Thirteen Chapters of American History / represented by the Edward Moran series of Thirteen Historical Marine Paintings

by Theodore Sutro

INDEX.

• Agreement of Confederation, written on board "Mayflower," [61], [62]
• America, Early Discoveries of, [33], [34]
• American Flag, First Recognition of, painting, description of, [68];
  • Designing and Adoption of Present Form, [81].
• Armaments:
  • "Armstrong," [79];
  • Modern Battleships, [68];
  • "Ranger," [68]
• "Armstrong," Brig, Engaging the British Fleet, painting, description of, [82], [83]
  
• Bainbridge, Captain, [73]
• "Baltimore," Cruiser, [95]
• Braine, Admiral, [96]
• Brig "Armstrong" Engaging the British Fleet, painting, description of, [82], [83]
• "Brooklyn," Cruiser, [106], [107]
• Buchanan, Commodore, [88], [89]
• Burning of Frigate "Philadelphia," painting, description of, [75], [76]
• Byron, Lord, quotation from, [29]
  
• Caravels, [40], [105]
• Castelar, Emilio, quotation from, [41], [42]
• Cervera, Admiral, [105], [107]
• Chicago, Columbian Exposition, [40], [80]
• Columbus, Christopher, [39] to [43];
  • Death, [42];
  • Transfer of Remains, [43]
• Columbus, Debarkation of, painting, description of, [41], [42];
  • "Santa Maria," "Niña" and "Pinta," painting, description of, [41], [42]
• Compact of Pilgrim Fathers, [61], [62]
• "Congress," Frigate, [88], [89], [90]
• Constitution of United States, Preamble, [62]
• Cowper, quotation from, [69]
• "Cumberland," The, [87] to [92], [95], [97];
  • Sinking of, by the "Merrimac," painting, description of, [90], [91]
    
• Debarkation of Columbus, painting, description of, [41], [42]
• Decatur, Stephen, [10], [74], [106];
  • Birth, Death, [75];
  • Sword, [74];
  • Toast to our Country, [74]
• De Soto, Ferdinand, [47] to [49];
  • Birth, Death, [47];
  • Expedition of, [47] to [49];
  • Midnight Mass over the Body of, painting, description of, [48], [49]
• Dewey, George, Admiral, [10], [105], [106], [107], [109]
• Drake, quotation from, [67]
• Drakkars, [35], [105]
  
• Eirek the Red, [33], [34], [109]
• Embarkation of Pilgrims, painting, description of, [60]
• Ericsson, John, Birth, Death, [95];
  • "Monitor," [92], [97] to [101];
  • White Squadron's Farewell Salute to body of, painting, description of, [95], [96]
• Erickson, Lief, Landing in New World, [33], [34];
  • painting, description of, [35], [36], [101]
• Esquimos, [34]
• Everett, Edward, quotation from oration on the Pilgrims, [60], [61]
• Exhibition of Paintings of Edward Moran, [9], [18], [19]
  
• Farewell Salute to John Ericsson, painting, description of, [95], [96]
• Farragut, Admiral, [108]
• Fayal, [79], [81], [83]
• First Recognition of American Flag, painting, description of, [68], [69]
• Fiske, John, [40]
  • First Recognition of, painting, description of, [68], [69];
  • Captain Reid, [81];
  • Resolutions of Congress authorizing, [67], [81]
• Flag, United States, [67], [68];
• Florida, [47], [48]
  
• Greenland, Settlement of, [33], [34]
  
• "Half-Moon," ship of Hudson, [53], [105]
• Hamilton, James, [16]
• Hemans, Felicia, quotation from, [62], [63]
• Herald, New York, quotation from, [9]
• Hobson, Richmond Pearson, [10], [73], [92]
• Holland, [53], [54], [59]
• Hopkins, Admiral, [27]
  • Entering New York Bay, painting, description of, [55]
• Hudson, Henry, [53] to [55];
• Hudson River, Discovery of, [54]
  
• Iceland, [33], [34], [36]
• Iron versus Wood, Sinking of "Cumberland" by "Merrimac," painting, description of, [90], [91]
  
  • Special Message to Congress about burning of frigate "Philadelphia," [75]
• Jackson, Andrew, Defence of New Orleans, [82];
• Jefferson, Thomas, Special Message to Congress about Lieutenant Decatur, [74]
  • Birth and Death, [69];
  • Letter to Naval Committee, [68]
    
• Jones, John Paul, [10], [68], [106];
• La Motte Piquet, Admiral, [68]
• Landing of Lief Erickson in the New World, painting, description of, [35], [36], [101]
  • about Lieutenant John Worden, [100];
  • Commendation of Lieutenant John L. Worden, [99], [100]
• Lincoln, Abraham, Special Message to Congress about Lieutenant George U. Morris, [92];
• Litigation about thirteen paintings, [8]
• Lloyd, Commodore, [79], [82]
  • Exposition, [50]
    
