TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the book.

The warship USS Syren is referred to as Siren throughout the book (except for the title page); this has not been changed.

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

Some minor changes to the text are noted at the [end of the book.]

THE

MAGAZINE OF HISTORY

WITH

NOTES AND QUERIES

Extra Number—No. 9

COMPRISING

THIRTY YEARS FROM HOME, OR A VOICE
FROM THE MAIN DECK: BEING THE
EXPERIENCE OF SAMUEL LEECH.

WILLIAM ABBATT

EAST 25th STREET, ⁂ ⁂ NEW YORK

1909

THIS REPRESENTATION OF THE U. S. FRIGATE UNITED STATES, STEPHEN DECATUR ESQ^R COMMANDER, CAPTURING HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S FRIGATE MACEDONIAN, JOHN S. CARDEN ESQ^R COMMANDER
Is respectfully inscribed to Captain Stephen Decatur his Officers and Gallant Crew by their devoted humble Servant

James Webster.

THIRTY YEARS FROM HOME
OR
A VOICE FROM THE
MAIN DECK

BEING THE EXPERIENCE OF

SAMUEL LEECH

WHO WAS FOR SIX YEARS IN THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN NAVIES: WAS CAPTURED IN THE BRITISH FRIGATE MACEDONIAN: AFTERWARDS ENTERED THE AMERICAN NAVY, AND WAS TAKEN IN THE UNITED STATES BRIG SYREN, BY THE BRITISH SHIP MEDWAY :: :: :: ::

BOSTON
PUBLISHED BY TAPPAN & DENNET
114 Washington Street
1843

NEW YORK
Reprinted
WILLIAM ABBATT
1909

(Being Extra No. 9 of The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries)

THIRTY YEARS FROM HOMEORA VOICE FROM THEMAIN DECK

THIRTY YEARS FROM HOME
OR
A VOICE FROM THE
MAIN DECK