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- GLC#
- GLC02352
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 9 May 1805
- Author/Creator
- Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833
- Title
- to John Rodgers
- Place Written
- Tripoli, Libya
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 31.8 cm, Width: 19.9 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Commodore Bainbridge, imprisoned after his ship went aground on the Tunisian Coast on 29 December 1803, writes to Rogers, Commodore of the Mediterranean Squadron. States that he and other prisoners "feel confident that no exertions will be wanting in our brother officers to retain us, we only regret that we cannot share the honor and danger with them."
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