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5748. NAVY, Bravery of.—[further continued].

I congratulate you on
the brilliant affair of the Enterprise and
Boxer. No heart is more rejoiced than mine
at these mortifications of English pride, and
lessons to Europe that the English are not
invincible at sea. If these successes do not
lead us too far into the navy mania, all will
be well.—
To William Duane. Washington ed. vi, 211.
(M. Sep. 1813)