[2] This form of “step-father” seems not to have been unusual in England 1800-50. Cf. Sam Weller’s addressing his father’s second wife as “mother-in-law.”
[3] Reuben James. See his life by C. T. Brady.
[4] To prevent the recovery of these men by their consul, the press-gang usually went ashore on the night previous to our going to sea; so that before they were missed they were beyond his protection. Sometimes they were cleared on our return to port.
[5] The crew of this vessel mutinied, killed their officers, and ran the ship into a Spanish port, where she fell into the hands of the Spaniards, then at war with England. Large rewards were offered for these mutineers; many were taken, and all who were taken suffered the penalty of death (1797).
[6] Narrative of the Life and Sufferings of William B. Lighton (an Englishman), a private in the 60th Regiment—the Rifles.—Troy, N. Y., 1846. He enlisted at 16, in 1820.
[7] James Holmes, boatswain.
[8] James, in his History of the British Navy, gives this name as Thomas James Nankivee.
[9] Dennis Colwell.
[10] The colors of the Macedonian are preserved at the Naval Institute, Annapolis, Md. A number of her cannon are placed on the green near the Commandant’s quarters at the Brooklyn Navy Yard; and when she was broken up, many of her timbers were taken to City Island (now part of New York City), and used as the frame of a hotel still (1909) standing there.
[11] The official report, from James’ History of the British Navy, of the Macedonian’s casualties was: