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with the President, and luffing to port gave her the 

 starboard broadside; 33 the Tenedos being two ca 

 bles' length distance astern, taking up a raking 

 position. 34 The Pomone poured in another broad 

 side, within musket shot, 35 when the President sur 

 rendered and was taken possession of by Capt. 

 Parker of the Tenedos. 36 A considerable number 

 of the Presidents people were killed by these two 

 last broadsides. 37 The Endymion was at this time 

 out of sight astern. 38 She did not come up, ac 

 cording to one account, for an hour and three-quar 

 ters, 39 and according to another, for three hours; 40 

 and as she was a faster ship than the President, this 

 means that she was at least two hours motionless 

 repairing damages. Commodore Decatur delivered 

 his sword to Capt. Hayes of the Majestic, who re 

 turned it, stating in his letter that both sides had 

 fought with great gallantry. 41 The President hav 

 ing been taken by an entire squadron, 42 the prize- 

 money was divided equally among the ships. 43 The 



33 Log of Pomone, M Decatur's letter. 



34 Log of Pomone. 36 James, vi, 531. 



37 Letter of Commodore Decatur, March 6, 1815; deposition 

 of Chaplain Henry Robinson before Admiralty Court at St. 

 George's, Bermuda, January, 1815. 



38 Letter of Decatur, January 18. 39 Log of Pomone. 



40 Letter of Decatur, March 6. 



41 Letter of Captain Hayes. 



42 Admiral Hotham's letter, January 23. 



43 Bermuda "Royal Gazette," March 8, 1815. 



