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	USS Alliance (1778) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first USS Alliance of the United States Navy was a 36 gun sailing frigate of the American Revolutionary War, notable for having fired the last shot of the war.
		Alliance sighted land on the evening of 2 October and, the following morning, she anchored in Texel Roads, Amsterdam's deep-water harbor, with the rest of the squadron.
		Upon floating free, Alliance still seemed to be tight and resumed her voyage via the Virginia capes and the lower Chesapeake Bay to the Rappahannock River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Alliance_(1778) (5187 words)

	USS Alliance: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
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		The first Alliance was a sailing frigate[?] of the Continental Navy[?], and notable for firing the last shots of the American Revolutionary War, over a month after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
		The second Alliance was a screw gunboat[?] commissioned in 1877 and in service until 1911.
	www.encyclopedian.com /us/USS-Alliance.html (215 words)

	Alliance
		Alliance then sailed for the Pireaus, Greece—the port for Athens—but violent gales compelled her to seek anchorage in Vourlah Bay for 36 hours before she proceeded to sea again on the morning of the 7th.
		Alliance visited a succession of ports—Chemulpo, Gensan (Jinsen, later Inchon), and Fusan (later Pusan)—before returning briefly to Nagasaki (4 to 6 November) for the first of what would be four port visits there over her next several months on the station.
		Alliance continued to operate in the training role over the next few years, but it was becoming obvious that her days as a steamer were numbered, as an Army and Navy Journal article noted early in 1898: "The old Alliance appears to require a great deal of repairing.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a7/alliance-ii.htm (4887 words)

	USS Alliance (1778) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The handsome new frigate's first assignment was the task of carrying Lafayette back to France to petition the French Court for increased support in the American struggle for independence.
		Five days later, on 9 March, the frigate anchored in Groix Roads and disembarked her important passenger and his three companions: Thomas Paine, whose writings had exerted great influence in persuading the colonies to seek independence, Major William Jackson[?], a Continental Army officer from South Carolina, and the Viscount de Noailles[?], a cousin of Lafayette.
		At low tide, some of her timber s could be seen in the sands there until her remaining hulk was destroyed during dredging[?] operations in 1901.
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	Revolutionary War Campaigns: Captain John Paul Jones of the Continental Navy
		On November 1, 1777, he sailed in the sloop-of-war USS Ranger for France with dispatches for the American commissioners, announcing the surrender of Gen. John Burgoyne and asking that Jones should be supplied with a swift frigate for harassing the coasts of England.
		His flagship, the USS Duras, a re-fitted East Indiaman, was re-named by him the USS Bonhomme Richard, as a compliment to Benjamin Franklin, whose "Poor Richard's Almanac" was then popular in France.
		The USS Alliance, commanded by Capt. Landais, made off, leaving the USS Bonhomme Richard and the USS Pallas to engage the Englishmen.
	www.myrevolutionarywar.com /campaigns/jones_john.htm (1174 words)

	USS Alliance
		Alliance then sailed for Piraeus, Greece -- the port for Athens -- but violent gales compelled her to seek anchorage in Vourlah Bay for 36 hours before she proceeded to sea again on the morning of the 7th.
		Alliance departed Key West on 31 March, and reached Aspinwell on 8 April to find much of the city in ruins, the place having been put to the torch by the warring factions during fighting there less than a week before.
		Alliance visited a succession of ports -- Chemulpo, Gensan (Jinsen, later Inchon), and Fusan (late Pusan) -- before returning briefly to Nagasaki (4 to 6 November) for the first of what would be four port visits there over her next several months on the station.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a/alliance.htm (9791 words)

	USS Alliance (1778) . British Isles . Continental Army
		After the marquis and his suite had disembarked, Benjamin Franklin, one of the American commissioners in Paris, ordered her to remain in France despite the fact that Landais original instructions had called for him to load the frigate with munitions and then to sail promptly for America.
		Alliance to fighting trim progressed slowly - when they moved at all - because of a dearth of both men and money.
		See USS Alliance USS Alliance for other Navy ships of the same name.
	www.uk.kunsimuna.net /USS_Alliance_%281778%29_UK_973799_rz (786 words)

