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Excerpt from Commodore John Barry: The Father of the American Navy; A Survey of Extraordinary Episodes in His Naval Career While Barry was in London with his ship, the Black Prince, much history was being made - and observing the trend of events, he, in September, 1775, hastily returned to Philadelphia. He arrived home on October 13, the very day Congress resolved to fit out two armed cruiserse one of fourteen guns, the other of ten gun's Barrv at once offered his ship and services to Congress, which were accepted. His business affairs then were at the height of their prosperity, but his sym pathies were so strongly and fervently with the cause of the colonies that he sacrificed his fortune and private interests and at once eh listed in the Continental navy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.