Commodore Arthur Sinclair (28 February 1780 - 7 February 1831) was an early American naval hero, who served in the U.S. Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the First Barbary War and in the War of 1812. His three sons also served in the Navy; they resigned in 1861, however, to serve in the Confederate Navy. Sinclair was the great-grandfather of novelist Upton Sinclair, author of the novel "The Jungle" (1906). Wikipedia
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