SOURCES OF INFORMATION DRAWN UPON BY THE AUTHOR
"The Narrative and Critical History of America," edited by Justin Winsor.
"American State Papers, Foreign Relations."
"Debates of Congress," compiled by Thomas H. Benton.
"Life of the Late General William Eaton," by Charles Prentiss, published in 1813 in Brookfield, Mass.
"Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days," by Captain John D. Whidden.
"From the Forecastle to the Cabin," by Captain S. Samuels.
"Round the Galley Fire," by W. Clark Russell.
"The Story of Our Navy," by Edgar Stanton Maclay.
"A History of the United States Navy," by John R. Spears.
"Our Navy and the Barbary Corsairs," by Gardner W. Allen.
"The Barbary Corsairs," by Stanley Lane-Poole.
"Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors," by James Barnes.
"Maryland Chronicles," by Scharf.
"Africa," by Frank G. Carpenter.
"Rambles and Studies in Greece," by Mahaffy.
"Winters in Algeria," by F. A. Bridgman.
"The Romance of Piracy," by E. Keble Chatterton. (The episode of David's escape in the ship Hawk is founded on an actual adventure that occurred in 1622, related in Mr. Chatterton's book. The story of the mutiny aboard The Rose of Egypt was suggested by an actual episode—described in Captain Samuel's autobiography.)
To Deane H. Uptegrove and George Mullien, the writer is indebted for advice concerning the sea episodes that appear in this book. The New York Public Library, The Newark Public Library, the East Orange Public Library, and the private library of the New York Evening Post have been helpful in giving the author access to material not easily obtainable.