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PIKE & CUTLASS

THE ESCAPE OF THE “CONSTITUTION”
[Page 209]

PIKE & CUTLASS

HERO TALES
OF
OUR NAVY

WRITTEN & ILLUSTRATED
BY GEORGE GIBBS

PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1900

Electrotyped and Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, U. S. A.

TO THE CADETS
OF THE
UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY
PAST, PRESENT, AND
FUTURE