A

FULL AND CORRECT ACCOUNT

OF THE CHIEF

5

NAVAL OCCURRENCES

OF

THE LATE WAR

BETWEEN

GREAT BRITAIN

AND

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

PRECEDED BY

A CURSORY EXAMINATION

OF THE

AMERICAN ACCOUNTS OF THEIR NAVAL ACTIONS FOUGHT
PREVIOUS TO THAT PERIOD:

TO WHICH IS ADDED

AN APPENDIX;

WITH PLATES.

BY WILLIAM JAMES.

"Truth is always brought to light by time and reflection; while the
lie of the day lives by bustle, noise, and precipitation."

MURPHY'S TACITUS, B. ii. 39.

London:

PRINTED FOR T. EGERTON, WHITEHALL.

1817.

OF THE

VERSITY

OF

Joyce Gold, Printer, 103, Shoe-lune, London.

то

SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE BROKE,

BARONET, KNIGHT-COMMANDER OF THE MOST
HONORABLE ORDER OF THE BATH,