In the undeclared naval war against the Republic of France, Commodore Thomas Truxtun, commanding the USS Constitution, captures the L’Insurgente, commanded by Captain Michel-Pierre Barreaut, of the Navy of France.
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 56.
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