| VOLUME ONE. |
| [The Impressment of an American Seaman] | Frontispiece |
| From a drawing by Stanley M. Arthurs. | |
| [Gouverneur Morris] | Page 6 |
| From the painting by Marchant, after Sully, in Independence Hall, Philadelphia. | |
| [John Jay] | Page 88 |
| From the painting by Gilbert Stuart, in Bedford (Jay) House, Katonah, N.Y. | |
| [James Monroe] | Page 104 |
| From the painting by Gilbert Stuart, in the possession of Hon. T. Jefferson Coolidge. | |
| [Thomas Jefferson] | Page 120 |
| From the painting by Gilbert Stuart, in Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me. | |
| [James Madison] | Page 223 |
| From the painting by Gilbert Stuart, in Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me. | |
| [The Chase of the Belvidera] | Page 322 |
| From a drawing by Carlton T. Chapman. | |
| [The Forecastle of the Constitution during the Chase] | Page 328 |
| From a drawing by Henry Reuterdahl. | |
| [Captain Isaac Hull] | Page 330 |
| From the engraving by D. Edwin, after the painting by Gilbert Stuart. | |
| [The Burning of the Guerrière] | Page 334 |
| From a drawing by Henry Reuterdahl. | |
| [Captain Stephen Decatur] | Page 420 |
| From the painting by Gilbert Stuart, in Independence Hall, Philadelphia. |