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The Old Merchant Marine: A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailors,
by Ralph Delahaye Paine

Published: New Haven, Yale University Press, 1919

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                          THE OLD MERCHANT MARINE
                 A CHRONICLE OF AMERICAN SHIPS AND SAILORS

                                    BY
                           RALPH DELAHAYE PAINE


                                 New Haven
                           Yale University Press
                                   1919




CONTENTS:

CHAPTER I. COLONIAL ADVENTURERS IN LITTLE SHIPS.
CHAPTER II. THE PRIVATEERS OF '76.
CHAPTER III. OUT CUTLASES AND BOARD.
CHAPTER IV. THE FAMOUS DAYS OF SALEM PORT.
CHAPTER V. YANKEE VIKINGS AND NEW TRADE ROUTES.
CHAPTER VI. "FREE TRADE AND SAILORS' RIGHTS".
CHAPTER VII. THE BRILLIANT ERA OF 1812.
CHAPTER VIII. THE PACKET SHIPS OF THE "ROARING FORTIES".
CHAPTER IX. THE STATELY CLIPPER AND HER GLORY.
CHAPTER X. BOUND COASTWISE.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE.
The Old Merchant Marine - End of Introduction

 
Intro
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IV-V
VI-VIII
IX-X
 


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