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The Story of Arnold's Extraordinary Fight against Overwhelming Odds on Lake Champlain--A Thousand Sailors, of whom Seven-tenths were Picked Men, Armed with the Heaviest Guns, were Pitted under a Courageous Leader against 700 Yankees, chiefly Haymakers, Poorly Armed and with Insufficient Ammunition--Savages with Scalping Knives Aided the British--A Desperate Struggle at the End--The Best All-around Fighter under Washington.
AN EARLY AMERICAN FLOATING BATTERY, 1
COMMODORE ESEK HOPKINS. , 3
THE FIRST NAVAL FLAGS, 4
THE "BOSTON TEA-PARTY." , 13
A BRITISH ARMED SLOOP. , 19
A BRIG OF WAR LOWERING A BOAT. , 29
THE ADMIRALTY SEAL, 33
THE FOUNDERS OF THE AMERICAN NAVY. , 37
VESSEL OF WAR SALUTING, WITH THE YARDS MANNED. , 40
FACSIMILE OF A LETTER FROM ABRAHAM WHIPPLE TO GENERAL LINCOLN DURING THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON. , 42
NICHOLAS BIDDLE. , 45
A FRIGATE CHASING A SMALL BOAT. , 48
A LETTER FROM ESEK HOPKINS. , 50
A CORVETTE. , 52
COMMODORE ESEK HOPKINS. , 55
AN ENGLISH "SEVENTY-FOUR" AND A FRIGATE COMING TO ANCHOR. , 59
JOHN BARRY. , 65
FACSIMILE OF ACCOUNT BETWEEN DUDLEY SALTONSTALL AND ELISHA HINMAN. , 67
ST. PIERRE, MARTINIQUE. , 70
JOHN PAUL JONES. , 75
BURLINGTON BAY ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN. , 83
SIR GUY CARLETON. , 86
GEN. BENEDICT ARNOLD. , 88
THE BATTLE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN, 92
PLAN OF THE ACTION OF OCTOBER 12, 1776, 93
MAP OF THE FIGHT ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN, 1776, 94
THE FIGHT ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN, OCTOBER 13, 1776. , 97
A VIEW ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN, SHOWING THE FIGHT OF 1776. , 101
BROADSIDE DESCRIBING THE ENGAGEMENT ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN. , 106-109
JOHN BAZELEY. , 120
JOHN PAUL JONES'S COMMISSION, 136
MAP OF THE BRITISH ISLES. , 139
AN ENGLISH CARICATURE OF JOHN PAUL JONES. , 143
"PAUL JONES THE PIRATE." , 149
MAP OF THE AMERICAN COAST, 161
SIGNATURES OF JOHN MANLY AND HECTOR MCNEIL, 181
FACSIMILE OF A LETTER FROM THOMAS THOMPSON TO CAPTAIN MCNEIL. , 183-4
A TYPICAL NASSAU FORT--FORT FINCASTLE. , 187
AN ENGLISH FRIGATE OF FORTY GUNS. , 191
"A PROCLAMATION." , 198
"AN ORDINANCE ASCERTAINING WHAT CAPTURES ON WATER SHALL BE LAWFUL." , 202
ALEXANDER MURRAY. , 208
JOSHUA BARNEY. , 210
A RELIC OF TWO REVOLUTIONARY CAPTAINS--BILL OF LADING FOR JOHN BARRY SIGNED BY JOSHUA BARNEY. , 216
"THE HOWES ASLEEP IN PHILADELPHIA"--A CARICATURE DRAWN FORTH BY THE DOINGS OF REVOLUTIONARY PRIVATEERS, 219
A PERMIT TO VISIT ONE OF THE PRISON SHIPS. , 223
MAP OF THE WALE BOGT AND ITS VICINITY, 225
RICHARD DALE. , 231
PIERRE LANDAIS. , 236
LEITH PIER AND HARBOR. , 239
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