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| The Constitution and Guerrière. (From a French water-color drawing in the possession of Mr. W. C. Crane),
Frontispiece. |
| English Vessel of One Hundred Guns. (From an engraving by Verico), |
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| A Frigate with her Sails Loose to Dry. (From a wood-cut in the “Kedge Anchor”), |
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| John Rodgers. (From the portrait by Jarvis at the Naval Academy), |
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| The Little Belt Breaking up at Battersea. (From an engraving by Cooke of a drawing by Francia), |
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| The Section of a First-rate Ship. (From an old engraving), |
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| A Brigantine of a Hundred Years Ago at Anchor. (From a picture drawn and engraved by Baugean), |
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| An English Admiral of 1809. (From an engraving at the Navy Department, Washington), |
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| Representation of a Ship-of-war, Dressed with Flags, and Yards Manned. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), |
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| The Internal Arrangements and Stowage of an American Sloop-of-war. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), |
28 |
| Guns Secured for a Gale. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), |
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| David Porter. (From an engraving by Edwin of the portrait by Wood), |
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| Fight of the Essex and the Alert. (From an old wood-cut), |
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| An English Thirty-gun Corvette. (From an engraving by Merlo in 1794), |
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| Sir John Thomas Duckworth. (From an English engraving), |
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| Isaac Hull. (From an engraving at the Navy Department, Washington, of the painting by Stuart), |
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| The Constitution’s Escape from the British Squadron after a Chase of Sixty Hours. (From an engraving by Hoogland of the picture by Corné), |
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| Towing a Becalmed Frigate. (From a picture drawn and engraved by Baugean), |
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| Chase of the Constitution off the Jersey Coast. (From the painting by Inch at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| The Constitution Bearing Down for the Guerrière. (From an old wood-cut), |
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| Action between the Constitution and the Guerrière.—I. (From the painting by Birch at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| Action between the Constitution and the Guerrière.—II. (From the painting by Birch at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| The Constitution in Close Action with the Guerrière. (From an old wood-cut), |
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| Action between the Constitution and the Guerrière.—III. (From the painting by Birch at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| Diagram of the Constitution-Guerrière Battle, |
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| Action between the Constitution and the Guerrière.—IV. (From the painting by Birch at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| Sir James Richard Dacres. (From an English engraving published in 1811), |
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| Medal Awarded to Isaac Hull after the Capture of the Guerrière by the Constitution, |
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| Jacob Jones. (From an engraving by Edwin of the portrait by Rembrandt Peale), |
105 |
| Diagram of the Wasp-Frolic Battle, |
108 |
| The Wasp Boarding the Frolic. (From an old wood-cut), |
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| The Wasp and Frolic. (From an original water-color by H. Rich, at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| James Biddle. (From an engraving by Gimbrede of the portrait by Wood), |
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| Medal Awarded to Jacob Jones after the Capture of the Frolic by the Wasp, |
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| Capture of the Macedonian. (From an engraving in Waldo’s “Decatur”), |
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| Diagram of the Battle between the United States and Macedonian, |
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| Battle between the United States and the Macedonian. (From an engraving by Duthie of the drawing by Chappel), |
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| The Battle Between the United States and the Macedonian. (Drawn by a sailor who was on the United States. From the original drawing at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| Stephen Decatur. (From the portrait by Thomas Sully at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| Medal Awarded to Stephen Decatur after the Capture of the Macedonian by the United States, |
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| Billet-head of the Constitution. (From the original at the Naval Institute, Annapolis), |
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| Diagram of the Battle of the Constitution and Java, |
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| The Battle between the Constitution and the Java.—I. (“At five minutes past three o’clock, as the Java’s foremast fell.” From an engraving by Havel, after a sketch by Lieutenant Buchanan), |
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| The Battle between the Constitution and the Java.—II. (“At half-past four o’clock, as the Constitution began to make sail.” From an engraving by Havel, after a sketch by Lieutenant Buchanan), |
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| The Java Surrendering to the Constitution. (From an old wood-cut), |
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| Medal Awarded to William Bainbridge after the Capture of the Java by the Constitution, |
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| The Hornet Blockading the Bonne Citoyenne. (From an old wood-cut), |
180 |
| Diagram of the Hornet-Peacock Battle, |
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| John T. Shubrick. (From an engraving by Gimbrede), |
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| The Hornet Sinking the Peacock. (From an old wood-cut), |
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| Medal Awarded to James Lawrence, after the Capture of the Peacock by the Hornet, |
