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Title: National star-spangled banner centennial, Baltimore, Maryland, September 6 to 13, 1914
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: National star-spangled banner centennial commission O'Connell, Frank Albert, 1886- Coyle, William F
Subjects: Star-spangled banner (Song) Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814
Publisher: (Baltimore, Munder-Thomsen Press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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her ports combined aboutthirty-eight. Baltimore Clippers, world famous for theirspeed, manned by daring crews, struck blow after blow at thecommerce of Great Britain. This caused the English press torefer to this city as a nest of pirates. Baltimore privateers captured five hundred and twenty-fivevessels, or nearly one-third of all the prizes taken in the war.Aboard Government vessels and privateers, Baltimore mencaptured five hundred and seventy-five British ships. Theactivities of Baltimore privateers caused a loss of $16,000,000to the British. The most famous privateersman was Captain Thomas Boyle,of Baltimore. First on the Comet, and later on theChasseur, known as the Pride of Baltimore, he made anumber of brilliant captures and had hair-breadth escapes.With the Comet he seized twenty-nine vessels. TheChasseur is said to have lowered the colors of fifty-one Britishships. Commodore Joshua Barney, commanding the Rossie,accompanied by six other privateers, sailed from Baltimore in 17
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PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH Governor of Maryland Honorary Vice-President of Centennial Commission ftlsT^J^^^P^N^LED OFFICIAL PROGRAMME ceS^^S^?al ((ffi) July, 1812. After forty-five days his captures totaled fifteenvessels, valued at $1,289,000. When he returned to Baltimorein November this had been increased to $1,500,000, repre-senting 3,689 tons of shipping. He took two hundred andseventeen prisoners. Another rich capture v/as that of eightvessels made by the Rolla, Captain Dooley. The vesselsand cargoes were valued at $2,000,000. To the Dash, ofBaltimore, belongs the credit for the first capture made by aprivateer. She took the British schooner Whiting, withdispatches from Great Britain to the United States, in Hamp-ton Roads July 10, 1812. The fame of Baltimore ships wasspread by the exploits of Captains Coggeshall, Miller, Moon,Murphy, Stafford and others. The first news of peace was brought by a Baltimorean,Christopher Hughes, Jr., who was Secretary to the Commissionat Ghent. As

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