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"Half-Moon," ship of Hudson, 53, 105

Hamilton, James, 16

Hemans, Felicia, quotation from, 62, 63

_Herald_, New York, quotation from, 9

Hobson, Richmond Pearson, 10, 73, 92

Holland, 53, 54, 59

Hopkins, Admiral, 27

Hudson, Henry, 53 to 55;
Entering New York Bay, painting, description of, 55

Hudson River, Discovery of, 54

Iceland, 33, 34, 36

Iron _versus_ Wood, Sinking of "Cumberland" by "Merrimac," painting,
description of, 90, 91

Jackson, Andrew, Defence of New Orleans, 82;
Special Message to Congress about burning of frigate "Philadelphia,"
75

Jefferson, Thomas, Special Message to Congress about Lieutenant Decatur,
74

Jones, John Paul, 10, 68, 106;
Birth and Death, 69;
Letter to Naval Committee, 68

La Motte Piquet, Admiral, 68

Landing of Lief Erickson in the New World, painting, description of, 35,
36, 101

Lincoln, Abraham, Special Message to Congress about Lieutenant George U.
Morris, 92;
about Lieutenant John Worden, 100;
Commendation of Lieutenant John L. Worden, 99, 100

Litigation about thirteen paintings, 8

Lloyd, Commodore, 79, 82

Louisiana Purchase, 10, 49, 82; Exposition, 50

Manila Bay, Battle of, 107

"Mayflower," 59, 60, 61

"Merrimac," The, Confederate Ram, 87 to 92, 95, 97 to 101;
of Spanish-American War, 92

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 9

Midnight Mass over the Body of Ferdinand De Soto, painting, description
of, 48, 49

Mississippi River, Discovery of, 48, 49

"Monitor," The, 92, 95, 97 to 101

Montojo, Admiral, 105, 107

Moran, Annette, 8, 20;
Death, 21;
Paintings, 20

Moran, Edward, 15 to 21;
Academies, Clubs, Societies, 16, 17;
Birth, Death, 15;
Marriage, 8, 20;
Paintings of, 17, 18

Moran, Thomas, etching by, 96

Morris, George U., 10, 88, 89, 92

Nantucket, 34

Napoleon, Louis, Arbitration about Brig "Armstrong," 81

Navy, Ships of, 68, 73, 74, 79, 82, 88, 90, 97;
Improvement, 87, 97, 105

New Orleans, 82

New York, City of, 54

"New York," Cruiser, 106

Norse Costumes, 35

Norsemen, 33, 34, 40, 105

Norse ships, 35

Norway, 33

Ocean, The, painting, description of, 10, 27, 28, 109

"Olympia," The, 106, 107, 108

Paintings of Edward Moran, partial list of, 17, 18

Parmentier, Antoine Augustin, 20

"Philadelphia," Frigate, Burning of, painting, description of, 75, 76

Pilgrims, 59 to 63, 109;
Compact in "Mayflower," 61;
Embarkation of, painting, description of, 60

Plymouth Rock, 59

Portuguese Government, 79, 80

Quiberon, 10, 68

"Ranger," 68

Reid, Capt. Samuel Chester, 10, 79, 106;
Birth, Death, 82;
Long Tom, 79, 80, 81;
Sword, 81;
United States Flag, 81

Return of the Conquerors, painting, description of, 105, 106, 107

Sampson, William T., 10, 105, 106

"Santa Maria," "Nina" and "Pinta," painting, description of, 41, 42

Santiago Harbor, Battle of, 107

Schiller, Friedrich, quotation from, 43

Schley, Winfield Scott, 10, 96, 105, 106

Ships of Captain Bainbridge, 73;
Columbus, 39, 40;
Commodore Decatur, 74;
De Soto, 47;
Dewey, 106, 107;
Henry Hudson, 53;
Paul Jones, 68;
Commodore Lloyd, 79;
Commander George U. Morris, 88;
Norsemen, 35;
Pilgrim Fathers, 59;
Captain Samuel C. Reid, 79;
Sampson, Schley, 106, 107;
Lieutenant Worden, 98

Sinking of the "Cumberland" by the "Merrimac," painting, description of,
90, 91

Southampton, 60

Spanish-American War, 105 to 109;
Return of Conquerors, painting, description of, 105, 106, 107

Statue of Liberty, 18, 96, 105

Taylor, Bayard, quotation from, 36

Thirteen, number connected with events in history of the United States,
9, 10, 67

Thirteen Paintings, Exhibition of, 9, 27;
General Description, 7 to 11, 68;
Litigation about, 8;
Sizes of, 27, 33, 39, 47, 53, 59, 67, 73, 79, 87, 95, 105

Tripoli, 73, 74

United States, Constitution of, 62; Number of States, 9, 67, 81, 106;
Population, 106

Vinland, 34, 36

Virginia, Colony of, 59

Wainwright, Richard, 10, 107

Wars:
Civil, 82, 87, 108;
1812, 82, 108;
Revolution, 67, 108;
Spanish-American, 43, 108

Webber, Paul, 16

Welles, Gideon, Alarm about "Merrimac," 91;
Letter to Lieutenant John L. Worden, 99, 100

West Indies, origin of name, 43

White Squadron's Farewell Salute to the Body of Capt. John Ericsson,
painting, description of, 95, 96

Worden, John L., 10, 98, 99

World's Fair, Chicago, 40, 80

FOOTNOTES:

[A] Moran _v._ Morrill, 78 Appellate Division Reports, 440.

[B] Moran _v._ Morrill, 177 New York Reports, 563.

[C] Size of canvas: nine and one-half feet in length by six and one-quarter feet in height.

[D] About six feet long by about three and one-half feet high.

[E] Eight feet long by four and one-half feet high.

[F] Four and one-half feet long by three feet high.

[G] It is difficult to preserve the full beauty of the original of these concise verses in a translation; but in attempting this I have found it quite as easy to rhyme them as to reproduce them simply in the blank verse of the original, in which rhymes occur in only two lines.

[H] About four feet long by two and one-half feet high.

[I] About eight feet long by four and one-half feet high.

[J] About four feet long by about two and one-half feet high.

[K] About six feet long by about three and one-third feet high.

[L] This is the only upright canvas of the series, being about five feet in height by about three and one-half feet in width.

[M] About five and one-half feet long by about three feet high.

[N] About four and one-quarter feet long by about three feet high.

[O] About four and one-half feet long by about three feet high.

[P] This, it would seem, ought to be March 9th.

[Q] Four and one-half feet long by about three feet high.

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