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THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC.
52 East Nineteenth Street-New York City, N.Y.
COMMODORE STEPHEN DECATUR
FROM THE PAINTING BY REMBRANDT PEALE
IN THE POSSESSION OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
STEPHEN DECATUR
Monograph Number Three in The Mentor Reading Course
The father of Stephen Decatur, also named Stephen, was a native of Newport, Rhode Island, and a captain in the United States navy. Stephen Decatur, Jr., was born at Sinnepuxent, Maryland, on January 5, 1779. He entered the American navy as a midshipman in 1798 on board the frigate United States. A year later he was promoted to lieutenant and in that rank saw a little service in the short war with France.