"OLD IRONSIDES"
The old frigate Constitution as she appears today in her snugberth at the Boston Navy Yard where she is preserved as anhistorical relic.
Photograph by N. L. Stebbins, Boston.
THE FIGHT FOR A FREE SEA
A CHRONICLE OF THE WAR OF 1812
BY RALPH D. PAINE
VOLUME 17
THE CHRONICLES OF AMERICA SERIES
ALLEN JOHNSON, EDITOR
1920
CONTENTS
III. PERRY AND LAKE ERIE
IV. EBB AND FLOW ON THE NORTHERN FRONT
VI. MATCHLESS FRIGATES AND THEIR DUELS
VII. "DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP!"
VIII. THE LAST CRUISE OF THE ESSEX
ILLUSTRATIONS
"OLD IRONSIDES"
The old frigate Constitution as she appears today in her snug berth atthe Boston Navy Yard where she is preserved as an historical relic.Photograph by N. L. Stebbins, Boston.
THE THEATRE OF OPERATIONS IN THE WAR OF 1812
Map by W. L. G. Joerg, American Geographical Society.
OLIVER HAZARD PERRY AT THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE
Painting by J. W. Jarvis. In the City Hall, New York, owned by theCorporation. Reproduced by courtesy of the Municipal Art Commission ofthe City of New York.
ISAAC CHAUNCEY
Painting in the Comptroller's Office, City Hall, New York, owned by theCorporation. Reproduced by courtesy of the Municipal Art Commission ofthe City of New York.
COMMODORE STEPHEN DECATUR
Painting by Thomas Sully, 1811. In the Comptroller's Office, owned bythe City of New York. Reproduced by courtesy of the Art Commission ofthe City of New York.
CONSTITUTION AND GUERRIÈRE
An old print, illustrating the moment in the action at which themainmast of the Guerrière, shattered by the terrific fire of theAmerican frigate, fell overside, transforming the former vessel into afloating wreck and terminating the action. The picture representsaccurately the surprisingly slight damage done the Constitution: notethe broken spanker gaff and the shot holes in her topsails.
ISAAC HULL
Painting by J. W. Jarvis. In the City Hall, New York, owned by theCorporation.
WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE
Painting by