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| James Lawrence. (From an engraving by Edwin of the portrait by Stuart), |
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| Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, Bart. (From a lithograph of the portrait by Lane), |
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| James Lawrence. (From an engraving by Edwin), |
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| The Chesapeake and Shannon.—Commencement of the Battle. (From an engraving at the Navy Department, Washington), |
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| The Chesapeake and Shannon.—After the First Two Broadsides from the Latter. (From an engraving at the Navy Department, Washington), |
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| Diagram of the Chesapeake-Shannon Battle, |
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| “Don’t Give Up the Ship!”—Death of Captain Lawrence. (From an engraving by Hall of the picture by Chappel), |
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| The Chesapeake and Shannon.—The Shannon’s Men Boarding. (From an engraving at the Navy Department, Washington), |
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| The Fight on the Chesapeake’s Forecastle. (From a lithograph in the “Memoir of Admiral Broke”), |
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| The Shannon taking the Chesapeake into Halifax Harbor. (From an engraving at the Navy Department, Washington), |
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| “In Memory of Captain James Lawrence.” (From an old engraving), |
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| Ship’s Papers of the William Bayard in 1810, signed by Napoleon. (From the original at the Naval Institute, Annapolis), |
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| Battle between the Schooner Atlas and two British Ships, August 5, 1812. (From a lithograph in Coggeshall’s “Privateers”), |
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| The Rossie and the Princess Amelia. (From a lithograph in Coggeshall’s “Privateers”), |
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| Battle between the Schooner Saratoga and the Brig Rachel. (From a lithograph in Coggeshall’s “Privateers”), |
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| Jesse D. Elliott. (From a lithograph at the Navy Department, Washington), |
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| Sackett’s Harbor, 1814. (After an old engraving), |
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| Map, Scene of Naval Operations on Lake Ontario, 1812–1813, |
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| Captain Woolsey. (From a painting at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| Wilkinson’s Flotilla. (From an old wood-cut), |
272 |
| Detroit in 1815. (After an old engraving), |
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| Capture of the British Brigs Detroit and Caledonia, October 12, 1812. (From a wood-cut prepared under the supervision of Lieutenant Jesse D. Elliott himself), |
277 |
| O. H. Perry. (From an engraving by Forrest of the portrait by Jarvis), |
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| Port of Buffalo in 1815. (After a contemporary engraving), |
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| Map of the Battle of Lake Erie, |
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| Perry and his Officers on Board the Flag-ship Lawrence, Preparing for the Engagement. (From an old wood-cut), |
303 |
| Diagram of Perry’s Victory—the Approach. (After Ward’s “Naval Tactics”), |
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| The Battle of Lake Erie. (From an old engraving), |
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| First View of Perry’s Victory. (From an engraving of a drawing by Corné), |
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| “Perry’s Sieg.”—A German View of the Victory on Lake Erie. (From an old engraving), |
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| Diagram of Perry’s Victory.—Positions at Height of Battle, |
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| Second View of Perry’s Victory. (From an engraving of a drawing by Corné), |
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| Perry Transferring his Colors. (After the painting by Powell), |
319 |
| “We have met the Enemy and they are Ours.” (From the “Naval Monument”), |
324 |
| Stephen Champlin. (From a painting at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| The Medal Awarded to Oliver H. Perry after his Victory on Lake Erie, |
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| Medal Awarded to Jesse D. Elliott, |
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| Map of Niagara River, |
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| The Death of General Pike. (From an old wood-cut), |
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| The Niagara River and Scenes from the War of 1812. (From an engraving in Hinton’s “History of the United States”), |
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| Isaac Chauncey. (From an engraving by Edwin of the portrait by Wood), |
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| Captain Sir James Lucas Yeo. (From an engraving by Cook of the portrait by Buck), |
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| Buffalo, N. Y., Burned by the British, December 30, 1813. (From an old wood-cut), |
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| The Argus Burning British Vessels. (From an old wood-cut), |
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| The Argus Captured by the Pelican, August 14, 1813. (From an engraving by Sutherland of the painting by Whitcombe), |
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| The Enterprise and Boxer. (From a wood-cut in the “Naval Monument”), |
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| Diagram of the Enterprise-Boxer Battle, |
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| Medal Awarded to Edward R. McCall after the Battle between the Enterprise and the Boxer, |
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| Old-time Naval Gunnery. (From a wood-cut), |
391 |
| John Cassin. (From a lithograph at the Navy Department, Washington), |
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| Joshua Barney. (From an engraving of the painting by Chappel), |
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| Map of Chesapeake Bay, |
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| The Flag of Fort McHenry—After the British Attack in 1814. (From a photograph at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| The Capture of Washington. (From an old wood-cut), |
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