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| John Paul Jones. (From a mezzotint of the painting by Notté),
Frontispiece |
| An Early American Floating Battery, |
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| Commodore Esek Hopkins. (From a French engraving of the portrait by Wilkinson), |
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| The First Naval Flags, |
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| Destruction of the Schooner Gaspé, 1772. (From an engraving by Rogers of the painting by McNevin), |
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| The State House at Newport, Showing the Gaspé Affair. (From an engraving in Hinton’s “History of the United States”), |
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| The “Boston Tea-Party.” (From an old engraving), |
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| A British Armed Sloop. (From a very rare engraving, showing the first lighthouse erected in the United States—on Little Brewster Island, Boston Harbor), |
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| A Brig of War Lowering a Boat. (From a picture drawn and engraved by Baugean), |
29 |
| The Admiralty Seal, |
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| The Founders of the American Navy. (Drawn by I. W. Taber—the portraits from engravings), |
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| Vessel of War Saluting, with the Yards Manned. (From an old French engraving), |
40 |
| Facsimile of a Letter from Abraham Whipple to General Lincoln during the Siege of Charleston. (From the original at the Lenox Library), |
42 |
| Nicholas Biddle. (From an engraving by Edwin), |
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| A Frigate Chasing a Small Boat. (From an old French engraving), |
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| A Letter from Esek Hopkins. (From the original at the Lenox Library), |
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| A Corvette. (From an old French engraving), |
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| Commodore Esek Hopkins. (From a very rare English engraving), |
55 |
| An English “Seventy-four” and a Frigate Coming to Anchor. (From an old engraving), |
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| John Barry. (From an engraving of the portrait by Chappel), |
65 |
| Facsimile of Account between Dudley Saltonstall and Elisha Hinman. (From the original at the Lenox Library), |
67 |
| St. Pierre, Martinique. (From an old engraving), |
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| John Paul Jones. (From an engraving by Longacre of the portrait by C. W. Peale), |
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| Burlington Bay on Lake Champlain. (From an old engraving in the collection of Mr. W. C. Crane), |
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| Sir Guy Carleton. (From an engraving by A. H. Ritchie), |
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| Gen. Benedict Arnold. (Drawn from life at Philadelphia by Du Simitier), |
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| The Royal Savage. (After an old painting), |
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| The Battle of Lake Champlain, |
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| Plan of the Action of October 12, 1776, |
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| Map of the Fight on Lake Champlain, 1776, |
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| The Fight on Lake Champlain, October 13, 1776. (From a contemporary English engraving), |
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| A View on Lake Champlain, Showing the Fight of 1776. (From Hinton’s “History of the United States”), |
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| Broadside Describing the Engagement on Lake Champlain. (From a copy at the Lenox Library), |
106–109 |
| The Phœnix and the Rose Engaging the Fireships on the Hudson River. (From a lithograph of the painting by Serres after a sketch by Sir James Wallace), |
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| John Bazeley. (From an engraving by Ridley of a miniature by Langdon), |
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| John Paul Jones’s Commission, |
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| Map of the British Isles. (Showing Captain Jones’s two voyages and the route of the Reprisal), |
139 |
| An English Caricature of John Paul Jones. (Published in London, October 22, 1779), |
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| “Paul Jones the Pirate.” (From an old engraving in the collection of Mr. W. C. Crane), |
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| Map of the American Coast, |
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| Signatures of John Manly and Hector McNeil, |
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| Facsimile of a Letter from Thomas Thompson to Captain McNeil. (From the original at the Lenox Library), |
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| A Typical Nassau Fort—Fort Fincastle. (From a photograph by Rau), |
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| An English Frigate of Forty Guns. (From an engraving by Verico), |
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| “A Proclamation.” (From the copy at the Lenox Library), |
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| “An Ordinance Ascertaining what Captures on Water shall be Lawful.” (From the copy at the Lenox Library), |
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| Alexander Murray. (From an engraving by Edwin of the painting by Wood), |
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| Joshua Barney. (From an engraving by Gross after a miniature by Isabey), |
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| Fight of the Hyder Ali with the General Monk, 1782. (From a painting by Crépin at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| A Relic of Two Revolutionary Captains—Bill of Lading for John Barry Signed by Joshua Barney. (From the original at the Lenox Library), |
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| “The Howes Asleep in Philadelphia”—A Caricature Drawn forth by the Doings of Revolutionary Privateers, |
219 |
| The British Prison Ship Jersey. (From an old wood-cut), |
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| A Permit to Visit One of the Prison Ships. (From the original at the Lenox Library), |
223 |
| Map of the Wale Bogt and its Vicinity, |
225 |
| A Relic of the Prison Ships: Entrance to the Vault of the Martyrs. (From an old wood-cut), |
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| Richard Dale. (From an engraving by Dodson after the portrait by Wood), |
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| Pierre Landais. (From a copy, at the Lenox Library, of a miniature), |
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| Leith Pier and Harbor. (From an old engraving), |
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| John Paul Jones. (From an engraving by Guttenberg, after a drawing by Notté, in the collection of Mr. W. C. Crane), |
