INTERSPERSED WITH BRIEF NOTICES OF THE ORIGIN, PROGRESS, AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE AMERICAN NAVY.

SECOND EDITION REVISED:

WITH IMPORTANT ADDITIONS; CONTAINING SKETCHES OF SOME DISTINGUISHED CONTEMPORARIES OF COM. DECATUR-A NAVAL REGISTER-LIST OF THE NAVY,

&c.

OUR CHILDREN-THEY ARE THE PROPERTY OF OUR COUNTRY.' Toast of Com. Decatur's Father, 1804.

BY S. PUTNAM WALDO, ESQ

Compiler of " Robbins' Journal," author of the "President's ," "Memoirs of Jackson," &c. &c.

Tour,"

MIDDLETOWN, (CONN.)

PRINTED BY CLARK & LYMAN;

FOR OLIVER D. COOKE.