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Arthur Sinclair
Military Person
1780 – 1831
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Who was Arthur Sinclair?
Commodore Arthur Sinclair was an early American naval hero, who served in the U.S. Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the First Barbary War and in the War of 1812. His three sons also served in the Navy; they resigned in 1861, however, to serve in the Confederate Navy.
Sinclair was the great-grandfather of novelist Upton Sinclair, author of the novel The Jungle.
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- Born
- Feb 28, 1780
Virginia - Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Virginia
- Died
- Feb 7, 1831
Norfolk
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on July 23, 2013
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