Chapter XXVI: Appendix

LISTS OF THE PRIVATE ARMED SHIPS OF SALEM IN THE REVOLUTION AND THE WAR OF 1812

The following list of the armed ships of Salem from 1776 to 1783 includes both privateers and letters-of-marque. As defined in international law “letters-of-marque” as issued by a Government are privateering commissions, but in practice a distinction was made between the two classes of ships. A privateer cruised in pursuit of the enemy’s commerce and went to sea for no other purpose, while a letter-of-marque vessel carried a cargo to a destined port or ports, taking prizes if they came in her way and defending herself against the enemy as a regularly commissioned private ship of war under heavy bonds to her government to obey the rules of warfare.

_The Naval Records of the Revolution_, as compiled and published by the Library of Congress, contains a list of the letters-of-marque issued by the Government, and includes no fewer than one hundred and ninety of these commissions granted to Salem shipowners, and commanders, designating them all as “private armed ships of war.” The most accurate catalogues of this kind that were compiled many years ago by local historians and shipmasters agree upon one hundred and fifty-eight as the total number of vessels of all kinds which actually engaged in privateering out of the port of Salem during the Revolution. The Government records show, however, that this reckoning falls far short of the total number of craft commissioned by means of letters-of-marque to prey upon England’s commerce as private ships of war. Even these Government records are not complete, however, the names of several well-known privateers being absent from the list, while on the other hand the name of one vessel may be recorded two, three, or four times, a new commission being granted and a new bond demanded when the ship, schooner, or brig changed commanders or owners. The bond required in all cases was in the sum of $20,000.

From the _Naval Records of the Revolution_, and from all lists made and preserved in Salem archives and from other sources the following catalogue has been compiled, as the most nearly complete record of the private armed ships of Salem during the Revolution that has been published:

