Thomas Truxtun was one of the first six captains President
Washington appointed to the United States Navy in 1794. Although
Truxtun therefore ranks with men like John Paul Jones in the
development of the navy, this biography by Eugene Ferguson supplies
the only full account of his eventful life and career.
In Truxtun of the Constellation, Ferguson tells the exciting
story of a patriot who started as a teenaged merchant seaman, won
command of his own ship, and became a privateer in the
Revolutionary War. After the Revolution, he made four voyages to
the Far East in the burgeoning China trade. He commanded the ship
that brought Benjamin Franklin home to America from his
ambassadorship to France. The greatest period of Truxton's career
-- and the source of his importance as a historical figure -- came
when he served as captain of the original Constellation, whose
construction he oversaw in Baltimore. He commanded this historic
frigate from the time she was launched in 1797 until her return
from the undeclared naval war with France and the defeat of the
heavier-armed La Vengeance in 1800.
First published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in 1956,
Ferguson's lively account describes the early problems and triumphs
in the fledgling navy, the battle glories, and the professional and
personal squabbles that helped to explain Truxtun's resignation in
1802.
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