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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. DECA-

TUR—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
Tour,"
""Memoirs of Jackson," &c. &c.

MIDDLETOWN, (CONN.)

PRINTED BY CLARK & LYMAN;

FOR OLIVER D. COOKE.