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Description LC-USZ62-47875: First Barbary War, August 3, 1804. "Decatur avenging the murder of his brother...while bearing a prize from the harbor [Tripoli] hears of the treacherous murder of his brother by a Turk (who had surrendered) in a moment changes his course, and with 10 men for his crew seeks his enemy - rushes on board - and after a desperate struggle, with numbers far superior, kills the Turk - captures his enemies boat - & again retreats from the harbor" Woodcut. (6/12/2015).
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