1815 newspaper USS CONSTITUTION warship w last War of 1812 naval battle prize

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1815 newspaper USS CONSTITUTION warship w last War of 1812 naval battle prize:
$35.00

Please visit our store at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at PHOTO-----COMPLETE, ORIGINALNEWSPAPER,the Boston Independent Chronicle (MA) dated Apr 10, 1815.

This newspaper contains prominent inside page \"breaking\" news of the last British warship captured by the US warship USS Constitution as a part of the War of 1812.Although the War of 1812 had been over since the Treaty of Ghent negotiatedin Dec, 1814, the USS Constitution was out in the Atlantic Ocean on patrol and did not know this until muchlater !!

The USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. Named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America, she is the world\'s oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat. Launched in 1797, Constitution was one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed. Built in Boston, Massachusetts, at Edmund Hartt\'s shipyard, her first duties with the newly formed United States Navy were to provide protection for American merchant shipping during the Quasi-War with France and to defeat the Barbary pirates in the First Barbary War.

Constitution is most famous for her actions during the War of 1812 against Great Britain, when she captured numerous merchant ships and defeated five British warships: HMSGuerriere, Java, Pictou, Cyane and Levant. The battle with Guerriere earned her the nickname of \"Old Ironsides\" and public adoration that has repeatedly saved her from scrapping.

USS Constitution set a course towards Guinea and then west towards Brazil, as Stewart had learned from the capture of Susanna that HMSInconstant was transporting gold bullion back to England, and wanted her as a prize. Constitution put into Maranhão on 2 April to offload her British prisoners and replenish her drinking water. While there, Stewart learned by rumor that the Treaty of Ghent had been ratified, and set course for America. Receiving verification of peace at San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 28 April, he set course for New York and arrived home on 15 May to large celebrations. While Constitution emerged from the war undefeated, her sister ships Chesapeake and President were not so fortunate, having been captured in 1813 and 1815 respectively. Constitution was moved to Boston and placed in ordinary in January 1816, sitting out the action of the Second Barbary War.

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