COMMODORE ESEK HOPKINS. (From a very rare English en-
graving),

AN ENGLISH "SEVENTY-FOUR AND A FRIGATE COMING TO
ANCHOR. (From an old engraving),

JOHN BARRY. (From an engraving of the portrait by Chappel),
FACSIMILE OF ACCOUNT BETWEEN DUDLEY SALTONSTALL AND
ELISHA HINMAN. (From the original at the Lenox Library),
ST. PIERRE, MARTINIQUE. (From an old engraving),
JOHN PAUL JONES. (From an engraving by Longacre of the
portrait by C. W. Peale),

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,

PLAN OF THE ACTION OF OCTOBER II, 1776,

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 "),
BROADSIDE DESCRIBING THE ENGAGEMENT ON LAKE CHAM-
PLAIN. (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),

JOHN PAUL JONES'S COMMISSION,

MAP OF THE BRITISH ISLES. (Showing Captain Jones's two voyages and the route of the Reprisal),

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136

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181

AN ENGLISH CARICATURE OF JOHN PAUL JONES. (Published in London, October 22, 1779),

"PAUL JONES THE PIRATE."

SIGNATURES OF JOHN MANLY AND HECTOR MCNEIL,
FACSIMILE OF A LETTER FROM THOMAS THOMPSON TO CAP-

TAIN MCNEIL. (From the original at the Lenox Library), 183-4

A TYPICAL Nassau Fort-FORT FINCASTLE. (From a photograph by Rau),

.

AN ENGLISH FRIGATE OF FORTY GUNS. (From an engraving by Verico),

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"A PROCLAMATION.” (From the copy at the Lenox Library), 198 'AN ORDINANCE ASCERTAINING WHAT CAPTURES ON WATER

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SHALL BE LAWFUL." (From the copy at the Lenox Li-
brary),

ALEXANDER MURRAY.

painting by Wood),

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(From an engraving by Edwin of the

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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),

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 DRAWN FORTH BY THE DOINGS OF REVOLUTIONARY PRIVATEERS,

THE BRITISH PRISON SHIP JERSEY. (From an old woodcut),

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A PERMIT TO VISIT ONE OF THE PRISON SHIPS. (From the original at the Lenox Library), .

MAP OF THE WALE BOGT AND ITS VICINITY,

A RELIC OF THE PRISON SHIPS: ENTRANCE TO THE VAULT
OF THE MARTYRS. (From an old wood-cut),
RICHARD DALE. (From an engraving by Dodson after the
portrait by Wood),

PIERRE LANDAIS. (From a copy, at the Lenox Library, of a miniature),

LEITH PIER AND HARBOR. JOHN PAUL JONES. (From an engraving by Guttenberg, after 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),

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PAUL JONES CAPTURING THE SERAPIS. (From an engraving
of the picture by Chappel),

CAPT. SIR RICHARD PEARSON. (From an engraving by
Cook),

JOHN PAUL JONES. (After a rare engraving),

SIGNATURE OF RICHARD DALE. (From a letter at the Lenox
Library),

.

A LETTER FROM PIERRE LANDAIS. (From the original at the

Lenox Library),

JOHN PAUL JONES. (From a miniature recently found [1897]
in a cellar at the Naval Academy),

JOHN PAUL JONES (IN COCKED HAT). (From a very rare
engraving at the Navy Department, Washington),
JOHN PAUL JONES. (From an engraving by Chapman in the
collection of Mr. W. C. Crane),

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266

268

269

JOHN PAUL JONES AND THe Serapis FigHT. (From an en

graving 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), .
SIGNATURE OF HOYSTED HACKER. (From a letter at the
Lenox Library),

SIR GEORGE COLLIER'S VICTORY IN PENOBSCOT BAY, 1779.
(From a very rare engraving at the Lenox Library),
MAP OF THE ATTACK ON THE PENOBSCOT FORT. (From a
contemporary map at the Lenox Library),
SIGNATURE OF SAMUEL NICHOLSON.

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),

306

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),

DIAGRAM OF THE INSURGent-ConstelLATION BATTLE,.
A FRENCH VESSEL OF 120 GUNS. (From an engraving by Orio), 322

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portrait by White),

MEDAL AWARDED TO THOMAS TRUXTON,

PORTRAIT OF TRUXTON AND PRESIDENT ADAMS'S LETTER TO HIM. (From a lithograph at the Naval Academy, Annapolis),

TRUXTON'S MEDAL AND THE CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION

AWARDING IT TO HIM,

THE SALLY ATTACKED BY A SEA-SERPENT OFF THE SHORE
OF LONG ISLAND. (From a French engraving),

A FRENCH CUTTER OF 16 GUNS. (From an engraving by Merlo),
BENJAMIN STODDERT. (From a painting at the Navy Depart-

"CAPTAIN STERRETT IN THE ENTERPRISE, PAYING TRIBUTE TO TRIPOLI." (From an old wood-cut),

A SCHOONER-OF-WAR, LIKE THE ENTErprise.

WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE. (From an engraving by Edwin),

STEPHEN DECATUR. (From an engraving by Osborn of the

BURNING OF THE FRIGATE PHILADELPHIA BY DECATUR.

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326

331

332

A PIECE OF THE PHILADELPHIA'S STERN. (From the original
piece at the Naval Institute, Annapolis),
EDWARD PREBLE. (From an engraving by Kelly of the picture
in Faneuil Hall, Boston),

DECATUR AVENGING THE MURDER OF HIS BROTHER. (From

an engraving in Waldo's " Decatur "),

363

REUBEN JAMES SAVING DECATUR'S LIFE. (From an engrav

ing 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),

THE EXPLOSION OF THE INTREPID. (From an old engraving), 375 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

PRESS-GANG. (From an English engraving),

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),

THE UNITED STATES FRIGATE ESSEX.

(From a lithograph

at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), CAPT. HENRY WHITBY, R. N. (From an engraving by Page), CAPT. SALUSBURY PRYCE HUMPHREYS, R. N. . (From an

English engraving), .

TAKING DESERTERS FROM THE CHESAPEAKE,

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