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CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



home, 1 when it was evident to Mr. Gray 

 that the repeal of the embargo could not 

 much longer be delayed. 



Capt. Mahan 2 quotes Senator Smith of 

 Maryland as saying, 3 "It has been truly 

 said by an eminent merchant of Salem that, 

 'Not more than one vessel in eight that 

 sailed for Europe within a short time be- 

 fore the embargo, reached its destination. 4 



1 " Arrived 'Wells/ Lamson, forty seven days, To Wil- 

 liam Gray. Dry goods, salt and coals. Passenger, Mr. 

 Story." Columbian Centinel, June 5, 1809. 



2 Influence of Sea Power on the War of 1812, vol. i, p. 

 184. 



3 Speech in the United States Senate, Nov. 28, 1808. 



4 Niles Register, vol. iii, p. 67. Rejport by Mr. Monroe. 



By England 



By France 