	USS Alliance (1778) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Almost continuous bad weather plagued Barry's little force in the days that followed until Alliance permanently lost sight of her two prizes on 12 May. During a tempest on the 17th, lightning shattered the frigate's main topmast and carried away her main yard while damaging her foremast and injuring almost a score of men.
		After brief repairs, Alliance resumed her voyage on the 13th, touched at St. Eustatius and Cape Francois, and reached Havana on the last day of January.
		However, another American warship, Duc De Lauzun, was already in port on the same mission.
	www.aaaah.org /wiki/en/us/USS%20Alliance%20%281778%29.htm (5191 words)

	Alberta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are a number of groups wishing to promote the independence of Alberta in some form currently active in the province.
		In the 2004 provincial election, held in November, the Progressive Conservative Party was re-elected as a majority government (62 Members), the Liberal Party of Alberta was elected as the Official Opposition (16 Members), the New Democratic Party elected four Members, and the Alberta Alliance Party, running to the right of the Conservatives, won one seat.
		The first explorer of the Athabasca region was Peter Pond, who, on behalf of the North-West Company of Montreal, built Fort Athabasca on Lac La Biche in 1778.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alberta (5784 words)

	Top20Illinois.com - Your Top20 Guide to Illinois!
		The USS Illinois was named in honor of this state.
		The next major power in the region was the Illiniwek Confederation, a political alliance among several tribes.
		The area was ceded to the new United States in 1783 and became part of the Northwest Territory.
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	TriviaClub: Trivial Facts: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In 1215, the Magna Carta established that "All merchants are to be safe and secure in leaving and entering England." One of the earliest U.S. passports on record was issued in France in 1778.
		Popular, too, was a "special" water designed to grow or lengthen eyebrows and eyelashes.
		It sank the USS Housatonic on February 17, 1864, only to find itself sinking that same night.
	www.triviaexperts.com /facts-history.html (7700 words)

	Digital History
		First official US flag raised aboard USS Alfred on the Delaware River.
		American diplomat, en route to negotiate treaty of alliance with United Provinces, is captured at sea by British.
		British spy John Andre was captured along with papers revealing Benedict Arnold's plot to surrender West Point to the British.
	www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /daybyday/daybyday.cfm?db=revolution (1228 words)

	Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy Prior to 1898
		US-France : Treaty of Amity and Commerce February 6, 1778
		De Selding, Charles, Documents, official and unofficial, relating to the case of the capture and destruction of the frigate Philadelphia, at Tripoli, on the 16th February, 1804.
		White, Arthur Silva, "An Anglo-American Alliance," The North American Review, vol.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/pre1898.htm (6929 words)

	February 6 Events in History
		February 6, 1778 England declares war on France
		February 6, 1778 France recognizes U.S., signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st U.S. treaty
		February 6, 1716 England and Netherlands renew alliance
	www.brainyhistory.com /days/february_6.html (1848 words)

	BOS All Entries: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
		Library French: Boston French Center; The French Library and Cultural Center; The Alliance Française of Boston and Cambridge; promotes French culture and language; French library; classes, video and film resources; cultural events
		Alliance: Alliance of Boston Neighborhoods; federation of resident-based civic organizations in Boston; works for public process in planning, zoning, development, licensing, and transportation; site includes links to member neighborhood organizations
		USS Constitution: USS Constitution Museum; dedicated to the heritage of the frigate USS Constitution, called "Old Ironsides," commissioned in 1798; museum is located adjacent to the USS Constitution itself in Boston National Historical Park, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston
	www.december.com /places/bos/all.html (5806 words)

	Revolutionary War Battes
		18th, Amelia Island, FL 21st, USS Comet vs. HMS Apalachicola
		28th, Hickory Hill, GA 29th, USS Impertinent vs. HMS Harlem
		26th, Brunswick (Second), NJ 26th, USS Betty captured
	www.myrevolutionarywar.com /battles/index.htm (1849 words)

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