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Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. 33 No. 5-Miscellaneous Papers by William Frederic Worner, Minutes-Meeting of May 3, 1929

by Lancaster County Historical Society

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Excerpt from Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. 33: No. 5-Miscellaneous Papers by William Frederic Worner, Minutes-Meeting of May 3, 1929 In June, 1807, the frigate Chesapeake, Commodore James Barron in command, sailed down the Elizabeth river, Virginia, on her way to Europe, and dropped anchor in Hampton Roads. On the morning of the 22nd, the ship weighed anchor and put out to sea. At four o'clock in the afternoon, she was attacked by the British ship Leopard.