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Midshipman’s Training Under Commodore Rodgers
19 IV. Men, Ships, and Guns in 1812 28 V. Service in the War of 1812.—The Flag kept flying on all Seas 38 AFRICA. SLAVERS AND PIRATES. VI. First Voyage to the Dark Continent.—Lieutenant Perry goes to Guinea 50 VII. Perry locates the Site of Monrovia.—The African Slave Trade 58 VIII. Fighting Pirates in the Spanish Main 65 EUROPE AND DIPLOMACY. OUR FLAG IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. IX. The American Line-of-Battle Ship.—Among Turks and Greeks 72 X. The Concord in the Seas of Russia and Egypt.—Czar and Khedive 81 XI. A Diplomatic Voyage in the Frigate Brandywine.—Andrew Jackson’s stalwart policy.—Perry rehearses for Japan.—Naples pays up 91 SHORE DUTY. TEN YEARS OF SCIENCE AND PROGRESS. XII. The Founder of the Brooklyn Naval Lyceum.—Master-Commandant Perry 99 XIII. The Father of the American Steam Navy.—The Engineer’s status fixed.—The Line and the Staff 110 XIV. Perry discovers the Ram.—The Trireme’s prow restored.—The “Line-of-Battle” changed to “Bows on” 120 XV. Lighthouse Illumination.—Lenses or Reflectors? 129 XVI. Revolutions in Naval Architecture.—The new middle term between Courage and Cannon.—Caloric 138 XVII. The School of Gun Practice at Sandy Hook.—Bomb-guns and the coming Shells 146 XVIII. The Twin Steamers Missouri and Mississippi.—Iron-clads and Armor 156 COMMODORE OF A SQUADRON. AFRICAN WATERS. EXTIRPATING “THE SUM OF ALL VILLIANIES.” XIX. The Broad Pennant.—Our only Foreign Colony.—Powder and Ball at Berribee 167 XX. Science and Religion.—A War of Ink Bottles.—Perry as a Missionary and Civilizer 183 THE MEXICAN WAR. XXI. The Mexican War 197 XXII. Commodore Perry commands the Squadron 216 XXIII. The Naval Battery breaches the walls of Vera Cruz 226 XXIV. The Naval Brigade.—Capture of Tabasco 241 XXV. Fighting the Yellow Fever.—Peace 251 XXVI. Results of the War.—Gold and the Pacific Coast 261 JAPAN. XXVII. American attempts to open trade 270 XXVIII. Origin of the American Expedition to Japan 281 XXIX. Preparations for Japan.—An International Episode 294 XXX. The Fire-Vessels of the Western Barbarians 314 XXXI. Panic in Yedo.—Reception of the President’s Letter 329 XXXII. Japanese preparations for Treaty-Making 343 XXXIII. The Professor and the Sailor make a Treaty 359 XXXIV. Last Labors 375 THE MAN AND HIS WORK. XXXV. Matthew Perry as a Man 395 XXXVI. Works that follow 409 ======== APPENDICES. Chapter Page I. Authorities 427 II. Origin of the Perry Name and Family 429 III. The Name Calbraith 430 IV. The Family of M. C. Perry 431 V. Official Detail of M. C. Perry 433 VI. The Naval Apprenticeship System 435 VII. Duelling 440 VIII. Memorials in Art of M. C. Perry 443 ======== INDEX 447 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry The United States Steam Frigate “Mississippi” Perry at the age of fifty-four Conveyance at Funchal Commodore Perry entering the Treaty-House Signatures and Pen-Seals of the Japanese Treaty Commissioners Silver Salver in possession of Commodore Perry’s Daughter, Mrs. August Belmont Medal Presented by the Merchants of Boston Commodore Perry’s Autograph
PREFACE.
Among the earliest memories of a childhood spent near the now vanished Philadelphia Navy Yard, are the return home of the marines and sailors from the Mexican war, the launch of the noble steam frigate Susquehanna, the salutes from the storeship Princeton, and the exhibit of the art treasures brought home by the United States Expedition to Japan—all associated with the life of Commodore M. C. Perry. Years afterwards, on the shores of that bay made historic by his diplomacy, I heard the name of Perry
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