Excerpt from Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States Roosevelt (naval War of 1812, p. 260) gives the Scorpion 1 short 32 instead of 1 short 24, and the Trippe a long 24 instead of a 32. Roose velt makes the broadside only 936 pounds and says that the Lawrence and Niagara each fought a long 12 instead of one of the carronades on the engaged side, reducing the broadside to 896 pounds, of which 288 were from the long guns. For other statistics, see Emmons, Statistical His tory of the United States Navy, p. 20. 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.