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| | John M. Berrien |
 | | BERRIEN, John M., naval officer, born in Georgia in 1802; died in Philadelphia, 20 November 1883. |
 | | Berrien received his commission as commander, 13 March 1856, and during 1858-'9 was attached to the navy yard at Portsmouth, N. It. |
 | | In February 1860, he was ordered to Hong-Kong, China, where he took command of the sloop of war "John Adams," was commissioned captain in 1862, and sent to Pittsburghh, Pennsylvania, as assistant inspector of ordnance at the Fort Pitt Works. |
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