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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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