Produced by S. Drawehn, Stephen Hope and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net THIRTEEN HISTORICAL MARINE PAINTINGS BY EDWARD MORAN REPRESENTING THIRTEEN CHAPTERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY [Decoration] By THEODORE SUTRO 1905 [Illustration: Copyright, 1905, by Theodore Sutro. EDWARD MORAN From a painting by Thomas Sidney Moran] THIRTEEN CHAPTERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY REPRESENTED BY THE EDWARD MORAN SERIES OF THIRTEEN HISTORICAL MARINE PAINTINGS [Decoration] _By_ THEODORE SUTRO 1905 NEW YORK: THEODORE SUTRO, 280 BROADWAY AND THE BAKER & TAYLOR CO. PUBLISHER'S AGENTS, 33-37 EAST 17TH STREET. _$1.50 net._ Copyright, 1905, by Theodore Sutro To _My Dear Wife_ FLORENCE THROUGH WHOSE STEADFAST FRIENDSHIP FOR MR. AND MRS. EDWARD MORAN AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO ME, I WAS LED TO CHAMPION, AND ENCOURAGED TO PERSEVERE IN ESTABLISHING, THE RIGHTS OF THE WIDOW TO THESE MASTERWORKS, WITHOUT WHICH THE OCCASION FOR PENNING THESE PAGES WOULD NOT HAVE ARISEN--THIS LITTLE WORK IS LOVINGLY INSCRIBED, ON THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR MARRIAGE, October 1st, 1904. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE. FRONTISPIECE--Portrait of Edward Moran, from a painting by THOMAS SIDNEY MORAN INTRODUCTORY 7 BIOGRAPHICAL 15 PORTRAIT OF MRS. EDWARD MORAN, from a painting by THOMAS SIDNEY MORAN Facing page 20 DESCRIPTIVE AND EXPLANATORY: I. THE OCEAN--THE HIGHWAY OF ALL NATIONS 27 II. LANDING OF LIEF ERICKSON IN THE NEW WORLD IN THE YEAR 1001 33 III. THE SANTA MARIA, NINA AND PINTA (Evening of October 11th, 1492) 39 IV. THE DEBARKATION OF COLUMBUS (Morning of October 12th, 1492) 39 V. MIDNIGHT MASS ON THE MISSISSIPPI, OVER THE BODY OF FERDINAND DE SOTO, 1542 47 VI. HENRY HUDSON ENTERING NEW YORK BAY, September 11th, 1609 53 VII. EMBARKATION OF THE PILGRIMS FROM SOUTHAMPTON, August 5th, 1620 59 VIII. FIRST RECOGNITION OF THE AMERICAN FLAG BY A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. In the Harbor of Quiberon, France, February 13th, 1778 67 IX. BURNING OF THE FRIGATE PHILADELPHIA. In the Harbor of Tripoli, February 16th, 1804 73 X. THE BRIG ARMSTRONG ENGAGING THE BRITISH FLEET. In the Harbor of Fayal, September 26th, 1814 79