# The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897, vol. 2 (of 4)

Author: Spears, John Randolph, 1850-1936

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71795

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+history+of+our+Navy+from+its+origin+to+the+present+day%2C+1775-1897%2C+vol.+2+%28of+4%29+Spears&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

A Fair Estimate of the Number of Americans Enslaved by the Press-Gangs--A Braggart British Captain’s Work at Sandy Hook--A Search for the _Guerrière_--Attack on the British Ship _Little Belt_--A Feature of the Battle that was Overlooked--When the _Constitution_ Showed her Teeth the British Ship Brailed its Spanker and Headed for Safer Waters--An Eager Yankee Sailor who Couldn’t Wait for an Order to Fire--War Unavoidable.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/21/index.md)
- [ii. 375;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/40/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/19/index.md)
- [iv. 293;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/55/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/24/index.md)
- [iii. 394;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/45/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/20/index.md)
- [iv. 358;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/50/index.md)
- [iv. 137;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/52/index.md)
- [iii. 136;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/49/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII. GUN-BOATS NOT WHOLLY WORTHLESS 388](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/18/index.md)
- [i. 323;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/53/index.md)
- [iv. 402;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/46/index.md)
- [iii. 239;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/51/index.md)
- [ii. 273;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/41/index.md)
- [i. 335;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/38/index.md)
- [iii. 392;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/54/index.md)
- [ii. 179;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/47/index.md)
- [iv. 250;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/44/index.md)
- [ii. 26;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/37/index.md)
- [ii. 203, 204;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/39/index.md)
- [iv. 486;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/42/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII. THE BATTLE ON LAKE ERIE 280](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX. WHIPPED IN FOURTEEN MINUTES 178](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII. THE LUCK OF A YANKEE CRUISER 372](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV. A RACE FOR THE LIFE OF A NATION 51](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII. BROUGHT THE _MACEDONIAN_ INTO PORT 120](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V. THE _CONSTITUTION_ AND THE _GUERRIÈRE_ 71](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI. FOUGHT IN A HATTERAS GALE 104](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III. THE FIRST EXHIBIT OF YANKEE METTLE 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I. TROUBLES ON THE EVE OF WAR. 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII. EARLY WORK ON THE GREAT LAKES 259](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI. THE PRIVATEERS OF 1812 233](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII. WHEN THE _CONSTITUTION_ SANK THE _JAVA_ 152](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II. THE OUTLOOK WAS, AT FIRST, NOT PLEASING 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X. LOSS OF LAWRENCE AND THE _CHESAPEAKE_ 193](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV. THE WAR ON LAKE ONTARIO 339](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/15/index.md)
- [iii. 363;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/43/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV. INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE ON LAKE ERIE 326](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Volume IV: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71797](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/56/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI. LOSS OF THE LITTLE SLOOP _ARGUS_ 356](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/16/index.md)
- [iii. 276;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-our-navy-from-its-origin-to-the-present-day-1775-38b6b6d2/chapters/48/index.md)