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See also:RODGERS, See also:JOHN (1771—1838) , See also:American sailor, was See also:born in Harford See also:county, See also:Maryland, on the 11th of See also:July 1771. He entered the See also:United States See also:navy when it was organized in 1798. He was second in command to See also:Commodore See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Barron (1769—1851) in the expedition against the See also:Barbary pirates, and succeeded him in the command in 1805. In this See also:year he brought both See also:Tunis and See also:Tripoli to terms, and then returned to See also:America. In 1811 he was in command as commodore of the U.S. See also:frigate " See also:President " (44) off See also:Annapolis when he heard that an American See also:seaman had been " pressed " by a See also:British frigate off Sandy See also:Hook. Commodore Rodgers was ordered to See also:sea " to protect American See also:commerce," but he may have had verbal instructions to retaliate for the See also:impressment of real or supposed British subjects out of American vessels, which was causing much See also:ill-feeling and was a See also:main cause of the See also:War of 1812. On the 16th of May 1811 he sighted and followed the British See also:sloop " Little See also:Belt " (22), and after some hailing and See also:counter-hailing, of which very different versions are given on either See also:side, a See also:gun was fired, each side accusing the other of the aggression, and an See also:action ensued in which the " Little Belt " was cut to pieces. The incident, which was represented as an See also:accident by the Americans, and believed to be a deliberate aggression by the British navy, had a See also:share in bringing on war. When hostilities See also:broke out Rodgers commanded a See also:squadron on the See also:coast of America, and was wounded by the bursting of one of his guns while pursuing the British frigate " See also:Belvedere." He was subsequently President of the See also:Board of Navy Commissioners in 1815—1824 and in 1827—1837, and acting secretary of the navy in 1823 for two See also:weeks. He died in See also:Philadelphia on the 1st of See also:August 1838.
His See also:brother, See also:George See also:Washington Rodgers (1787—1832), a brother-in-See also:law of Commodore See also:Perry, served in the War of 1812 and in the war with See also:Algiers (1815). See also:Rear-See also:Admiral John Rodgers (1812—1882), a son of Commodore John Rodgers, served in the See also:Union navy and in 1877—1882 was See also:superintendent of the See also:Naval See also:Observatory at Washington. G. W. Rodgers had two sons who were naval See also:officers, See also:Christopher See also:Raymond Perry Rodgers (1819—1892) and George Washington Rodgers (1822—1863).
End of Article: RODGERS, JOHN (1771—1838)
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