Page 214. Bold Pigot. Sir Robert Pigot commanded the British forces in Rhode Island.
Page 216. Betty Zane. Elizabeth Zane was about eighteen years of age at the time she performed this exploit, and had just returned to Fort Henry from Philadelphia, where she had completed her education. She lived until 1847.
Page 216. Betty's brothers. Ebenezer and Silas.
Page 217. The Wyoming Massacre. This ballad was printed, apparently for the first time, in Charles Miner's "History of Wyoming" (Philadelphia, 1845), where it is stated that it was written shortly after the tragedy by Mr. "Uriah Terry, of Kingston." In McCarty's "National Song Book" (iii, 344) it is said to have been written "by a person then resident near the field of battle."
Page 219. The Cruise of the Fair American. The war song of the Salem Privateersmen during the Revolution, and preserved in Griswold's manuscript collection of "American Historical Ballads." It was taken down from the mouths of Hawthorne's surviving shipmates early in the last century.
Page 219. Bold Hawthorne. Daniel Hawthorne, grandfather of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Page 223. The Yankee Man-of-War. This, one of the very best of American sea-songs, was first published by Commodore Luce, in his collection of "Naval Songs." He states that it was taken down from the recitation of a sailor. Internal evidence would indicate that it was composed by a member of the Ranger's crew.
Page 224. Paul Jones—A New Song. This is Number 613, vol. iii, of the Roxburghe collection of broadsides.
Page 224. As Green, Jemmy Twitcher. Captain Green was a noted pirate, and Jemmy Twitcher was the name given to the notorious John, Lord Sandwich.
Page 224. Pierce. Captain Richard Pearson. He was knighted as a reward for his fight with Jones. The latter remarked, upon hearing of it, "Should I fall in with him again, I'll make a lord of him."