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A short sketch of the life of Elijah Shaw : who served for twenty-one years in the U.S. Navy, taking an active part in four different wars between the United States & foreign powers: viz.--I. With France in 1798; II. With Tripoli from 1802 to 1805; III. With England from 1812 to 1815; IV. With Algiers from 1815 to 1816: and assisted in subduing the pirates, from 1822 to 1824. And in 1843 entering on board the "Old ship Zion," under a new commander, being in the 73d year of his age