Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-08-25

\ dinii'al L'aI.I-agut.
Admiral Farragut was born in the
vicinity Of Knoxville, Tennessee, on
the 9TH of July 1901. He was named
David Glasgow Farragut. after Captain
David Porter, subsequently a distin-
guished naval officer; While his middle
name is supposed to have been Il
"reminiscences Of Scotland, from which
country his mother came. He some
times spelled this middle name
"Gla~cOe.
When eleven years old, the friends
of young Farragut obtained for lin
an appointment as inidshipman, and
he was sent al ones to sea in the
tamou, Ship Essex. He was on this
vessel for two years, until her capture.
He was surrendered with the ship, vas
/ laroled. and ordered to New York
. OF SANDY lIeo> he was. With others,
captured again ~ I prze hy the nrit-
i-h .hiP-ot war Saturn from which
7 yr.'I he wa, subsequently released,
Inl finally reached New York.
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