VOLUME 36

THE CHRONICLES

OF AMERICA SERIES

ALLEN JOHNSON

EDITOR

GERHARD R. LOMER

CHARLES W. JEFFERYS

ASSISTANT EDITORS

MERCHANT MARINE

A CHRONICLE OF

AMERICAN SHIPS AND SAILORS
BY RALPH D. PAINE

NEW HAVEN: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
TORONTO: GLASGOW, BROOK & CO.
LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD

OXFORD

UNIVERSITY PRESS

1919 LIBRARY

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Copyright, 1919, by Yale University Press

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VI. "FREE TRADE AND SAILORS' RIGHTS!"

VII. THE BRILLIANT ERA OF 1812

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VIII. THE PACKET SHIPS OF THE "ROARING

FORTIES"