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lowed, the Chesapeake is put down as of 1,244 tons - 

 A simple application of the rule of three shows that 

 even if I accepted James' figures, I would be obliged 

 to consider the Macedonian as of about 1,185 tons, 

 to make her correspond with the system I had 

 adopted for the American ships. 



But this is not all. James gives the length of 

 the Macedonian as 154 ft. 6 in. In the Navy De- 

 partment at Washington are two plans of the Mace- 

 donian. One is dated 1817, and gives her length 

 as 157 ft. 3 in. This difference in measurement 

 would make a difference of 20 odd tons; so that 

 by the American mode she must certainly have 

 been over 1,200 tons, instead of under 1,100, as by 

 the British rules. The second plan in the Navy 

 Department, much more elaborate than the first, is 

 dated 1829, and gives the length as 164 ft.; it is 

 probably this that Emmons and the United States 

 Navy Lists have followed as I did myself in call- 

 ing the tonnage of the Macedonian 1,325. Since 

 finding the plan of 1817, however, I think it pos- 

 sible that the other refers to the second vessel of 

 the name, which was built in 1832. If this is true, 

 then the Macedonian (as well as the Guerriere and 

 Java) should be put down as about 120 tons less 

 than the measurements given by Emmons and 

 adopted by me; but even if this is so, she must 

 be considered as tonning over 1,200, using the 



