See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

DAVID See also:

• PORTER
• PORTER, BENJAMIN CURTIS (1843– )
• DAVID PORTER (1780-1843)
• PORTER, DAVID DIXON (1813-1891)
• PORTER, ENDYMION (1587–1649)
• PORTER, HENRY (ft. 1596-1599)
• PORTER, HORACE (1837– )
• PORTER, JANE (1776–1850)
• PORTER, MARY (d. 1765)
• PORTER, NOAH (1811–1892)

PORTER (1780-1843)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• NAVAL

naval officer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the 1st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1780 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David, and his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel, commanded American See also:

• SHIPS

ships in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence . In 1796 he accompanied his father to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies; on a second and on a third voyage he was impressed on See also:

• BRITISH

British vessels, from which, however, he escaped . He became a See also:

• MIDSHIPMAN

midshipman in the See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• NAVY

Navy in See also:

• APRIL

April 1798; served on the " See also:

• CONSTELLATION (from the Lat. constellatus, studded with stars; co'n, with, and Stella, a star)

Constellation (See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Truxton) and was midshipman of the foretop when the " Constellation " defeated the " Insurgente "; was promoted See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1799, and was in four successful actions with See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French ships in this See also:

• YEAR

year . In 1803, during the war with See also:

• TRIPOLI
• TRIPOLI (Tarabulus el-Gharb, i.e. Tripoli of the West)
• TRIPOLI, or TARABULUS (anc. Tripolis)

Tripoli, he was first lieutenant of the " See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia " when that See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel grounded, was taken prisoner, and was not released until See also:

• JUNE

June 18o5 . He was commissioned See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master commandant in April 1806; in 1807–18ro served about New See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans 1, where he captured several French privateers, and in 1812 was promoted captain . He commanded the See also:

• FRIGATE

frigate " See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex " in her famous voyage in 1812–1814 . In the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic he captured seven brigs, one See also:

• SHIP

ship, on the 13th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1812, the See also:

• SLOOP

sloop " Alert," the first British war vessel taken in the War of 1812 . Without orders from his superiors he then (February 1813) rounded Cape See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

Horn, the harbours of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America being closed to him . In the South Pacific he captured many British whalers (the British losses were estimated at £500,000), and. on his own authority took formal See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession (See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1813) of Nukahivah, the largest of the See also:

• MARQUESAS

Marquesas Islands; the United States, however, never asserted any claim to the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, which in 1842, with the other Marquesas, was annexed by See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . During most of February and See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1814 he was blockaded by the British frigates " Cherub " and " See also:

• PHOEBE

Phoebe " in the See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour of See also:

• VALPARAISO

Valparaiso, and on the 28th of March was defeated by these vessels, which seem to have violated the See also:

• NEUTRALITY

neutrality of the See also:

• PORT

port . He was released on See also:

• PAROLE (shortened from the Fr. parole d'honneur, word of honour)

parole, and sailed for New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York on the " Essex, Jr.," a small vessel which he had captured from the British, and which accompanied the " Essex." At Sandy See also:

• HOOK, JAMES CLARKE (1819-1907)
• HOOK, THEODORE EDWARD (1788-1841)
• HOOK, WALTER FARQUHAR (1798-1875)

Hook he was detained by the captain of the British ship-of-war " See also:

• SATURN
• SATURN [SATURNUS]

Saturn " (who declared that See also:

• PORTER
• PORTER, BENJAMIN CURTIS (1843– )
• PORTER, DAVID (1780-1843)
• PORTER, DAVID DIXON (1813-1891)
• PORTER, ENDYMION (1587–1649)
• PORTER, HENRY (ft. 1596-1599)
• PORTER, HORACE (1837– )
• PORTER, JANE (1776–1850)
• PORTER, MARY (d. 1765)
• PORTER, NOAH (1811–1892)

Porter's parole was no longer effective), but escaped in a small See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat .

He was a member of the new See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of naval commissioners from 1815 until 1823, when he commanded a See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron sent to the West Indies to suppress piracy . One of his See also:

• OFFICERS

officers, who landed at See also:

• FAJARDO

Fajardo (or Foxardo), See also:

• PORTO

Porto Rico, in pursuit of a pirate, was imprisoned by the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish authorities on the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of piracy . Porter, without See also:

• REPORTING

reporting the incident or awaiting instructions, forced the authorities to apologize . He was recalled (See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1824), was See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court-martialled, and was suspended for six months . In August 1826 he resigned his See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission, and until 1829 was See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the Mexican navy, then fighting See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain; in See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment for his services he received See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government See also:

• LAND

land in See also:

• TEHUANTEPEC
• TEHUANTEPEC (from tecuani-tepec—" jaguar-hill ")

Tehuantepec, where he hoped to promote an inter-oceanic See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal . See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• JACKSON, FREDERICK GEORGE (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

Jackson appointed him See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general to See also:

• ALGIERS (Fr. Alger, Arab. Jezair, i.e. The Islands)

Algiers in 1830, and in 1831 created for him the See also:

• POST

post of charge d'affaires at See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople, where in 1841 he became See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister . He died in Pera on the 3rd of March 1843 . He wrote a See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of a Cruise made to the Pacific Ocean in the U.S . Frigate " Essex" in 1812–13–14 (2 vols., 1815; 2nd ed., 1822), and Constantinople and its Environs (2 vols., 1835), a valuable See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

guide-See also:

• BOOK

book . See the Memoir of See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

Commodore David Porter (See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany, New York, 1875), by his son, See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral David D . Porter .