Lives of Distinguished American Naval Officers, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from Lives of Distinguished American Naval Officers, Vol. 1: Bainbridge, Shaw, Somers, Shubrick, Preble These sketches originally appeared in Graham's Magazine, a periodical for which they pressly written. The present Opportunity for eh largingxcorrecting, and, it is hoped, for improving them, has not been neglected. Many errors of the press, and some mistakes in facts, have been at tended to, while new matter is occasionally intro duced, as authentic materials have been obtained, through the attention that has been drawn to the subject by means of the former publication. In the cases of Paul J ones and Oliver Hazard Perry, in particular, the first appearance of the respective sketches brought into 'our hands a' considerable amount of additional documents that have thrown new light on the several careers of those two offi Gets. In the case of Paul Jones, it is true that our testimony is derived from relatives, and to a 'certain point is to be received with caution, all experience proving that the opinions of near friends are not to be accepted, in such cases, as guides for the world. Proof is proof, nevertheless, when all its conditions are fulfilled, let it come from what quarter it may. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.