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Man Without a Country Philip Nolan Tale of Loyalty
The article recounts the career of Philip Nolan known as The Man Without a Country, detailing his loyalty crisis under Burr and the court martial that sentenced him to never hear the United States name again. It discusses naval secrecy since 1817 and a hidden fate shaped by executive orders, ending with Nolan’s death on May 11, 1968.
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Republic
New York Herald
Nolan
U. S
Long
Philip Nolan
Mission House
Mackinac
Herald
Levant
Philip Nolanad
Madison
Navy
Naval Archives
Bureau of Construction
Ross
Washington
Tuckers
Watsons
Navy Department
Fort Massac
Burr
Monongahela
Bourbon
Cuchte
Jefferson
House of Virginia
House of York
Richmond
Mississippi Valley
Puget Sound
Fort Adams
Exc. A. Burr
United States
Morgan
Orleans
Vera Cruz
Huntesac Wer Serimty
George Washington
Benedict Arnold
King George
Old Morgan
Marshal
Mitchell
Washington City
Secretary of the Navy
Tingey
Shaw
Intrepid
Neale
United States Army
W. Southard