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The Ships and Sailors Of Old Salem

The Ships and Sailors Of Old Salem

by Ralph Delahaye Paine

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Author
Paine, Ralph Delahaye, 1871-1925
Title
The ships and sailors of old Salem : the record of a brilliant era of American achievement
Original Publication
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1912.
Credits
Bob Taylor, Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
F001: United States local history: New England
Subject
Shipping -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 73759
Release Date
June 2, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.THE SHIPS AND SAILORS OF OLD SALEM
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.Untitled
  6. 6.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
  7. 7.CONTENTS
  8. 8.ILLUSTRATIONS
  9. 9.Untitled
  10. 10.CHAPTER I A PORT OF VANISHED FLEETS — FOOTNOTES:
  11. 11.CHAPTER II PHILIP ENGLISH AND HIS ERA (1680-1750) — FOOTNOTES:
  12. 12.CHAPTER III SOME EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PIRATES (1670-1725)
  13. 13.CHAPTER IV THE PRIVATEERSMEN OF ’76 — “ How to Make a Sally — FOOTNOTES:
  14. 14.CHAPTER V JONATHAN HARADEN, PRIVATEERSMAN (1776-1782)
  15. 15.CHAPTER VI CAPTAIN LUTHER LITTLE’S OWN STORY (1771-1799) — FOOTNOTES:
  16. 16.CHAPTER VII THE JOURNAL OF WILLIAM RUSSELL (1776-1783) — FOOTNOTES:
  17. 17.CHAPTER VIII THE JOURNAL OF WILLIAM RUSSELL ( concluded ) (1779-1783) — FOOTNOTES:
  18. 18.CHAPTER IX RICHARD DERBY AND HIS SON JOHN (1774-1792) — FOOTNOTES:
  19. 19.CHAPTER X ELIAS HASKET DERBY AND HIS TIMES (1770-1800) — FOOTNOTES:
  20. 20.CHAPTER XI PIONEERS IN DISTANT SEAS (1775-1817) — FOOTNOTES:
  21. 21.CHAPTER XII THE BUILDING OF THE ESSEX (1799) — FOOTNOTES:
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIII THE FIRST AMERICAN VOYAGERS TO JAPAN (1799-1801) — FOOTNOTES:
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIV THE FIRST YANKEE SHIP AT GUAM (1801) — FOOTNOTES:
  24. 24.CHAPTER XV NATHANIEL BOWDITCH AND HIS “PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR” (1802) — FOOTNOTES:
  25. 25.CHAPTER XVI THE VOYAGES OF NATHANIEL SILSBEE [38] (1792-1800 ) — FOOTNOTES:
  26. 26.CHAPTER XVII THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN RICHARD CLEVELAND (1791-1820) — FOOTNOTES:
  27. 27.CHAPTER XVIII THE PRIVATEERS OF 1812 — FOOTNOTES:
  28. 28.CHAPTER XIX THE TRAGEDY OF THE “FRIENDSHIP” (1831)
  29. 29.CHAPTER XX EARLY SOUTH SEA VOYAGES (1832) — FOOTNOTES:
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXI THE LAST PIRATES OF THE SPANISH MAIN (1832)
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXII GENERAL FREDERICK TOWNSEND WARD [47] ( Leader of the Chinese “Ever Victorious Army” ) — FOOTNOTES:
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXIII THE EBBING OF THE TIDE — FOOTNOTES:
  33. 33.APPENDIX
  34. 34.Untitled
  35. 35.INDEX
  36. 36.Transcriber’s Notes

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