LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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John Paul Jones. (From a mezzotint of the painting by Notté), [Frontispiece]
An Early American Floating Battery, [1]
Commodore Esek Hopkins. (From a French engraving of the portrait by Wilkinson), [3]
The First Naval Flags, [4]
Destruction of the Schooner Gaspé, 1772. (From an engraving by Rogers of the painting by McNevin), [7]
The State House at Newport, Showing the Gaspé Affair. (From an engraving in Hinton’s “History of the United States”), [10]
The “Boston Tea-Party.” (From an old engraving), [13]
A British Armed Sloop. (From a very rare engraving, showing the first lighthouse erected in the United States—on Little Brewster Island, Boston Harbor), [19]
A Brig of War Lowering a Boat. (From a picture drawn and engraved by Baugean), [29]
The Admiralty Seal, [33]
The Founders of the American Navy. (Drawn by I. W. Taber—the portraits from engravings), [37]
Vessel of War Saluting, with the Yards Manned. (From an old French engraving), [40]
Facsimile of a Letter from Abraham Whipple to General Lincoln during the Siege of Charleston. (From the original at the Lenox Library), [42]
Nicholas Biddle. (From an engraving by Edwin), [45]
A Frigate Chasing a Small Boat. (From an old French engraving), [48]
A Letter from Esek Hopkins. (From the original at the Lenox Library), [50]
A Corvette. (From an old French engraving), [52]
Commodore Esek Hopkins. (From a very rare English engraving), [55]
An English “Seventy-four” and a Frigate Coming to Anchor. (From an old engraving), [59]
John Barry. (From an engraving of the portrait by Chappel), [65]
Facsimile of Account between Dudley Saltonstall and Elisha Hinman. (From the original at the Lenox Library), [67]
St. Pierre, Martinique. (From an old engraving), [70]
John Paul Jones. (From an engraving by Longacre of the portrait by C. W. Peale), [75]
Burlington Bay on Lake Champlain. (From an old engraving in the collection of Mr. W. C. Crane), [83]
Sir Guy Carleton. (From an engraving by A. H. Ritchie), [86]
Gen. Benedict Arnold. (Drawn from life at Philadelphia by Du Simitier), [88]
The Royal Savage. (After an old painting), [90]
The Battle of Lake Champlain, [92]
Plan of the Action of October 12, 1776, [93]
Map of the Fight on Lake Champlain, 1776, [94]
The Fight on Lake Champlain, October 13, 1776. (From a contemporary English engraving), [97]
A View on Lake Champlain, Showing the Fight of 1776. (From Hinton’s “History of the United States”), [101]
Broadside Describing the Engagement on Lake Champlain. (From a copy at the Lenox Library), [106–109]
The Phœnix and the Rose Engaging the Fireships on the Hudson River. (From a lithograph of the painting by Serres after a sketch by Sir James Wallace), [115]
John Bazeley. (From an engraving by Ridley of a miniature by Langdon), [120]
John Paul Jones’s Commission, [136]
Map of the British Isles. (Showing Captain Jones’s two voyages and the route of the Reprisal), [139]
An English Caricature of John Paul Jones. (Published in London, October 22, 1779), [143]
“Paul Jones the Pirate.” (From an old engraving in the collection of Mr. W. C. Crane), [149]
Map of the American Coast, [161]
Signatures of John Manly and Hector McNeil, [181]
Facsimile of a Letter from Thomas Thompson to Captain McNeil. (From the original at the Lenox Library), [183–4]
A Typical Nassau Fort—Fort Fincastle. (From a photograph by Rau), [187]
An English Frigate of Forty Guns. (From an engraving 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), [202]
Alexander Murray. (From an engraving by Edwin of the painting by Wood), [208]
Joshua Barney. (From an engraving by Gross after a miniature by Isabey), [210]
Fight of the Hyder Ali with the General Monk, 1782. (From a painting by Crépin at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), [213]
A Relic of Two Revolutionary Captains—Bill of Lading for John Barry Signed by Joshua Barney. (From the original at the Lenox Library), [216]
“The Howes Asleep in Philadelphia”—A Caricature Drawn forth by the Doings of Revolutionary Privateers, [219]
The British Prison Ship Jersey. (From an old wood-cut), [221]
A Permit to Visit One of the Prison Ships. (From the original at the Lenox Library), [223]
Map of the Wale Bogt and its Vicinity, [225]
A Relic of the Prison Ships: Entrance to the Vault of the Martyrs. (From an old wood-cut), [226]
