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Winchester Gazette
Winchester, Virginia
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Captain Hull, senior naval officer at Charlestown Navy Yard, requests officers to wear crape on left arm for 30 days in mourning for the loss of schooner Quaker, which killed Lieut. Commandant John Peligrew, Lieut. Samuel P. Macomber, Midshipman William Buden, and 38 seamen. Dated March 18, 1820.
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Captain Hull, senior Naval Officer on this station, having received the melancholy information of the loss of the schooner Quaker, by which event the service and the country have been deprived of Lieuts. Commandant John Peligrew and Samuel P. Macomber, Midshipman William Buden, and thirty-eight excellent Seamen, requests that the officers on this station would wear crape on the left arm for thirty days, as a testimony of respect for their brother officers who have unfortunately perished, and regret for those brave men who have shared the same fate.
Navy Yard, Charlestown, March 18th, 1820.
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Navy Yard, Charlestown
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March 18th, 1820
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loss of schooner quaker; deaths of lieuts. commandant john peligrew and samuel p. macomber, midshipman william buden, and thirty-eight seamen
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Captain Hull requests officers on station to wear crape on left arm for thirty days in respect for deceased brother officers and brave men lost in the schooner Quaker disaster.