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5745. NAVY, Bravery of.—[continued].

No one has been more
gratified than myself by the brilliant achievements
of our little navy. They have deeply
wounded the pride of our enemy, and been
balm to ours, humiliated on the land where
our real strength was felt to lie.—
To President Madison. Washington ed. vi, 112. Ford ed., ix, 383.
(M. May. 1813)