• Louisiana Purchase, [10], [49], [82];
• Manila Bay, Battle of, [107]
• "Mayflower," [59], [60], [61]
  • of Spanish-American War, [92]
• "Merrimac," The, Confederate Ram, [87] to [92], [95], [97] to [101];
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, [9]
• Midnight Mass over the Body of Ferdinand De Soto, painting, description of, [48], [49]
• Mississippi River, Discovery of, [48], [49]
• "Monitor," The, [92], [95], [97] to [101]
• Montojo, Admiral, [105], [107]
  • Death,[ 21];
  • Paintings, [20]
• Moran, Annette, [8], [20];
  • Academies, Clubs, Societies, [16], [17];
  • Birth, Death, [15];
  • Marriage, [8], [20];
  • Paintings of, [17], [18]
• Moran, Edward, [15] to [21];
• Moran, Thomas, etching by, [96]
• Morris, George U., [10], [88], [89], [92]
  
• Nantucket, [34]
• Napoleon, Louis, Arbitration about Brig "Armstrong," [81]
  • Improvement, [87], [97], [105]
• Navy, Ships of, [68], [73], [74], [79], [82], [88], [90], [97];
• New Orleans, [82]
• New York, City of, [54]
• "New York," Cruiser, [106]
• Norse Costumes, [35]
• Norsemen, [33], [34], [40], [105]
• Norse ships, [35]
• Norway, [33]
  
• Ocean, The, painting, description of, [10], [27], [28], [109]
• "Olympia," The, [106], [107], [108]
  
• Paintings of Edward Moran, partial list of, [17], [18]
• Parmentier, Antoine Augustin, [20]
• "Philadelphia," Frigate, Burning of, painting, description of, [75], [76]
  • Compact in "Mayflower," [61];
  • Embarkation of, painting, description of, [60]
• Pilgrims, [59] to [63], [109];
• Plymouth Rock, [59]
• Portuguese Government, [79], [80]
  
• Quiberon, [10], [68]
  
• "Ranger," [68]
  • Birth, Death, [82];
  • Long Tom, [79], [80], [81];
  • Sword, [81];
  • United States Flag, [81]
• Reid, Capt. Samuel Chester, [10], [79], [106];
• Return of the Conquerors, painting, description of, [105], [106], [107]
  
• Sampson, William T., [10], [105], [106]
• "Santa Maria," "Niña" and "Pinta," painting, description of, [41], [42]
• Santiago Harbor, Battle of, [107]
• Schiller, Friedrich, quotation from, [43]
• Schley, Winfield Scott, [10], [96], [105], [106]
  • Columbus, [39], [40];
  • Commodore Decatur, [74];
  • De Soto, [47];
  • Dewey, [106], [107];
  • Henry Hudson, [53];
  • Paul Jones, [68];
  • Commodore Lloyd, [79];
  • Commander George U. Morris, [88];
  • Norsemen, [35];
  • Pilgrim Fathers, [59];
  • Captain Samuel C. Reid, [79];
  • Sampson, Schley, [106], [107];
  • Lieutenant Worden, [98]
• Ships of Captain Bainbridge, [73];
• Sinking of the "Cumberland" by the "Merrimac," painting, description of, [90], [91]
• Southampton, [60]
  • Return of Conquerors, painting, description of, [105], [106], [107]
• Spanish-American War, [105] to [109];
• Statue of Liberty, [18], [96], [105]
  
• Taylor, Bayard, quotation from, [36]
• Thirteen, number connected with events in history of the United States, [9], [10], [67]
  • General Description, [7] to [11], [68];
  • Litigation about, [8];
  • Sizes of, [27], [33], [39], [47], [53], [59], [67], [73], [79], [87], [95], [105]
• Thirteen Paintings, Exhibition of, [9], [27];
• Tripoli, [73], [74]
  
  • Number of States, [9], [67], [81], [106];
  • Population, [106]
    
• United States, Constitution of, [62];
• Vinland, [34], [36]
• Virginia, Colony of, [59]
  
• Wainwright, Richard, [10], [107]
  • Civil, [82], [87], [108];
  • 1812, [82], [108];
  • Revolution, [67], [108];
  • Spanish-American, [43], [108]
• Wars:
• Webber, Paul, [16]
  • Letter to Lieutenant John L. Worden, [99], [100]
• Welles, Gideon, Alarm about "Merrimac," [91];
• West Indies, origin of name, [43]
• White Squadron's Farewell Salute to the Body of Capt. John Ericsson, painting, description of, [95], [96]
• Worden, John L., [10], [98], [99]
• World's Fair, Chicago, [40], [80]

FOOTNOTES:

[A] Moran v. Morrill, 78 Appellate Division Reports, 440.

[B] Moran v. Morrill, 177 New York Reports, 563.

[C] Size of canvas: nine and one-half feet in length by six and one-quarter feet in height.

[D] About six feet long by about three and one-half feet high.

[E] Eight feet long by four and one-half feet high.

[F] Four and one-half feet long by three feet high.

[G] It is difficult to preserve the full beauty of the original of these concise verses in a translation; but in attempting this I have found it quite as easy to rhyme them as to reproduce them simply in the blank verse of the original, in which rhymes occur in only two lines.