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THE STORY OF THE
AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE

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THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO
ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO

MACMILLAN & CO., Limited

LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA
MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd.

TORONTO

South Street, New York

South Street, New York; from Maiden Lane, 1834

From a print in the possession of the Lenox Library

THE STORY
OF THE
AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE

BY
JOHN R. SPEARS
AUTHOR OF "STORY OF THE NEW ENGLAND
WHALERS," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1910
All rights reserved

Copyright, 1910,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up and electrotyped. Published March, 1910.

Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.In the Beginning1
II.Early Growth22
III.Evolution of the Smuggler and the Pirate40
IV.Before the War of the Revolution59
V.Merchantmen in Battle Array85
VI.Early Enterprise of the United States Merchant Marine100
VII.French and Other Spoliations...

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