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See also:MACDONOUGH, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS (1786-1825) , See also:American sailor, was See also:born in the See also:state of See also:Delaware, his See also:father being an officer of the See also:Continental See also:Army, and entered the See also:United States See also:navy in 1800. During his See also:long service as a See also:lieutenant he took See also:part in the See also:bombardment of See also:Tripoli, and on a subsequent occasion• showed See also:great firmness in resisting the seizure of a See also:seaman as
an alleged deserter from the See also:British navy, his See also:ship at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time lying under the guns of See also:Gibraltar. When See also:war with See also:England See also:broke out, in 1812, he was ordered to cruise in the lakes between See also:Canada and the United States, with his headquarters on See also:lake See also:Champlain. He was instrumental in saving New See also:York and See also:Vermont from invasion by his brilliant victory of lake Champlain gained, on the 11th of See also:September 1814, with a flotilla of 14 vessels carrying 86 guns, over See also:Captain See also:George Downie's 16 vessels and 92 guns. For this important achievement New York and Vermont granted him estates, whilst See also:Congress gave him a See also:gold See also:medal.
End of Article: MACDONOUGH, THOMAS (1786-1825)
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