| Chapter 1: | Educating Stockton |
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Figure 4. Possibly the earliest portrait of Stockton, done about the time he joined the navy. It is unsigned, and ominously de-acquisitioned by a museum, but it has been attributed to Thomas Sully, who later painted both the commodore and his wife.58
her.59 During this chase, Stockton was again stationed in the maintop, commanding twenty men. Commodore Rodgers, anticipating the commencement of an action, hailed the maintop, “Mr. Stockton, I expect a great deal from your maintop today.” Stockton called back, “Only get near enough, Commodore, and we will give a good account of ourselves.”60 They never did get near enough to engage.