Front matter
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SAN FRANCISCO:
HENRY PAYOT & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1868.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the District of California.
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO., PRINTERS.
517 Clay Street, San Francisco.
The Author is induced to publish this narrative of the Kearsarge and Alabama, from the want that exists of a popular, detailed, and yet concise account of the engagement between the two vessels.