  TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the book. The warship USS Syren is referred to as Siren throughout the book (except for the title page); this has not been changed. The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. THE MAGAZINE OF HISTORY WITH NOTES AND QUERIES Extra Number—No. 9 COMPRISING THIRTY YEARS FROM HOME, OR A VOICE WILLIAM ABBATT EAST 25th STREET, ⁂ ⁂ NEW YORK 1909 THIS REPRESENTATION OF THE U. S. FRIGATE UNITED STATES, STEPHEN DECATUR ESQR COMMANDER, CAPTURING HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S FRIGATE MACEDONIAN, JOHN S. CARDEN ESQ^R COMMANDER Is respectfully inscribed to Captain Stephen Decatur his Officers and Gallant Crew by their devoted humble Servant James Webster. THIRTY YEARS FROM HOME |
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