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From: "C Rihan" <>
Subject: Re: Ireland to Carlisle, Cumberland in 1834 to 1836
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 11:10:33 GMT
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""Roy Stockdill"" <> wrote in message
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>> >Accepting you are right, what was the point of an American gunboat
>> >attacking Whitehaven? They might have killed a few fish and perhaps
>> >even a dog or two onshore, assuming they could even manage to train
>> >their guns that precisely.
>> >
>> >And why would such American revolutionary luminaries as George
>> >Washington, John Paul Jones and Benjamin Franklin have such a down
>> >on Whitehaven anyway?

May be the answer is in the opera.
http://seacoastnh.com/Maritime_History/John_Paul_Jones/Miss_Huntington_Plays_Paul_Jones/
It seems there's a bit of song and dance made about him.

Best wishes
C.Rihan


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