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on september 7 around noon they spotted tonnant near the mouth of the potomac the flagship then anchored and brought key and skinner aboardskinner john stuart "incidents of the war of 1812" the baltimore patriot may 23 1849 reprinted maryland historical magazine baltimore vol 32 1937 (pp 340–347)vogel steve through the perilous fight six weeks that saved the nation random house new york 2013