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Additional Reading

Christopher McKee, Edward Preble: A Naval Biography, 1761–1807 (1972, reissued 1996), is an illuminating biography.

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First paragraph modernization. Apr 02, 2024
Anniversary information added. Aug 21, 2023
Anniversary information added. Aug 11, 2023
Add new Web site: Heritage History - Biography of Commodore Preble. May 30, 2019
Add new Web site: Naval History and Heritage Command - Biography of Commodore Edward Preble. Apr 25, 2014
Added photograph. Oct 31, 2013
Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Edward Preble. Dec 22, 2010
Fixed birth location--Falmouth was in District of Maine, Mass. Oct 03, 2007
Bibliography revised. Jun 22, 2007
Article thoroughly revised. Jun 22, 2007
Article revised and updated. Jun 22, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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