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Edgar Stanton Maclay was born on April 18, 1863, in Foochow, China. He was the son of the Rev. Robert Samuel Maclay and Henrietta Caroline (Sperry) Maclay of Bristol, Rhode Island.
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A History of the United States Navy, From 1775 to 1894; Volume 1
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A History of American Privateers (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A History of American Privateers The history of the United States navy is so intimately connected with that of our privateers that the story of one would be incomplete without a full record of the other. In each of our wars with Great Britain many of the captains in the navy assumed command of privateers, in which they frequently rendered services of national importance, while the privateersmen furnished the navy with a large number of officers, many of whom became famous. In our struggle for independence more than sixty American craft armed by private enterprise were commanded by men who had been, or soon became, officers in the regular service; and in more than one instance, notably that of the officers and men of the Ranger - Captain John Paul Jones' famous ship, then commanded by Captain William Simpson - almost the entire ship's company of a Continental cruiser turned to privateering. Many of our most distinguished naval officers have pointed with pride to their probationary career in privateers. The mere mention of such names as Truxtun, Porter, Biddle, Decatur, Barney, Talbot, Barry, Perry, Murray, Rodgers, Cassin, Little, Robinson, Smith, and Hopkins will show how closely related were the two arms of our maritime service. In his History of the United States Navy the author endeavored to show that our maritime forces were a powerful factor not only in attaining American independence, but in maintaining it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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The Life and Adventures of "Jack" Philip: Rear-Admiral, U. S. Navy (1903)
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Excerpt: THERE have been few officers in the United States navy whose careers have been so nearly ideal as that of John Woodward Philip. His life-long devotion to duty, his conscientious carrying-on of routine in the many weary years of peace—weary at least to sea-warriors—his entire innocence of newspaper press bureaus or politico-social influence, his superb conduct in battle, his modest, sailor-like acknowledgment of the plaudits of his countrymen, and, more than all, his beautiful Christian character have peculiarly endeared him to the American people. As a standard of naval excellence for the emulation of younger officers, the career of Philip is unsurpassed and cannot fail of beneficial results. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Jan. 28th (Sunday).—Steaming all day across the Java Sea, the water as smooth as a mill pond. At 2 p. M. sighted land ahead, and at eight o'clock in the evening we anchored in the mouth of the straits off the island of Billiton in order to wait for daylight, it being dangerous to run through the straits at night on account of so many coral reefs and shoals. Jan. 29th.—At daylight we got under way, and, favored with fine weather and a smooth sea, steamed on our course, running through the Gasper Strait along the coast of Billiton Island, with numerous small islands around us. At 2 p. M. we cleared the straits, and for the first time the Wachusett entered the China Sea, whither she has been bound ever since the first of last March. We are now running for the coast of Borneo. Jan. 31st.—Steaming all day along the coast of Borneo with several small islands in sight and near us. To-night we are running through the Api Passage on the northwest coast of Borneo. Sea perfectly smooth, it being calm and very hot all day. Feb. 1st.—While we were steaming along the northwest coast of Borneo to-day with a perfectly smooth sea, I saw something on the horizon which appeared like a wreck of some kind. We ran down to it, and, lowering a cutter, examined it. It proved to be a detached portion of a "floating island" which must have floated out from a near-by river.
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Washington’s Wolfpack: The Navy Before There Was A Navy
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Historians tell us that the United States Navy was founded on October 13, 1775. But was it? In the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, the government employed a total 70 warships, carrying 1,800 guns and swivels. In those same two wars there were 1,300 privateers operating with almost 16,000 guns and swivels So, which was the real U.S. Navy? In both wars the British didn't strategically fear our warships; they feared our privateers—a swarming collection of privately-owned armed ships who were, in effect, legalized pirates. Yet everyone knows about the USS Constitution, the Constellation and the United States. But how many have heard of the Argo, the Chasseur and the True Blooded Yankee? We honor the courage and daring of naval officers such as Truxtun, Decatur, Barney, Preble, and so on. But how many know that each of them were also once privateers? Do you know about the audacious American privateer who posted a notice in Lloyd's Coffee House in London stating that, because he was now in their waters, all of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland should consider themselves under blockade? Based on Maclay's 1899 edition of A History of American Privateers, Washington's Wolfpack is an exhaustive yet entertaining treatment of this little known chapter in American History.
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Edgar Stanton Maclay
Edit ProfileEducation
Edgar prepared for college chiefly under the instruction of his mother in Japan, and in 1881 entered Syracuse College, at Syracuse, New York, graduating four years later with the degree of B. A.
In 1888, after a year spent in Europe, where he was engaged chiefly in the study of American history, he received from his alma mater the degree of M. A.
Career
After serving as a reporter on the Brooklyn Daily Times, Maclay held a similar position with the New York Tribune, 1891-93, and for a year, 1893-94, was a member of the editorial staff. The following year, he was on the editorial staff of the New York Sun. In 1895, he became lighthouse keeper at Old Field Point, Long Island, and five years later, accepted a minor office in the New York navy yard, with the rating of "laborer. "
In the meantime, utilizing his spare moments, he had established a considerable reputation as a writer of books, chiefly of a naval character.
His naval books were interestingly written and his History of the United States Navy was adopted as a textbook for midshipmen by the United States Naval Academy. They reveal, however, not a few limitations: want of perspective and proportion, carelessness of statement, unfortunate omissions, and unfamiliarity with the naval art.
In 1901, he published the third volume of his History, covering the period of the Spanish-American War and containing a partisan account of the conduct of Admiral Schley in the battle of Santiago. He asserted that the admiral "cravenly declined" to pick up the gauntlet thrown down by Cervera. This account precipitated the Schley court of inquiry and led to Maclay's separation from the New York navy yard.
On December 20, 1901, under instructions from President Roosevelt, Secretary Long asked for his resignation. When he declined to comply, the President, four days later, dismissed him. His punishment, judged by its tragic results, was excessive. He was not well adapted to win from a niggard world a livelihood for himself and his family, and the fickle public now showed little interest in his writings, which in the years immediately preceding his death almost ceased.
In October 1904, he formed a connection with the Brooklyn Standard Union. At the time of his death he was living in Washington, D. C. , engaged in research work.
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Maclay edited the Journal of William Maclay and was the author of History of the United States Navy which occasioned much controversy and brought about his dismissal from government employ, by order of President Roosevelt, in 1901. The ground of this action, following Maclay's refusal of an official request for his resignation, was a passage in the History stigmatizing Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley as a "caitiff, poltroon and coward" for his conduct in the naval fight off Santiago, Cuba, 3 July 1898. Maclay also wrote Reminiscences of the Old Navy and The History of American Privateers.
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A History of American Privateers (Classic Reprint)
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The Life and Adventures of "Jack" Philip: Rear-Admiral, U. S. Navy (1903)
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A History of the United States Navy, From 1775 to 1894; Volume 1
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Washington’s Wolfpack: The Navy Before There Was A Navy
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Moses Brown, captain U.S.N.
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A History of American Privateers (Classic Reprint)
Connections
Maclay had married, on December 22, 1893, Katherine Koerber, by whom he had four sons.
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