Note from John M. Schick
Reverend Schick relates a reported incident that occurred in the late 1870s. During the War of 1812, Admiral Hillyar of the HMS Phoebe captured the USS Essex. Several decades later, a subsequent American ship, also named Essex, visited Plymouth, England, and hosted Hillyar’s elderly widow.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-19