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Captain Edward Preble purchased to get command of Constitution within a letter dated fourteen May perhaps 1803[65] as his flagship and made preparations to command a new squadron for a third blockade try. The ship was recommissioned on 20 Could.[sixty six] The copper sheathing on her hull necessary to be replaced and Paul Revere provided the copper

Hull departed for France on five August 1811, transporting the new Ambassador Joel Barlow and his family members; they arrived on one September. Hull remained near France along with the Netherlands in the winter months, continually holding sail and gun drills to keep the crew Prepared for attainable hostilities with the British." Preble demanded th