Volume One.

THE IMPRESSMENT OF AN AMERICAN SEAMAN Frontispiece From a drawing by Stanley M. Arthurs.

GOUVERNEUR MORRIS Page 6 From the painting by Marchant, after Sully, in Independence Hall, Philadelphia.

JOHN JAY Page 88 From the painting by Gilbert Stuart, in Bedford (Jay) House, Katonah, N.Y.

JAMES MONROE Page 104 From the painting by Gilbert Stuart, in the possession of Hon. T. Jefferson Coolidge.

THOMAS JEFFERSON Page 120 From the painting by Gilbert Stuart, in Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me.

JAMES MADISON Page 223 From the painting by Gilbert Stuart, in Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me.

THE CHASE OF THE Belvidera Page 322 From a drawing by Carlton T. Chapman.

THE FORECASTLE OF THE Constitution DURING THE CHASE Page 328 From a drawing by Henry Reuterdahl.

CAPTAIN ISAAC HULL Page 330 From the engraving by D. Edwin, after the painting by Gilbert Stuart.

THE BURNING OF THE Guerrière Page 334 From a drawing by Henry Reuterdahl.

CAPTAIN STEPHEN DECATUR Page 420 From the painting by Gilbert Stuart, in Independence Hall, Philadelphia.

MAPS AND BATTLE PLANS.