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THE STORY

OF

COMMODORE JOHN BARRY

"Father of the American Navy"

BY

MARTIN I.J. GRIFFIN

Historian of the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
of Philadelphia

"_I serve the country for nothing_"--BARRY

"_May a suitable recompense always attend your bravery_"--WASHINGTON


PHILADELPHIA

1908




Dedicated

TO

The Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland

ST. PATRICK'S DAY
1908

MARTIN I.J. GRIFFIN,
  _Historian of the Society_.


COPYRIGHT
1908




THE STORY

OF

COMMODORE JOHN BARRY

"Father of the American Navy"

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CHAPTER I.

   HIS NAVAL RENOWN--HIS CAREER IN THE COLONIAL MERCANTILE MARINE
   SERVICE--APPOINTED TO THE "LEXINGTON" BY THE CONTINENT