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Note: we have added an introduction (lede) as requested -- 2/12/12 Kimabeaux (talk) 16:23, 12 February 2012 (UTC)kimabeaux[reply]

Introduction for article on John Adams Webster

I would like to add this brief introduction to the article on John Adams Webster, and I would like anybody who has further information or reference to add it please:

John Adams Webster (1789-1877), Captain United States Navy, was the young Third Lieutenant who heard the sound of the British oars as its small flotilla approach Fort McHenry in Baltimore, September 13, 1814.

Kimabeaux (talk) 14:12, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of cited material

@Engineerchange:I have removed cited material from the article because the cited material is not accurate. The material I removed was "He was captain of the revenue cutter Marine." and was cited in the work: Portrait and Biographical Record of Harford and Cecil Counties, Maryland. New York, Chicago, Chapman Publishing Co. 1897. pp. 167–168. Retrieved November 27, 2022 – via Archive.org.

I researched the U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office website at: https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Water/All/Cutters-65-ft-or-greater/ and I referred to the book: Canney, Donald L. (1995). U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790–1935. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. ISBN 978-1-55750-101-1. The result is that there was never a Revenue Marine cutter commissioned as "Marine" Both of the sources I have used are reliable sources used dozens of times in Wikipedia.

I suspect that what the author of the book Portrait and Biographical Record of Harford and Cecil Counties, Maryland did was confuse the term Revenue Marine cutter and came up with the phrase "revenue cutter Marine".

On this basis I have removed the material aforementioned and the material I removed has since been restored to the article. I would request that my modification to the article be restored. Cuprum17 (talk) 20:11, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cuprum17: I concur with your reasoning, just wanted to ensure appropriate sources were used to verify beyond "I did some research". Thanks for taking the time to explain this. Assuming there's no further opposition from others, feel free to restore! Thanks again, --Engineerchange (talk) 21:14, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]