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1799. Major Stoddert, Dear sir, "It is with pleas-
ure I Inform you of the victory we have gained
over the cursed violators of our peace. At Heri-
dian on the 10th inst. Nevis bearing W.S.W. dis-
tance 5 or 6 leagues ; saw a large ship to the
southward, bore away and gave chace, at one P.M.
made the British privateer signal for the day, it
not being answered, it was suspected the chace was
an enemy ... She proved to be the famous French
frigate Insurgente, mounting 40 guns and 8 swivels
with 411 men. This action of only one hour and a
quarter has given to the arms cf the United States
at sea cne of the fastest sailing, and, finest
frigates in the French navy, and that too with much
less injury to the Constellation than is usual in
captures of this sort, and without much blood being
spilt on our side, having only one man killed, and
two badly wounded, with two slightly wounded ...
[Signed] John Rogers", ["In addition to this in-
formation, the ... hand-bill states, that about the
10th ultimo, commodore Barry chased a French
privateer and fired three guns at her, the third of
which went through her, and she sank immediately-
commodore Barry saved 62 of her men".]
Baltimore, 1799.

broadside.
Title from the March 12, 1799 issue of the Mary-
land herald, and Eastern shore intelligencer,
article headed: "Easton, March 12. A gentleman
who resides near this place politely favored me
yesterday morning with a hand-bill from Baltimore
containing the following account."
No copy located.

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Sasse, Bernhard Heinrich, fl. 1775.
Geistliche / liefer, / von / Bernhard Henrich
Sasse. / einem- hausmann in Kirch-Lengern / [rules/
Erste sammlung, / nach / clessen trde herausgegeben/
vcn / seinen freunden. / [ornamental rule] /
Hinden gedruckt, 1781; / Hagerstaun nach gedruckt,
bey Jch. Gruber, / 1799. //

12°. 17 cm.
Only copy located, apparently in perfect condition
and in contemporary binding, has this paging: [1-3,
23-26, 9-42 ; and these signatures: [A]², B², C¹²,
D⁵ (last leaf blank). It is possible that p. 23-
26, at the front of the book, are from another bopok