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Attack on the Barrier Forts on November 21, showing ''USS Portsmouth (1843)'', and ''USS Levant (1837)'', with men and officers from the steam frigate ''San Jacinto''

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Description The attack on the Barrier Forts near Canton, China, by the American squadron on November 21, 1856 - consisting of the U.S. sloops of war Portsmouth and Levant with the officers and crew of the steam frigate San Jacinto.
Date 19th century
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/148224.html
Author A. Poinsett; John Henry Bufford (1810–1870)

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