_Name_ _Class_ _Commander_ _Guns_ _Men_
_Active_ brigantine {William Ross 14 60
{Johnson Briggs
_Adventure_ brig {J. Gardner 4 10
{Jonathan Tucker
_America_ schooner Geo. Williams 8 80
_Atalanta_ brig Cornelius Thompson 10 25
_American Hero_ ship William Fairfield 16 25
_Astrea_ ship John Derby 20 50
_Aurora_ brigantine Geo. Williams, Jr. 6 12
_Aurora_ brig —— Caldwell 10 75
_Black Prince_ ship Nathaniel West 18 160
_Banter_ sloop Henry White 8 50
_Belisaurus_ ship
_Bloodhound_ brig 14 55
_Brutus_ ship John Leach 18 100
_Bunker Hill_ ship John Turner 20 110
_Blackbird_ schooner William Groves 8 20
_Black Snake_ sloop William Carelton 12 60
_Bloom_ schooner Silas Smith 6 25
_Beaver_ schooner 10 swivels
_Bowdoin_ sloop 8
_Buckaneer_ ship Jeremiah Hacker 18 150
_Centipede_ schooner 6
_Charming Polly_ brig D. Bigelow
_Captain_ brigantine John Donaldson 10 45
{Johnson Briggs
_Cato_ brig {James Pickman 16 60
{Jesse Fearson
_Chace_ brigantine Cornelius Thompson 10 35
_Concord_ brig Ephraim Emerton
_Cutter_ schooner {Silas Smith 8 20
{Joseph Strout
_Cutter_ brigantine Geo. Ashby, Jr 10 45
_Cicero_ ship Hugh Hill 20 100
_Commerce_ sloop John Baptist Millet 10 25
_Commerce_ brigantine Ephraim Emerton 6 12
_Columbia_ schooner J. Greeley 12 30
_Comet_ brigantine Samuel Waters 6 15
_Comet_ schooner Richard Eldredge 9 29
_Creature Terrible_ brig Robert Richardson 14 43
_Catchall_ schooner Moses Chase 6 15
_Civil Usage_ brig {Greag Powers 14 45
{Peter Martin
_Congress_ ship David Ropes 20 130
_Cyrus_ ship Jonathan Mason, Jr 10 20
_Dispatch_ ship John Felt 10 60
{David Ropes
{William Gray
_Dolphin_ schooner {Greag Powers 8 30
{David Felt, Jr.
{Frank Benson
_Dart_ schooner Zenas Cook 6 22
_Delight_ schooner J. Temple 4 40
_Don Galvez_ brig Silas Jones 6 16
_Disdain_ ship William Patterson 20 100
_Diana_ brigantine Robert Barker 6 16
_Defense_ brigantine John Barr 10 16
_Eagle_ brig John Leach 20 110
_Exchange_ ship {Simon Forrester 20 60
{John Collins
_Experiment_ brigantine Samuel Ingersoll 6 14
_Essex_ ship John Cathcart 20 150
_Elizabeth_ brig {Clifford Byrne 4 10
{Ichabod Clarke
_Exchange_ schooner Henry Tibbetts 2 15
_Franklin_ ship Silas Deval 18 25
_Fame_ brig Samuel Hobbs 16 50
_Freedom_ brig Benjamin Ober 7 15
_Fortune_ brig Benjamin Ives 14 60
_Favourite_ brigantine William Patterson 11 50
_Fanny_ brigantine Samuel Tucker 4 12
_Felicity_ brig 8 20
_Flying Fish_ brigantine {John Gavett
{Anthony Divers
_Fly_ schooner {Christopher Babbidge 6 25
{William Mallory
_Fox_ schooner {Jeremiah Lansvay 6 75
{Jonathan Neall
_Friendship_ ship Gideon Henfield 6 20
_General Putnam_ schooner S. Mascotte 8 66
_General Gates_ brig —— Skinner 8
_General Lincoln_ brig John Carnes
_General Greene_ ship Aaron Crowell 16 90
_Grand Turk_ ship {Thomas Simmons 28 140
{Joseph Pratt
_Grey Hound_ schooner {Jacob Wilds 8 35
{John Cooke
_Good Luck_ ship Jonathan Neall 8 20
_General Galvez_ ship Thomas Smith 18 40
_Griffin_ brig Gideon Henfield
_Gamecock_ schooner Richard Smith 8 30
_General
Montgomery_ brigantine Samuel Hobbs 14 60
_Harlequin_ schooner Jonathan Tucker 6 16
_Hornet_ schooner Robert Brookhouse 10 swivels
_Henry_ schooner John Baptist Millet 4 10
_Hasket & John_ brig Benjamin Crowninshield
_Hero_ brig Silas Smith 12 50
_Hynde_ brig Francis Boardman 8 16
_Hector_ ship John Carnes 18 150
_Hector_ schooner John Cartright 6 15
_Hope_ schooner Robert Wormsted 8 25
_Hyder Alley_ brigantine Francis Boardman 8 16
_Hind_ brigantine Benjamin Dunham 8 16
{Nathaniel Coit Webb 8 25
_Hazard_ sloop-schooner {Benjamin Knight
{Edward Smith, Jr.
{Hugh Helme
_Hound_ brig John Adkinson 14 50
_Harkey_ galley Phineas Smith 2 18
_Hawke_ schooner {John Barbaroux 6 15
{Jacob Wilde
_Iris_ ship Robert Rantoul 9 18

_Jack_ ship David Ropes 14 60
_Junius Brutus_ ship John Brooks 20 120
_Jason_ ship Charles Hamilton 16 70
_Julius Caesar_ ship {Thomas Benson 14 40
{Jonathan Haraden
_Junius_ ship Nathaniel West 10 25
_Juno_ brig John Felt 12 16
_Jackall_ schooner {Adam Wellman 8 45
{Thomas Holmes
_James_ ship John Clarke 11 25
_John_ ship Jonathan Ingersoll
_Jupiter_ ship William Orne 14 40
_Joseph_ brig Henry Higginson 8 15
_Kendrick_ ship Thomas Benson 18 100
{John Augusta Dunn
_Languedock_ schooner {Reuben Yoemens 4 25
{Jeremiah Hegerty
_Lexington_ brig David Smith, Jr. 10 20
{George Ashby
_Lively_ brig {John Augusta Dunn 8 35
{Nathaniel Brookhouse
_Live Oak_ sloop Samuel Tucker 6 20
_Lion_ brig {Jonathan Mason 16 50
{Benjamin Warren
_Lark_ schooner N. Tilden 10 swivels
_Lee_ schooner Daniel Waters
_Lincoln_ brig John Carnes
_Louis le Grande_ ship 18 100
_Lucy_ brig S. Clay 12 25
_Liberty_ sloop Eben Pierce 6 25
_Manete_ schooner John Daccaretta 6 10
_Marquis de
Lafayette_ ship {Ebenezer Reed 10 100
{John Buffington
_Mermaid_ brig Jonathan Tucker 14 30
_Minerva_ sloop Nehemiah Buffington 6 10
_Massachusetts_ brig {John Fisk 16 30
{Jonathan Haraden
_Mars_ ship William Woodbury 16 75
_Monmouth_ brigantine David Ingersoll 6 20
_Montgomery_ brigantine {John Carnes 8 20
{James Barr, Jr.
_Morning Star_ sloop Francis Roch 8 12

