Yankee Traders at Sea and Ashore: An Account of the Early Nineteenth Century Merchant Ships Built in Connecticut and Sailing from New York, and of Connecticut Travelers to the Far West and the Far East |
Contents
DISCOVERY | 1 |
SHIPBUILDING AND COMMERCE | 11 |
DIFFICULTIES | 26 |
Copyright | |
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