The Man Without a Country in Burrs Western Army
A vivid reminiscence of Philip Nolan a Western Army officer drawn into Burrs conspiracy. He is judged by a court martial branded a traitor and condemned to live in exile never hearing the United States again. The narrative tracks his lifelong banishment and later career on naval ships.
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Legion of the West
Aaron Burr
New Orleans
Fort Massac
Burr
Nolan
Reader
Mississippi Valley
Fort Adams
Hyaven
A. Burr
United States
Morgan
West
Orleans
Vera Cruz
Texas
Philip Nolan
Marshal
Old Morgan
Mitchell
Washington City
Jefferson
Atlantic
Intrepid
Washington
Ison
Neale
United States Army
Agaif
W. Southard
Secretary of the Navy
Levant
Navy
America
Mr. Nolan
Army of the United States
Philip Nolan the Iron Mask and a loyal shipmates tale
The narrator recalls Philip Nolan, a methodical naval officer famed as the Iron Mask. Nolan aids a slave ship’s captives, interprets Portuguese, and urges defense of country and family. In later years Nolan grows frail aboard the Levant, dies content beside the flag, asking to be buried at sea with a stone at Fort Adams or Orleans.
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Olan
Iron Mask
Philip Nolan
House of Virginia
Nolan
Vaughan
Beledeljereed
Fernando Po
Bogshead
Cape Palmas
New Orleans
Rio Janeiro
Moon
St. Thomas Harbor
Washington
Heaven and Earth
Department
Burr
Mediterranean
Danforth
Levant
Fred
United States
America
Ingham
Mr. Nolan
Texas
California
Oregon
Chesapeake
Barron
West Point
Naval School
Robinson Crusoe
Abe
Benjamin Lincoln
Lincoln
Episcopal Collect
Order of Cincinnati
Fort Adams
Orleans
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United
Phis
Cape of Good Hope
Iever
Phillips
Pelf
Walter Scott
Warren
Lady Hamilton
Mrs. Graff
Miss Rutledge
Shubrick
Philadelphia
Mra. Graff
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