, 1 August 1812

The Privateer PAUL JONES Captures the HASSAN, 1 August 1812
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Title: The Privateer PAUL JONES Captures the HASSAN, 1 August 1812
Caption: The privateer PAUL JONES, Captain Hazard of New York, had captured 14 British vessels in the West Indies before 1 August 1812 and, in early August, took the HASSAN bound from Gibraltar to Havana with wines and dry goods valued at $200,000. The HASSAN carried 14 guns but only twenty men. She held out for half an hour.
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Catalog #: USN 902969
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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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