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work is of some value, as showing that James had 

 more than doubled the size, and almost doubled 

 the strength, of Barney's various gunboats. 



It may be mentioned that on p. 108, Commodore 

 Barney describes the Dutch-American frigate South 

 Carolina, which carried a crew of 550 men, and 

 was armed with 28 long 42*5 on the maindeck, and 

 12 long I2's on the spardeck. She was far heavier 

 than any of our 44-gun frigates of 1812, and an 

 overmatch for anything under the rank of a 74. 

 This gives further emphasis to what I have already 

 stated that the distinguishing feature of the war 

 of 1812, is not the introduction of the heavy frigate, 

 for heavy frigates had been in use among various 

 nations for thirty years previously, but the fact that 

 for the first time the heavy frigate was used to the 

 best possible advantage. 



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