where the Officers Found Pleasure in the Use of the Cat-Doomed to Slavery for Life-Impressed from the Baltimore-A British Seaman's Joke and its Ghastly Result-The British Admiralty's Way of Dealing with Deliberate Murder in American Waters-Assault of the Leopard on the Chesapeake to Compel American Seamen to Return to the Slavery they had Escaped—Building Harbor-defence Boats to Protect LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS > JOHN PAUL JONES. (From a mezzotint of the painting by Notté), Frontispiece AN EARLY AMERICAN FLOATINg Battery, THE FIRST NAVAL FLAGS, DESTRUCTION OF THE SCHOONER GASPÉ, 1772. (From an 66 THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY." (From an old engraving), (From a very rare engraving, A BRIG OF WAR LOWERING A BOAT. (From a picture drawn and engraved by Baugean), THE ADMIRALTY SEAL, THE FOUNDERS OF THE AMERICAN NAVY. (Drawn by I. W. VESSEL OF WAR SALUTING, WITH THE YARDS MANNED. FACSIMILE OF A LETTER FROM ABRAHAM WHIPPLE TO GEN- A FRIGATE CHASING A SMALL BOAT. (From an old French A LETTER FROM ESEK HOPKINS. (From the original at the A CORVETTE. (From an old French engraving), PAGE I 3 4 7 10 13 COMMODORE ESEK HOPKINS. (From a very rare English en graving), AN ENGLISH SEVENTY-FOUR" AND A FRIGATE COMING TO ANCHOR. BURLINGTON BAY ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN. (From an old en graving in the collection of Mr. W. C. Crane), facing SIR GUY CARLETON. (From an engraving by A. H. Ritchie), GEN. BENEDICT ARNOLD. (Drawn from life at Philadelphia by Du Simitier), THE ROYAL SAVAGE. (After an old painting), THE BATTLE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN, JOHN PAUL JONES'S COMMISSION, in London, October 22, 1779), “PAUL JONES THE PIRATE." PAGE (From an old engraving in the PLAN OF THE ACTION OF OCTOBER II, 1776, MAP OF THE FIGHT ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN, 1776, A VIEW ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN, SHOWING THE Fight of 1776. 106-109 (From Hinton's "History of the United States "), BROADSIDE DESCRIBING THE ENGAGEMENT ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN. (From a copy at the Lenox Library), THE PHOENIX AND THE ROSE ENGAGING THE FIRE-SHIPS ON THE HUDSON RIVER. (From a lithograph of the painting by Serres after a sketch by Sir James Wallace), JOHN BAZELEY. (From an engraving by Ridley of a miniature by Langdon), 65 88 90 92 93 94 97 IOI 115 120 136 139 143 collection of Mr. W. C. Crane), 149 161 181 A TYPICAL NASSAU FORT-FORT FINCASTLE. (From a photograph by Rau), AN ENGLISH FRIGATE OF FORTY GUNS. (From an engrav ing by Verico), 191 "A PROCLAMATION." (From the copy at the Lenox Library), 198 "AN ORDINANCE ASCERTAINING WHAT CAPTURES ON WATER SHALL BE LawFUL." (From the copy at the Lenox Library), ALEXANDER MURRAY. painting by Wood), JOSHUA BARNEY. (From an engraving by Gross after a miniature by Isabey), FIGHT OF THE HYDER ALI WITH THE General MONK, 1782. (From a painting by Crépin at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), (From an engraving by Edwin of the A RELIC OF Two REVOLUTIONARY CAPTAINS-BILL OF LADING FOR JOHN BARRY SIGNED BY JOSHUA BARNEY. (From the original at the Lenox Library), . "THE HOWES ASLEEP IN PHILADELPHIA "A CARICATURE THE BRITISH PRISON SHIP JERSEY. (From an old wood- MAP OF THE WALE BOGT AND ITS VICINITY, A RELIC OF THE PRISON SHIPS: ENTRANCE TO THE VAULT PAGE 187 202 208 210 213 216 219 221 223 225 226 miniature), LEITH PIER AND HARBOR. (From an old engraving), a drawing by Notté, in the collection of Mr. W. C. Crane), 242 THE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE BONHOMME RICHARD and SERAPIS. (From an engraving by Hamilton of a drawing by Collier), DIAGRAM OF THE SERAPIS-BONHOMME RICHARD BATTLE, THE SERAPIS AND THE BONHOMME RICHARD. (From an engraving by Lerpinière after a drawing by Fitler), 231 236 239 246 249 252 |