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America, Russia, Hemp, and Napoleonpassed the House of Representatives. The wildly optimisticcould hope that the declaration was rejected by the Senate.Captain Tucker of the "Glide" unloaded his ship and began toprepare her for a winter at Archangel. 17A number of American vessels which had sailed from Archangeljust before the "Glide" arrived or whose masters decidedto run for home despite the war escaped capture. The NorthAtlantic is a good bit larger and easier to hide in than theBaltic. Several, however, were captured by the British: the"Friendship" and "Dido," of Salem, and the "Joseph," boundto New York. 18 The American ship "Antelope," bound fromLondon to Archangel, was also captured, though she lived upto her nam e and the British had to chase her thirty-five milesup a Norwegian fiord to get her. 19Others, too meek, slow, or wise to try to slip past the British,stayed at Archangel. As of 18 January, nine American vesselswere at Archangel, all hauled up for the winter. 20All in all, there were at least one hundred andfive Americanvessels stranded in the Baltic and at Archangel by the war.That meant something in the vicinity of one thousand Americansexiled in Russia, Sweden, and Denmark, like fish leftflopping on the beach by neap tide.Through no fault of their own, these Americans had beenplaced in an intolerable situation, a situation which left themopen to all sorts of temptations. A bit of sly dealing with theBritish could mea n a safe passage home . Strict loyalty to one'sow n government could only mea n profitless exile for one's shipfor the duration of the war. An d maintaining strict loyalty tothe Madison administration was not an easy thing for Americanseamen to do.256