Lawrence Kearny
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Commodore Lawrence Kearny was an officer in the United States Navy during the early nineteenth century. In the early 1840s he began negotiations with China which opened that country to U.S. trade and
Commodore Lawrence Kearny
Hawaiian feather cloak presented to Kearny by King Kamehameha III during his visit.
Thomas ap Catesby Jones
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Thomas ap Catesby Jones was a United States Navy officer who served in the War of 1812 and Mexican–American War.
Lawrence Kearny
…Great Britain under threat of naval bombardment by Lord George Paulet. He received letters of protests from American residents of Honolulu. Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones arrived a short time later on the USS United States . Kearny's orders were 3 years old at that point, and English disavowal of Paulet's actions was…
Portrait of Jones
Battle of Lake Borgne, Louisiana
Grave of Thomas ap Catesby Jones in the cemetery of the Lewinsville Presbyterian Church, Lewinsville, Virginia