_Macaroni_ brig 14
_New Adventure_ brig Jonathan Neall 14 50
_Nancy_ schooner George Leach 6 25
{William Woodbury, Jr.
_Neptune_ ship {Hugh Smith 14 65
{Silas Smith
{Benjamin Cole
_Oliver Cromwell_ ship {Nathaniel West 16 100
{James Barr, Jr.
_Pallas_ ship Gamaliel Hodges 10 20
_Panther_ schooner Samuel Masury 8 35
_Patty_ sloop Nathan Nichols 4 16
{Simon Forrester
_Patty_ ship {John Derby 8 20
{David Smith
_Penguin_ schooner Samuel Foster 10 40
_Pickering_ ship Jonathan Haraden 16 50
_Porus_ ship Samuel Crowell 22 100
_Pilgrim_ ship Joseph Robinson 18 100
_Pompey_ schooner Silas Smith
_Putnam_ ship Nathan Brown 18 90
_Plato_ brig
_Pompey_ schooner W. Thomas 6
_Port Packet_ ship Simon Forrester 8 20
_Race Horse_ schooner Alexander Story 8 25
_Rainbow_ schooner Oliver Webb 6 25
_Rattlesnake_ ship Mark Clark 20 85
_Raven_ schooner David Needham 12 40
_Recovery_ brigantine {Samuel Ingersoll
{William Dennis
_Revenge_ schooner {Benjamin Knight 8 40
{Samuel Foster
_Revolt_ brig Henry Phelps 8 20
_Resolution_ schooner Joseph Trask 8 20
_Roebuck_ ship Gideon Henfield 14 90
{Joshua Grafton
_Romulus_ brig {Joseph Waters 14 25
{Thomas Palfrey
_Rover_ ship James Barr, Jr. 24 100
_Rover_ schooner Thomas Morgridge 10 30
_Retaliation_ brig E. Giles 10 70
_Revenge_ sloop Benjamin Dean 10
_Ranger_ schooner Thomas Simmons 10 20
_Rambler_ brig Benjamin Lovett 16 40
_Rhodes_ brig N. Buffington 20 90
_Resolution_ ship Samuel West 20 130
_Robust_ ship Jonathan Tucker 12 25
_Salem_ brig {Henry Williams 12 30
{Edward Stanley
_Salem Packet_ ship {Joseph Cooke 12 30
{John Brewer
_Satisfaction_ schooner Edward Stanley 6 30
_Speedwell_ brigantine John Murphy 10 50
_Scourge_ brigantine —— Parker 20 80
_Sharke_ sloop 10 swivels
_Spanish Packet_ ship Thomas Dalling 10 20
_Sturdy Beggar_ brig {Daniel Hathorne 8 60
{Edward Rowland
_Shaker_ brig —— Stacey 6 40
_Spitfire_ schooner William Perkins 11 20
_Spy_ schooner Thomas Philips 8 20
_Surprize_ schooner {Nathaniel Perkins 8 35
{Germain Langevain
_Surprize_ brig Benjamin Cole 14 70
_Swift_ brig Israel Johnson 14 70
_Scorpion_ schooner Israel Thorndike 16 60
_Swett_ schooner Joseph Fearson 12
_Spring Bird_ schooner John Patten 4 25
_Saucy Jack_ schooner
_Tartar_ schooner Thomas Dexter 10 18
_Thomas_ ship Francis Boardman 10 20
_Thrasher_ schooner Benjamin Cole 8 30
_Titus_ sloop John Buchmore 4 11
_Two Brothers_ ship {William Gray 25
{Daniel Sanders
_Tyger_ brig Samuel Crowell 14 70
_Thorn_ ship Samuel Tucker
_Trenton_ ship Joseph Nati 12
_True American_ schooner Israel Thorndike 6 50
{John Blackler
_Union_ schooner {Jonathan Gardner, 3d. 8 25
{Isaac Smith
_Union_ sloop John Fearson 6 30
_Venus_ ship Thomas Nicholson 10 20
_Viper_ ship {Jonathan Neall 14 65
{Benjamin Hilton
_Washington_ brig Edmond Lewis 7 15
_Willing Maid_ schooner John Savage 4 25
_Wild Cat_ brig Daniel Ropes 14 75
_Warren_ schooner I. Thorndike 6 50
_William_ schooner Joseph Fearson 8 25

