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The Naval chronicle
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Series II. Naval
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This series contains 42 items pertaining to naval vessels and battles, primarily related to the United States Navy, the Royal Navy of Great Britain, and privateering vessels representing both entities from the early 1700s through the middle of the 19th century, with reproductions from as late as 1977. The series is comprised mainly of printed letters of marque and letters of safe conduct signed by presidents of the United States from George Washington through to James Buchanan, and printed images of famous ships and naval battles. Of note are five letters related to British naval matters from 1703-1804 including two from Admiral Horatio Nelson (priTEC 0184-0188), a British order of battle and sailing with hand-colored flag charts from maneuvers near Alicante, Spain, in 1811 (priTEC 0068), and a bound King William IV association copy of a series of views illustrating the clash between the Shannon and the Chesapeake during the War of 1812 (priTEC 0082).
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Battle of the Nile, near midnight
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Image of a line of anchored ships partly obscured by gun-smoke as the British Royal Navy attacks the French fleet during the Battle of the Nile in 1798; large explosion at right; men clinging to wreckage at bottom left.
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"The Budweiser" land cruiser
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Image of a promotional boat-shaped vehicle" The Budweiser" land cruiser, manufactured by the Anheuser-Busch brewing company, with a 1931 Missouri license plate, parked on a street with two men standing in the car. The car has nautical decorations including anchors and a small cannon on the hood.
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Battle of the Nile, at 10 o'clock at night
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Image of a stern view of the H.M.S. Bellerophon partly dismasted, seen against flames from another vessel, in a line of anchored ships flying the white ensign and partly obscured by gun-smoke as the British Royal Navy attacks the French fleet during the Battle of the Nile in 1798; men in row boats at bottom right.
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Battle of the Nile, on the ensuing morning
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Image of a starboard view of a British ship under sail at center, the stern of French ship Le Serieuse just visible as she goes down by the bow at left in the aftermath of the Battle of the Nile in 1798 between the British Royal Navy and the French fleet; another French vessel on fire at right.
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"The Budweiser" land cruiser
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Image of a promotional boat-shaped vehicle," The Budweiser" land cruiser, manufactured by the Anheuser-Busch brewing company, with a 1931 Missouri license plate, parked on a street with two men seated in the car. The car has nautical decorations including anchors and a small cannon on the hood. The car is parked next to a street sign reading "For public use. Parking Employees."
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