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James Biddle (February 18, 1783 – October 1, 1848), of the Biddle family, brother of financier Nicholas Biddle and nephew of Capt. Nicholas Biddle, was an American commodore. His flagship was USS Columbus.
James Biddle (born Feb. 18, 1783, Philadelphia—died Oct. 1, 1848, Philadelphia) was a career U.S. naval officer who negotiated the first treaty between the United States and China. Biddle attended the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, before entering the navy as a midshipman in 1800.
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Jun 16, 2011 · James Biddle was a midshipman aboard USS Philadelphia when she grounded and was captured by Tripolitans during the First Barbary War. Philly 's second lieutenant was the 34-year-old Jacob Jones, a man old for his post who very likely joined the navy over grief from the death of his wife.
Mar 11, 2005 · James Biddle, a leader in preserving America's homes and landscapes of historic value, including Andalusia, his family's 19th-century estate near Philadelphia, died...
James Biddle had helped to negotiate a treaty with the Ottoman Empire in 1830, but his 46 years of naval service had taken their toll. Matthew Perry was considered more scholarly than Biddle, but his health, too, was declining.
When a Delaware River pilot informed him of a British warship upriver, stopping American vessels and seizing any smuggled “contraband,” the cagey Biddle ran up French colors, boldly sailed past the king’s ship, and docked in Philadelphia. Soon afterward he accepted the command of a Pennsylvania row-galley, the Franklin.
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