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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 76555
USS Boston captures the French frigate le Berceau, 12 October 1800
Line engraving after a drawing by J.O. Davidson, published in
"A History of the United States Navy" by Edgar S. MacLay,
New York, 1901 Edition. It depicts the height of the action,
with the French frigate in the foreground.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 124KB; 600 x 765 pixels
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