Midshipman Farragut . NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1902 Copyright, i8q6,By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. ^^ L>^^ DEDICA TION. To my friend Loyall Farragut, whose Life of David Glasgow Farragut, I havedrawn upon so frcqtiently, this little book isdedicated. The interest he has sJioivn in myattempt to tell a story of the boyhood of hisfatJicr to the boys of to-day is hereby acknowl-edged with deep gratitude. PREFACE. In writing this little book the author has adheredclosely to facts in the boyhood life of Admiral Farragut,and if possibilities in the way of conversations and in-cidents
Midshipman Farragut . NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1902 Copyright, i8q6,By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. ^^ L>^^ DEDICA TION. To my friend Loyall Farragut, whose Life of David Glasgow Farragut, I havedrawn upon so frcqtiently, this little book isdedicated. The interest he has sJioivn in myattempt to tell a story of the boyhood of hisfatJicr to the boys of to-day is hereby acknowl-edged with deep gratitude. PREFACE. In writing this little book the author has adheredclosely to facts in the boyhood life of Admiral Farragut,and if possibilities in the way of conversations and in-cidents have been introduced, they can hardly be saidto be pure inventions. In the Memoirs of CommodoreDavid Porter, written by his son, the late AdmiralDavid D. Porter, are recorded many historical speeches,some of which the author of this chronicle has takenthe liberty of reproducing, setting them down Narrative, a journal kept by the commander ofthe Essex, has been of great assistance to the author alsoin
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