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The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Captain Bainbridge writes to Commodore Preble from Tripoli on November 1, 1803, explaining that sending a schooner away off Cape Bon to better protect US commerce led to an unfortunate accident, potentially resulting in capture and imprisonment in a Barbary prison.
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Had I not sent the schooner from us, the accident might have been prevented. It not we should have been able to have extricated ourselves from a Barbary prison: But my motive in ordering her off Cape Bon was to grant more efficient protection to our commerce than I could by keeping her with me. I hope you will consider the arrangement as judicious and done with the best intentions, although it has proved unfortunate.
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Tripoli
Event Date
November 1, 1803
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unfortunate accident, potential imprisonment in barbary prison
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Captain Bainbridge sent a schooner away from Cape Bon to provide better protection to US commerce, which led to an accident that might have resulted in capture and inability to escape a Barbary prison; he hopes the decision is seen as judicious despite the outcome.