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We found there the revenue-cutter Wayanda, on board of which were the Chief -
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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On the 11th of January there arrived at Savannah a revenue-cutter, having on board Simeon Draper, Esq., of New York City, the Hon.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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Let us suppose a boat with three men on board, which is hailed by a revenue-cutter, with a threat of firing, if she does not come to.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various
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They were constantly and tenderly cared for by Messrs. Wheeler and Philbrick, assisted by Mr. Andrew J. Wheeler, until Thursday noon following, when they were taken off the island by the revenue-cutter Dallas.
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat
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On our part, the guard on the island will be increased and better equipped and organized, and a better revenue-cutter patrol service about the islands will be established; next season a United States war vessel will also be sent there.
State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.
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Apparently it had been engaged during the night in watching the harbor; for on deck stood a score of volunteers in gray overcoats, while the naval-looking personage with grizzled whiskers who seemed to command was the same Lieutenant Coste who transferred the revenue-cutter Aiken from the service of the United
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various
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This quality was displayed in his resistance to the demand of a new patent capstan for the revenue-cutter, which, however, Scott is resolved in such a sailor-like way to get, that he will probably succeed.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Various
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I felt as if we had had a series of chances from the time we left Port Angeles Harbor, to the running in without a pilot, and drifting, as we did, into the revenue-cutter, just as we anchored.
Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California Caroline C. Leighton
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The revenue-cutter, Androscoggin, took him from the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, on which he had crossed the ocean, and landed him at the Battery.
Theodore Roosevelt An Intimate Biography Thayer, William R 1919
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It was about a mile to the bit of beach, and the dory was almost there, when from behind the easterly headland comes the revenue-cutter.
Wide Courses 1912
hernesheir commented on the word revenue-cutter
Away all boats.
November 3, 2011