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| Series: | The New York Saturday Journal v. 8 no. 373 (page 5) |
| Item: | America's Commodores: Oliver Hazard Perry |
| Author: |
Mckenzie, James, Capt.
(pseudonym used by McKenzie, Donald J.)
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| Date: |
May 5, 1877 |
| First Sentence: | Perry came of good nautical stock-his father, Christopher, being a captain in the navy during the period of hostilities with France (1798-1800). |
| Last Sentence: | The name reappeared in the navy in the person of his son Oliver Hazard, who, as the commodore of the celebrated expedition to Japan and the East in the years 1852-3-4, succeeded in opening that long closed country to the commerce of the world. |