PRIVATE ARMED SHIPS OF SALEM IN THE WAR OF 1812

_Name_ _Class_ _Commander_ _Guns_ _Men_
_Active_ schooner Benjamin Patterson 12 25
_Alexander_ ship T. Williams, Jr. 18 140
_Alfred_ ship Benjamin Crowninshield 16 110
{Joseph Ropes
_America_ ship {John Kehoe 20 150
{Jas. W. Chever
_Black Vomit_ boat John Upton muskets 16
_Buckskin_ schooner I. Bray 5 50
_Cadet_ schooner William Calley 2 40
_Castigator_ launch {Stephen G. Clarke 6 20
{Spencer Hall
{John Upton
_Cossack_ schooner {Wm. Davis 1 45
{Abner Poland
_Dart_ schooner {T. Symonds 2 40
{John Green
_Diomede_ schooner Jacob Crowninshield 3 100
_Dolphin_ schooner Jacob Endicott 1 70
_Enterprize_ schooner John R. Morgan 4 100
_Fair Trader_ schooner John R. Morgan 1 35
{Abner Poland
_Fame_ schooner {John Upton 2 30
{—— Webb
_Frolic_ schooner Nathan Green 1 60
{J. B. H. Ordione
_Galliniper_ schooner {Timothy Wellman 1 30
{Andrew Tucker
_General Putnam_ schooner John Evans 2 60
_General Stark_ schooner John Evans 3 50
_Grand Turk_ brig {Holten J. Breed 18 150
{Nathan Green
_Growler_ schooner Samuel B. Graves 105
_Helen_ schooner {Nathaniel Lindsay 4 70
{John Upton
_Halkar_ boat {John Kehoe muskets 16
{Samuel Lamson
_Jefferson_ sloop {S. Giles Downie 1 20
{T. Wellman, Jr.
_John_ ship {James Fairfield
{Benjamin Crowninshield
_John & George_ schooner John Sinclair, Jr. 1 50
_Lizard_ schooner Samuel Loring 2 30
_Montgomery_ brig {Holten J. Breed 10 100
{Ben. Upton
_Onion_ boat {John Upton muskets 20
{Jonathan Blythe
_Owl_ boat William Duncan muskets 14
_Phoenix_ schooner Stephenson Richards 1 25
_Polly_ sloop Samuel C. Hardy 1 60
_Recovery_ schooner Joseph Peele 2 20
_Regulator_ schooner James Mansfield 50
_Revenge_ schooner John Sinclair, Jr. 1 50
_Scorpion_ sloop Stephenson Richards 1 20
_Swift_ schooner Harney Choate 1 25
_Swiftsure_ launch {Stephen Clarke 1 20
{Charles Berry
_Terrible_ boat John Green muskets 10
_Viper_ schooner Joseph Preston 1 20
_Wasp_ sloop Ernest A. Erwin 2 35

RECAPITULATION

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Ships 56
Brigs and Brigantines 69
Sloops 14
Schooners 56
Galley 1
———
196
Total number of guns 1,965
Total number of men 7,631
Total number of vessels 196

WAR OF 1812

Ships 4
Brigs and Brigantines 2
Sloops 4
Schooners 21
——
31
Total number of guns 147
Total number of men 2,081
Total number of vessels 31

INDEX

INDEX

_Active_, bark, Captain Richardson, diverting tale of a green
seaman, 219;
first American trader in the Fijis, 406.

Adams, President John, address to Congress urging protection of
maritime
commerce, 229.

_Adventure_, brig, founders at sea, marvelous escape of her captain,
33.

Adventures, list of, sent in Salem ships to the Orient, 188-89.

Atheneum, Salem, founded with library captured by privateer, 302.

_America_, privateer in War of 1812;
her trading voyages to the Red Sea, 355;
fighting equipment and complement, 357;
first cruise in command of Captain Joseph Ropes, 357;
second cruise under Captain James Kehew, 358;
log of cruises in command of Captain James Chever, 359-62;
fight with packet _Princess Elizabeth_, 364.

Archer, Captain Henry, wreck of his ship _Glide_ in Fijis, 408.

Ashton, Philip, journal of captivity among pirates, 44-57.

_Astrea_, first American ship to visit Manila, 304.

_Atlantic_, first ship to show American colors to East India
Company, 494.

Bancroft, Hubert Howe, version of Captain Richard Cleveland’s sea
fight
with Spanish at San Diego, 349.