Richard Dale. (From an engraving by Dodson after the portrait by Wood), [231]
Pierre Landais. (From a copy, at the Lenox Library, of a miniature), [236]
Leith Pier and Harbor. (From an old engraving), [239]
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), [246]
Diagram of the Serapis-Bonhomme Richard Battle, [249]
The Serapis and the Bonhomme Richard. (From an engraving by Lerpinière after a drawing by Fitler), [252]
Paul Jones Capturing the Serapis. (From an engraving of the picture by Chappel), [258]
Capt. Sir Richard Pearson. (From an engraving by Cook), [261]
John Paul Jones. (After a rare engraving), [263]
Signature of Richard Dale. (From a letter at the Lenox Library), [266]
A Letter from Pierre Landais. (From the original at the Lenox Library), [268]
John Paul Jones. (From a miniature recently found [1897] in a cellar at the Naval Academy), [269]
John Paul Jones (in Cocked Hat). (From a very rare engraving at the Navy Department, Washington), [271]
John Paul Jones. (From an engraving by Chapman in the collection of Mr. W. C. Crane), [273]
John Paul Jones’s Medal, [276]
John Paul Jones and the Serapis Fight. (From an engraving in the collection of Mr. W. C. Crane), [278]
A Letter from John Paul Jones to Thomas Jefferson. (From the original at the Lenox Library), [279]
Signature of Hoysted Hacker. (From a letter at the Lenox Library), [283]
Sir George Collier’s Victory in Penobscot Bay, 1779. (From a very rare engraving at the Lenox Library), [285]
Map of the Attack on the Penobscot Fort. (From a contemporary map at the Lenox Library), [288–9]
Signature of Samuel Nicholson. (From a letter at the Lenox Library), [290]
James Nicholson. (After a miniature in the possession of Miss Josephine L. Stevens), [296]
An Old Naval Order. (From the original at the Lenox Library), [301]
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), [313]
A French Vessel of 118 Guns, a Century Ago. (From an engraving by Canali), [318]
Diagram of the Insurgent-Constellation Battle, [321]
A French Vessel of 120 Guns. (From an engraving by Orio), [322]
Medal Awarded to Thomas Truxton, [325]
Portrait of Truxton and President Adams’s Letter to him. (From a lithograph at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), [326]
Truxton’s Medal and the Congressional Resolution Awarding it to him, [327]
The Sally Attacked by a Sea-Serpent off the Shore of Long Island. (From a French engraving), [331]
A French Cutter of 16 Guns. (From an engraving by Merlo), [332]
Benjamin Stoddert. (From a painting at the Navy Department, Washington), [334]
“Captain Sterrett in the Enterprise, Paying Tribute to Tripoli.” (From an old wood-cut), [337]
A Schooner-of-War, Like the Enterprise. (From a wood-cut in the “Kedge Anchor”), [339]
Map of the Mediterranean Sea, [340]
William Bainbridge. (From an engraving by Edwin), [341]
Stephen Decatur. (From an engraving by Osborn of the portrait by White), [347]
Burning of the Frigate Philadelphia by Decatur. (From an old wood-cut), [352]
The Blowing up of the Frigate Philadelphia. (From an engraving in Waldo’s “Decatur”), [355]
A Piece of the Philadelphia’s Stern. (From the original piece at the Naval Institute, Annapolis), [358]
Edward Preble. (From an engraving by Kelly of the picture in Faneuil Hall, Boston), [360]
Decatur Avenging the Murder of his Brother. (From an engraving in Waldo’s “Decatur”), [363]
Reuben James Saving Decatur’s Life. (From an engraving of the picture by Chappel), [365]
John Trippe. (After a French engraving), [367]
The Battle of Tripoli, August 3, 1804. (From the painting by Corné, 1805, at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), [369]
Map of the Harbor of Tripoli, [372]
The Explosion of the Intrepid. (From an old engraving), [375]
Preble’s Medal, [379]
“The Press-Gang Impressing a Young Waterman on his Marriage Day.” (From an English engraving, illustrating an old song), [386]
Another View of the “Young Waterman” and the Press-Gang. (From an English engraving), [388]
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), [391]
The United States Frigate Essex. (From a lithograph at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), [393]
Capt. Henry Whitby, R. N. (From an engraving by Page), [405]
Capt. Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, R. N. (From an English engraving), [411]
Taking Deserters from the Chesapeake, [413]

An Early American Floating Battery.