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- A Biographical Memoir of the Late Commodore Joshua Barney.
A Biographical Memoir of the Late Commodore Joshua Barney.
Barney, Mary, ed.
Gray and Bowen, ( 1832), Boston
23 cm. xvi, 328 pp. b/w frontispiece
Price: $300
An early and detailed biography of a universally respected figure on whom not much has been written, this work is a major source. Barney served as master’s mate in the “Hornet” when she he took part in Commodore Esek Hopkins’s raid on New Providence. Subsequently aboard “Wasp” leading to his promotion to the rank of lieutenant for gallantry in the action against the British brig “Betsey.” He was taken prisoner and exchanged several times. In 1779, he was imprisoned in Old Mill Prison, Plymouth, England, until his escape in 1781. See Smith, who calls it, Very good on his War of 1812 endeavors.Smith II, 523. Howes B-160. Rebound in modern half morocco over marbled boards. Endpapers renewed. Water stain to prelims and title page radiating from gutter margin. Scattered foxing throughout.
