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Hill, Frederic Stanhope (1905). Twenty-six historic ships. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London. p. 515. OCLC1667284. Url
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Roosevelt, Theodore (1883). The naval war of 1812. G.P. Putnam's sons, New York. p. 541. Url
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Holden, James A. (1914). The Centenary of the Battle of Plattsburg. The University of the State of New York, Albany NY. Url
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Ingersoll, Charles J. (1845). Historical sketch of the second war between the United States of America, and Great Britain. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. p. 496. ISBN0-306-80429-8. Url
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Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell (1910). Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. D.M. MacLellan Book Company, New York, NY/Akron, OH. p. 443. ISBN13:978-0-8180-5499. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help)Url
Mills, James Cooke (1913). Oliver Hazard Perry and the battle of Lake Erie. John Phelps, Detroit. p. 284. Url
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McKee, Christopher (1972). Edward Preble: a naval biography, 1761-1807. United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland. p. 436. ISBN0-87021-525-6. Url
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Paullin, Charles Oscar (1910). Commodore John Rodgers: Captain ... authorlink=Charles O. Paullin. The Arthur H. Clark Company, Cleveland, Ohio. p. 434. {{cite book}}: Missing pipe in: |title= (help)Url
Harris, Gardner W. (1837). The life and services of Commodore William Bainbridge, United States navy. Carey Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia. p. 254. ISBN0945726589. Url1Url2
Watson, William (1893). The adventures of a blockade runner: or, Trade in time of war. T. Fisher Unwin, New York, 1893 / Texas A & M University Press, 2001. p. 324. ISBN1-58544-152-X. Url1Url2
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Wagner, Margaret E.; McPherson, James M. (2006). The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference. Simor and Schuster Inc., New York, 2006. p. 976. ISBN978-1-4391-6. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help); More than one of |first1= and |first= specified (help); More than one of |last1= and |last= specified (help)Url1Url2
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Fink, Leo Gregory (1962). Barry or Jones, "Father of the United States Navy"; Historical Reconnaissance. Jefferies & Manz, Inc, Philadelphia. p. 554. Url
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Canney, Donald L. (2001). Sailing warships of the US Navy. Chatham Publishing / Naval Institute Press. p. 224. ISBN1-55750-990-5. Url
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Hagan, Kenneth J. (1992). This People's Navy: The Making of American Sea Power. The Free Press, New York. p. 468. ISBN0-02-913471-4. Url
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Abbot, WILLIS J. (1890). THE NAVAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Peter Fenelon Collier, New York. p. 438. Url
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Cooper, James Fenimore (1846). Lives of distinguished American naval officers. Carey and Hart, Philadelphia. p. 436. OCLC620356. Url1
McMaster, John Bach (1914). A History of the People of the United States: 1803-1812. D. Appleton and company, New York & London. p. 590. Url
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Hollis, Ira N. (1900). The frigate Constitution the central figure of the Navy under sail. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York; The Riverside Press, Cambridge. p. 263. Url
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Clarke last2=MacArthur, James Stanier (1810). The life of Amiral Lord Nelson. Bensley, London for Cadell. p. 702. {{cite book}}: |first2= missing |last2= (help); Missing pipe in: |last1= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)Url1
Fraser, Edward. The enemy at Trafalgar: an account of the battle from eye-witnesses' narratives and letters and despatches from the French and Spanish fleets. E.P.Dutton & Co., New York, 1906. p. 436. Url
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Corbett, By Sir Julian Stafford. The campaign of Trafalgar, Volume 2. Longmans, Green, and co., 1919. p. 538. Url
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Davies, David Tudor (1996). Nelson's navy: English fighting ships, 1793-1815. Stackpole Books, Penn. p. 201. ISBN0-8177-1118-8. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help)Url
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Allen, Joseph (1853). Battles of the British navy, Volume 1. Henry G. Bohn, London. p. 532. Url
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