English: An oil painting "Hyder Ally Captures General Monk, 8 April 1782" by Louis-Philippe Crépin (1772–1851) depicting the battle between Joshua Barney's ship Hyder-Ally and the HMS General Monk. In 1974, the U.S. Government Printing Office and Naval History Division, Department of Navy, produced a series of color lithograph prints dedicated to naval actions during American Revolution, including a print of Crépin's work, series No.3.

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Title: Commodore Joshua Barney: many interesting facts connected with the life of Commodore Joshua Barney, hero of the United States navy, 1776-1812, also a compilation of genealogical material relating to Commodore Barney's ancestors and descendants, with valuable records for those in search of Barney family connections
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Adams, William Frederick, b. 1848
Subjects: Barney, Joshua, 1759-1818 Barney family (William Barney, d. 1746)
Publisher: Springfield, Mass., Priv. print.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Action between ■ Ihe Hyder-AIly and the •■GeneralMonk April S, lySs.From the oris:inalpaintinc; in the United Slates Na-! Academy, Annapolis, MarylandPhoographedfor this work byspecial permission. .1. rceivi:.. uc the s -ucui to be a part K oi iii^- ac ine s » this convoy up the bay— ered in their ■^edily ensued me vessels, which ;/ Monky under Royal Nav)^— i, and nearly one- nen! In attempting to ay, the Hyder-Ally on, within pistol shot, the action has been jus^tkVy.Aug^^ct)that ever od?tl¥reil^t!!fMeiwas t in the presence not engaged, an:•itial r^ppect superic... former•■iptured h. ^ O 0\^1 V il. ed at Philadc>!> their respc*., ^; ;y men kill*Mv^\fr the form. .,ur^>.on, boatswa.vere Captain Roge-•-^ except one ml^u iuui men killed an^meral Washingh
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Ij ^ ■5! <! was restored to the prize, and Barney made a cruise inher on a secret mission to the West Indies. The Legislature of Pennsylvania passed a vote ofthanks to Captain Barney, and ordered a gold-hiltedsword to be prepared, which was afterwards presentedto him, in the name of the state, by Governor Dickin-son. It was a small sword with mountings of chasedgold—the guard of which, on the one side had a repre-sentation of the Hyder-Ally, and on the other theGeneral Monk, the sails of each ship set as in the action—the latter ship in the action of striking her flag. Theirhulls, sails, masts, spars and rigging, were all beautifullydelineated by the artist, in open work, resembling theivory fans of the Chinese. We deem it proper to add, as a part of the historyof this brilliant affair, that a painting representing theaction between the Hyder-Ally and the General Monk,was executed in 1802 by L. P. Crepin in Paris by orderof Commodore Barney, while in the service of theFrench

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