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Box made of a part of the Frigate Philadelphia which was burnt in the Harbour of Tripoli

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

June 25, 1823

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 124

Notes:

On 16 Feb 1804 Lt. Stephen Decatur led a party of volunteers aboard the Intrepid and burned the USS Philadelphia after it had run aground and been captured by pirates during the First Barbary War.