Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Narrative of the Last Cruise of the U. S. Steam Frigate Missouri: From the Day She Left Norfolk, Until the Arrival of Her Crew in Boston, Including a Full and Circumstantial Detail of the General Conflagration, Which Took Place at Gibraltar, Resulting in Her Total Loss; Interspersed With Explanatory Notes and Remarks
Tun following pages were written by the author during his passage home, as a source. Of recreation, to beguile the monotony of a tedious voyage. He has endeavored to describe facts, and faithfully portray the many and various incidents, as they occurred. The cause and origin of the fire have been studiously avoided, it being deemed impertinent to make any remarks or opinions on a subject which may possibly become a matter of future investigation. Doubtless some things may have transpired that have escaped the eye or the ear of the writer, who has been guided in his delineations by truth only; not from a desire to please, or a wish to detract from the merits of the participators in the scene.
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