Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Joseph Boyd ya shiga cikin Navy 4 Afrilu 1803 a matsayin mai kula. A ranar 16 ga Fabrairu 1804 ya shiga cikin tafiyar Stephen Decatur zuwa tashar Tripoli a lokacin Yaƙin Barbary na Farko.
wanda ya kone bayan kama shi da Tripolitanians. Boyd daga baya ya zama mai clerk.