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He was made postcaptain (_capitaine de vaisseau_).
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 1830
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Writing to Sir Peter Parker about this time, he said, “You may be assured I will lose no time in making your grandson a postcaptain.
The Life of Nelson Mahan, A. T. 1897
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Writing to Sir Peter Parker about this time, he said, "You may be assured I will lose no time in making your grandson a postcaptain.
The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 (of 2) The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain 1877
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