CONTENTS OF THE APPENDIX. 



Correspondence between Commodori Hillyar and Captain 

 Porter, 233 



Copy of the Passport given by Captain Hillyar to the Essex 

 Junior, 24! 



Correspondence between the Secretary of the Navy and 

 Captain Porter, - - - - - - - 242 



Documents relative to the fate of Lieutenant Stephen 

 Decatur, McKnight, and Midshipman Lyman, - - 245 



Extract from the Journal of the Swedish Brig Adonis, giv- 

 ing the last intelligence of the American Sloop of war 

 Wasp, Captain Bleakley, - - - - 251 