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| The Engagement between the Bonhomme Richard and Serapis. (From an engraving by Hamilton of a drawing by Collier), |
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| Diagram of the Serapis-Bonhomme Richard Battle, |
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| The Serapis and the Bonhomme Richard. (From an engraving by Lerpinière after a drawing by Fitler), |
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| Paul Jones Capturing the Serapis. (From an engraving of the picture by Chappel), |
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| Capt. Sir Richard Pearson. (From an engraving by Cook), |
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| John Paul Jones. (After a rare engraving), |
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| Signature of Richard Dale. (From a letter at the Lenox Library), |
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| A Letter from Pierre Landais. (From the original at the Lenox Library), |
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| John Paul Jones. (From a miniature recently found [1897] in a cellar at the Naval Academy), |
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| John Paul Jones (in Cocked Hat). (From a very rare engraving at the Navy Department, Washington), |
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| John Paul Jones. (From an engraving by Chapman in the collection of Mr. W. C. Crane), |
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| John Paul Jones’s Medal, |
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| John Paul Jones and the Serapis Fight. (From an engraving in the collection of Mr. W. C. Crane), |
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| A Letter from John Paul Jones to Thomas Jefferson. (From the original at the Lenox Library), |
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| Signature of Hoysted Hacker. (From a letter at the Lenox Library), |
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| Sir George Collier’s Victory in Penobscot Bay, 1779. (From a very rare engraving at the Lenox Library), |
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| Map of the Attack on the Penobscot Fort. (From a contemporary map at the Lenox Library), |
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| Signature of Samuel Nicholson. (From a letter at the Lenox Library), |
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| James Nicholson. (After a miniature in the possession of Miss Josephine L. Stevens), |
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| An Old Naval Order. (From the original at the Lenox Library), |
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| A Mediterranean Corsair Anchoring. (From a picture drawn and engraved by Baugean), |
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| John Barry’s Commission as Commander of the United States. (From the original at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| A French Vessel of 118 Guns, a Century Ago. (From an engraving by Canali), |
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| Diagram of the Insurgent-Constellation Battle, |
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| A French Vessel of 120 Guns. (From an engraving by Orio), |
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| Medal Awarded to Thomas Truxton, |
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| Portrait of Truxton and President Adams’s Letter to him. (From a lithograph at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| Truxton’s Medal and the Congressional Resolution Awarding it to him, |
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| The Sally Attacked by a Sea-Serpent off the Shore of Long Island. (From a French engraving), |
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| A French Cutter of 16 Guns. (From an engraving by Merlo), |
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| Benjamin Stoddert. (From a painting at the Navy Department, Washington), |
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| “Captain Sterrett in the Enterprise, Paying Tribute to Tripoli.” (From an old wood-cut), |
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| A Schooner-of-War, Like the Enterprise. (From a wood-cut in the “Kedge Anchor”), |
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| Map of the Mediterranean Sea, |
340 |
| William Bainbridge. (From an engraving by Edwin), |
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| Stephen Decatur. (From an engraving by Osborn of the portrait by White), |
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| Burning of the Frigate Philadelphia by Decatur. (From an old wood-cut), |
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| The Blowing up of the Frigate Philadelphia. (From an engraving in Waldo’s “Decatur”), |
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| A Piece of the Philadelphia’s Stern. (From the original piece at the Naval Institute, Annapolis), |
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| Edward Preble. (From an engraving by Kelly of the picture in Faneuil Hall, Boston), |
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| Decatur Avenging the Murder of his Brother. (From an engraving in Waldo’s “Decatur”), |
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| Reuben James Saving Decatur’s Life. (From an engraving of the picture by Chappel), |
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| John Trippe. (After a French engraving), |
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| The Battle of Tripoli, August 3, 1804. (From the painting by Corné, 1805, at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| Map of the Harbor of Tripoli, |
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| The Explosion of the Intrepid. (From an old engraving), |
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| Preble’s Medal, |
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| “The Press-Gang Impressing a Young Waterman on his Marriage Day.” (From an English engraving, illustrating an old song), |
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| Another View of the “Young Waterman” and the Press-Gang. (From an English engraving), |
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| A Flogging Scene. (“The Point of Honor.” A sailor about to be flogged is saved by a comrade’s confession.) (From a drawing by George Cruikshank), |
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| The United States Frigate Essex. (From a lithograph at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| Capt. Henry Whitby, R. N. (From an engraving by Page), |
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| Capt. Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, R. N. (From an English engraving), |
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| Taking Deserters from the Chesapeake, |
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