| CHAPTER | | PAGE | | I. | In the Beginning | 1 | | II. | Early Growth | 22 | | III. | Evolution of the Smuggler and the Pirate | 40 | | IV. | Before the War of the Revolution | 59 | | V. | Merchantmen in Battle Array | 85 | | VI. | Early Enterprise of the United States Merchant Marine | 100 | | VII. | French and Other Spoliations | 119 | | VIII. | The British Aggressions | 132 | | IX. | The Beginnings of Steam Navigation | 150 | | X. | Privateers, Pirates, and Slavers of the Nineteenth Century | 177 | | XI. | The Harvest of the Sea before the Civil War | 197 | | XII. | The Packet Lines and the Clippers | 214 | | XIII. | Deep-water Steamships—Part I | 240 | | XIV. | Deep-water Steamships—Part II | 258 | | XV. | The Critical Period | 277 | | XVI. | During a Half Century of Depression | 298 |
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