American Merchant Ships and Sailors

THE AMERICAN SHIP AND THE AMERICAN SAILOR – NEW ENGLAND'S LEAD ON THE OCEAN – THE EARLIEST AMERICAN SHIP-BUILDING – HOW THE SHIPYARDS MULTIPLIED – LAWLESS TIMES ON THE HIGH SEAS – SHIP-BUILDING IN THE FORESTS AND ON THE FARM – SOME EARLY TYPES – THE COURSE OF MARITIME TRADE – THE FIRST SCHOONER AND THE FIRST FULL-RIGGED SHIP – JEALOUSY AND ANTAGONISM OF ENGLAND – THE PEST OF PRIVATEERING – ENCOURAGEMENT FROM CONGRESS – THE GOLDEN DAYS OF OUR MERCHA