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

UNIVERSITY PRESS

OXFORD

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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"

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE CALIFORNIA CLIPPER SHIP, FLYING
CLOUD

Lithograph, 1852. In the collection of the Bos-
tonian Society, Old State House, Boston.

A WHALE SHIP ON THE NORTHWEST COAST,
"CUTTING IN" HER LAST RIGHT WHALE
Lithograph. In the collection of the Bostonian
Society, Old State House, Boston.

ELIAS HASKET DERBY, MERCHANT AND
SHIPBUILDER, OF SALEM

Painting by James Frothingham. In the Pea-
body Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.

THE SHIP GRAND TURK

Painting by a Chinese artist at Canton, on a
punch-bowl, 1786. In the Peabody Museum,
Salem, Massachusetts. The Grand Turk opened
the American trade with China at Canton in
1785, and with the Dutch at the Isle of France
in 1787. She was built for E. H. Derby in 1781.

JOSEPH PEABODY. Painting by Charles Osgood. In the Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.

NATHANIEL SILSBEE. Painting by A. Hartwell, after Chester Harding. In the Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.