Abbot's fighting history of the American navy — privateers and frigates, the Bon Homme Richard and the Constitution, told battle by battle with the smoke still in the rigging.

CHAPTER XIV

2 pages in this part of The Naval History of the United States.

Chapter XIV

ON THE OCEAN. -THE WORK OF THE SLOOPS-OF-WAR. - LOSS OF THE "FROLIC." - FRUITLESS CRUISE OF THE "ADAMS." - THE "PEACOCK" TAKES THE…

Chapter XIV (II)

WORK OF THE PRIVATEERS. - THE "GEN. HANCOCK" AND THE "LEVANT." - EXPLOITS OF THE "PICKERING." - THE "REVENGE." - THE "HOLKAR." - THE…

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