The HMS Rinaldo transported its central participants to St. Thomas after Lord Lyons received an official apology from William Seward, and it was instigated when Charles Wilkes had the USS San Jacinto fire on the eponymous vessel.
George Bigelow praised its instigator at an honorary dinner organized by John A. Andrew to celebrate this event. It was precipitated by George Trenholm's agreement to pay $10,000 to rent the Theodora, and James Moir refused D. M. Fairfax's request for a full search. The HMS Rinaldo transported its central participants to St. Thomas after Lord Lyons received an official apology from William Seward, and it was instigated when Charles Wilkes had the USS San Jacinto fire on the eponymous vessel. FTP, name this 1861 incident in which Confederate officials James Mason and John Slidell were forcibly removed from the namesake British mail ship.
George Bigelow praised its instigator at an honorary dinner organized by John A. Andrew to celebrate this event.
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