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  2. USS Retaliation (1798) - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Navy purchased Croyable on 30 July 1798, manned her at Philadelphia, renamed her Retaliation, and placed her under the command of Lt. William Bainbridge. Retaliation departed Norfolk on 28 October 1798 with Montezuma and Norfolk and cruised in the West Indies protecting American commerce during the Quasi-War with France.

  3. HMS Wolverine (1798) - Wikipedia

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    HMS Wolverine (or Wolverene, or Woolverene), was a Royal Navy 14-gun brig-sloop, formerly the civilian collier Rattler that the Admiralty purchased in 1798 and converted into a brig sloop, but armed experimentally.

  4. History of the United States (1789–1815) - Wikipedia

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    In 1798, in order to pay for the rapidly expanding army and navy, the Federalists had enacted a new tax on houses, land and slaves, affecting every property owner in the country. In the Fries's Rebellion hundreds of farmers in Pennsylvania revolted—Federalists saw a breakdown in civil society.

  5. United States Revenue Cutter Service - Wikipedia

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    Between 1790 and 1798, the Revenue-Marine was the only armed maritime service of the United States, as the Navy had been disbanded. Each cutter master was answerable to and received his sailing orders directly from the Collector of Customs of the port to which his ship was assigned.

  6. HMS Bellerophon (1786) - Wikipedia

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    HMS Bellerophon, known to sailors as the "Billy Ruffian", was a ship of the line of the Royal Navy.A third-rate of 74 guns, she was launched in 1786. Bellerophon served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, mostly on blockades or convoy escort duties.

  7. HMS Penelope (1798) - Wikipedia

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    Because Penelope served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (2 March to 8 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorised in 1850 for all surviving claimants. [Note 1] From 1803, Penelope served in the English Channel under William Robert Broughton.

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  9. 1798 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Soltow, Lee (1987). "The Distribution of Income in the United States in 1798: Estimates Based on the Federal Housing Inventory". The Review of Economics and Statistics. 69 (1): 181–185. doi:10.2307/1937921. JSTOR 1937921. Ray, Thomas M. (1983). ""Not One Cent for Tribute": The Public Addresses and American Popular Reaction to the XYZ Affair ...