Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Isaac Hull and American Frigate "Constitution" Letter Accompanying Picture Presented to the Bostonian Society
The Constitution returned to Boston after this wonderful escape, the details of which are so romantic, to be enthusiastically received by its citizens. Lieut. Charles Morris was always sup posed to be the originator of the kedging by which the Constitution evaded the enemy. Upon arriving at the Exchange Coffee House, Capt. Hull indorsed the following acknowledgment upon the register.
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