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==Deserter problem==
==Deserter problem==
In 1811, while in command of ''Constitution'', he was ordered to convey Joel Barlow, the newly-appointed minister to France, and to carry specie to [[Holland]] to pay the interest on the debt due from the United States. After dispatching this business he proceeded to Portsmouth, [[England]], in order to communicate with the legation in [[London]], and while in this port, an incident occurred indicative of the aggression and belligerent spirit of the British, which shortly resulted in the war of 1812.
In 1811, while in command of ''Constitution'', he was ordered to convey Joel Barlow, the newly appointed minister to France, and to carry specie to [[Holland]] to pay the interest on the debt due from the United States. After dispatching this business he proceeded to Portsmouth, [[England]], in order to communicate with the legation in [[London]], and while in this port, an incident occurred indicative of the aggression and belligerent spirit of the British, which shortly resulted in the war of 1812.
Late one night a British officer came aboard with the information that an American deserter was on the British man-of-war HMS ''Havana'', and that he would be given up when desired. When a boat was sent for him it was stated that the deserter claimed to be a British subject and so would not be given up. Shortly thereafter a British deserter from ''Havana'' swam to ''Constitution'' and on being asked his nationality replied that he was an American. The tables were now turned, and when the British sent a boat for him Lieutenant Charles Morris, in the absence of Captain Hull, refused to surrender him, giving the same reason that had been offered for not giving up the American deserter.
Late one night a British officer came aboard with the information that an American deserter was on the British man-of-war HMS ''Havana'', and that he would be given up when desired. When a boat was sent for him it was stated that the deserter claimed to be a British subject and so would not be given up. Shortly thereafter a British deserter from ''Havana'' swam to ''Constitution'' and on being asked his nationality replied that he was an American. The tables were now turned, and when the British sent a boat for him Lieutenant Charles Morris, in the absence of Captain Hull, refused to surrender him, giving the same reason that had been offered for not giving up the American deserter.