[22]. From “The Liberty Pole; A Tale of Machias.”
[23]. For a detailed account of the armament of the “Margaretta,” and of the engagement between her and the American sloop, see “Life of Captain Jeremiah O’Brien, Machias, Me.,” by the writer of this sketch.
[24]. According to at least one authority, the “Unity” was re-named the “O’Brien.”
[25]. Words fail me to describe my emotions, when, a few years ago, I visited the spot where the “Margaretta” was beached by the victory-elated young men who had wrested her from her foreign commander and crew, a century and a quarter before.
[26]. For an account of the capture of the “Hannibal,” see Life of Captain Jeremiah O’Brien.
[27]. In July, 1902, the writer of this sketch received a letter from Mr. G. F. Dunning, of Farmington, Connecticut. From this letter I quote the following words, which I am certain will be of deep interest to the readers of the sketch of Captain O’Brien: “I was born in Brunswick, Maine, in 1817, three years before Captain O’Brien removed from Newburyport to Brunswick, in 1820. My mother, eldest of his three daughters, was Mary O’Brien, whom my father, Robert D. Dunning, married in 1802—just 100 years ago. I am the eighth of eleven children and I am ‘the last leaf on the tree.’ I remember my grandfather distinctly, as he died in May, 1832, when I was 15 years old.
[28]. The above is a verbatim transcript of Mr. Wheaton’s letter, as sent me from the Maine Historical Society a few years since.—A. M. S.
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