Excursions to Cairo, Jerusalem, Damascus, and Balbec From the United States Ship Delaware, During Her Recent Cruise / With an Attempt to Discriminate Between Truth and Error in Regard to the Sacred Places of the Holy City

by George Jones

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EXCURSIONS
TO
CAIRO, JERUSALEM,
DAMASCUS AND
BALBEC,
FROM THE
UNITED STATES SHIP DELAWARE,
DURING HER RECENT CRUISE.

WITH AN
ATTEMPT TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN TRUTH AND ERROR IN
REGARD TO THE SACRED PLACES OF THE
HOLY CITY.

BY GEORGE JONES, A. M.
CHAPLAIN U. S. NAVY; AUTHOR OF SKETCHES OF NAVAL LIFE.

NEW-YORK:
VAN NOSTRAND AND DWIGHT.
1836.

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Entered according to the Act of Congress of the United States of America, in the year 1836, by Van Nostrand and Dwight, in the Clerk’s Office of the Southern District of New-York.

SCATCHERD AND ADAMS,
PRINTERS,
38 Gold Street.

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TO
COMMODORE D. T. PATTERSON,
U. S. NAVY,
THIS MEMORIAL
OF SOME INCIDENTS IN A VERY AGREEABLE CRUISE
UNDER HIS COMMAND,
IS INSCRIBED,
WITH THE RESPECTFUL AND GRATEFUL REGARDS OF
THE AUTHOR.

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