Captain Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, commanding HMS Leopard fires upon and boards the USS Chesapeake, commanded by Commodore James Barron. Humphreys removes four American Sailors whom he claims are deserters from the Royal Navy.
[restored 11/19/2021]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 64.
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