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Biddle, James (sh)




born Feb. 18, 1783, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.
died Oct. 1, 1848, Philadelphia

U.S. naval officer.

He entered the navy in 1800. During the War of 1812, he served on the USS Wasp when it captured the British ship Frolic, and he commanded the USS Hornet in its victory over the Penguin. In 1817 he was sent to the Columbia River to claim the Oregon Territory for the U.S. As commodore of U.S. ships in East Asia, he negotiated the first treaty, a trade agreement, between the U.S. and China.