Identifier: commodorejoshuab02adam (find matches)
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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aisance than prudence, returned—forgetting thathe thus took upon himself to acknowledge the indepen-dence of their flag before their High Mightinesses atthe Hague had decided, whether to listen to the remon-strances of Sir Joseph Yorke or to the solicitations ofDr. Franklin. For this premature instance of courtesy,the Governor was afterwards displaced, on the com-plaint of the English government; the fact, neverthe-less, that he did return the salute of the Andrea Doria,contradicts the generally received impression thatCaptain Paul Jones was the first American officer, towhom such an honor had been paid by a foreign power.It was not until February, 1778, that Joness salutewas returned by the French Admiral at Brest. On the 31st of March, 1778, the Virginia frigate, thefirst built in Baltimore, made an attempt to get to seain the night, in which she would certainly have suc-ceeded, in spite of the vigilance of the enemys squad-ron, but that the pilot ran her on the middle ground, 134
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Knee-buckles and Masonic Apron of Commodore Joshua Barney.The pitcher was in possession of the family for many years. ()urtesy of Mrs. Mary Bonnycastle YoeIuisville, Ky. between the Capes; and on the first of April she wastaken possession of by His Majestys frigate the Emer-ald, Captain Caldwell. Captain Nicholson, the com-mander, escaped in the ships barge; but Lieut. JoshuaBarney, with his brother William Stevenson Barney,who was an officer of the marines, and the rest of thecrew fell into the hands of the enemy. In 1782, Delaware bay and river were infested withnumerous refugee barges and privateers, which werecommitting the most extensive depredations, not onlyupon the commerce of Philadelphia, but upon thepeaceable inhabitants along the shores of every acces-sible stream that emptied into these waters. In order todrive off these plunderers—who were protected by thepresence of several of His Majestys ships—and tooffer that assistance to their distressed citizens whichit was no

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