The American Tars in Tripolitan Slavery: Containing an Account of the Loss and Capture of the United States Frigate Philadelphia, Treatment and Suffer

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Excerpt from The American Tars in Tripolitan Slavery: Containing an Account of the Loss and Capture of the United States Frigate Philadelphia, Treatment and Sufferings of the Prisoners, Description of the Place, Manners, Customs, &C., , Of the TripolitansWilliam Ray was born in Salisbury, Conn., December 9, 1771. In 1781 his father removed to New York State, and in 1790 our hero began life as a school-teacher in Dover, Dutchess county. In 1792 he became a country storekeeper, but was ruined by the Embargo.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.