Barbary Pirates, attacks on Salem commerce and seamen held in bondage
(1661), 22;
appeal posted in Salem for funds to ransom captives from, 226.

Barney, Lieutenant Joshua, escape from Mill Prison, 131-33.

Barr, James, commanding privateer _Rover_, 65.

Battis, John, narrative of the piracy of the brig _Mexican_, 432-50.

Beal, Captain John, capture of his ship _Essex_ by French privateers
(1690), 21.

Bentley, Rev. William, diary of; account of Madame Susannah Hathorne’s
recollections of witchcraft persecutions, 26;
loss of ship _Brutus_, 220;
rides to Marblehead on a gun-carriage to help save the
_Constitution_, 375.

_Betsey_, schooner, taken by French frigate (1759), 31.

Boardman, Francis, his quaint sea journals, 35;
his poetry, 37;
his superstitions, 38.

Bertram, John, the last great shipping merchant of Salem, 487;
his ventures to South America and Zanzibar, 489-90.

_John Bertram_, ship, built and launched in sixty days for California
trade, 491.

Bowditch, Nathaniel, his precocious youth as a prodigy of learning,
301;
sea life and voyages including journal of stay in Manila, 304-9;
his “Practical Navigator,” 299;
honors paid him after death, 298;
his bequest to Salem Marine Society, 309.

Bowditch, William, held in bondage by Barbary pirates (1700), 22.

Breed, Holten J., captain of privateer _Grand Turk_, 370.

Briggs, Enos, master builder of the _Essex_ frigate, 232.

Burlingame, Anson, U. S. Minister to China, his account of the death
of Frederick Townsend Ward, 472-4.

Butman, Captain John G., commander of brig _Mexican_, 431.

Carey, William, his life as a castaway in the Fijis, 417.

Carnes, Captain Jonathan, fetches home first cargoes of wild pepper
from Sumatra (1795), 185.

_Caroline_, cutter, hazardous voyage of Captain Richard Cleveland
in, 332-35.

Chever, Captain James, his brilliant career as a privateersman,
358-66.

Chronometer, invention and perfection of, 293-94.

Cleveland, George, journal of voyage to Japan (1800), 257-63.

Cleveland, Captain Richard, his recollections of methods and
enterprises of typical Salem merchants, 174;
journal and description of his voyages, 329;
obituary notice of, 352;
captured in ship _Telemaco_, by a British frigate, 367.

_Cleopatra’s Barge_, first American yacht, voyage of, 207-13.

Commerce, decline of foreign, 17;
British restrictions on American, 29.

Conant, Roger, his settlement of Salem, 18.

Crowninshield, six brothers at sea, 204;
Benjamin W., Secretary of Navy, 205;
George, builds first American yacht, 206;
his notable voyage to the Mediterranean, 207-241;
brings body of Captain James Lawrence from Halifax in brig
_Henry_, 376;
Benjamin, Jr., voyage to Mocha in _America_, 355.

Custom House, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s description of, 17, 492-3;
decline of shipping business, 484.

Dana, Richard Henry, mentions exploits of Captain Richard Cleveland
on coast of Lower California, 348.

Derby, Elias Hasket, foremost in equipping Salem privateers of
Revolution, 96;
sends _Grand Turk_ on first American voyage to Cape of Good Hope,
173;
recaptures schooner _Amity_ and restores her to her skipper, 177;
education as a merchant and successful voyages, 181-2;
sends _Astrea_ on first American voyage to Manila (1796), 186;
contributes $10,000 to building _Essex_ frigate, 231.

Derby, Elias Hasket, Jr., narrative of the brilliant voyage of the
_Mount Vernon_ (1799), 190-92.

Derby, Captain John, carries first news of Lexington and Concord to
England in _Quero_, 159-69;
one of owners of ship _Columbia_ which explored Northwest coast and
discovered Columbia River, 170.

Derby, Captain Richard, voyage to the West Indies in the _Volante_
(1741); copy of instructions from owners, 30.

Derby, Captain Samuel, voyage to Japan in _Margaret_ (1800), 257.

Derby Wharf, its privateering activity during Revolution, 64;
its vanished greatness, 17.

_Desire_, West Indiaman, first ship trading from Salem (1640), 20.

DeSoto, pirate, gallant rescue of crew of _Minerva_, 447.

Devereux, Captain James, voyage to Japan in _Franklin_ (1799), 252-6.

Dike Anthony, master mariner, frozen to death with crew after
shipwreck
on Cape Cod, 32.

_Doggett, Charles_, brig, carries descendants of _Bounty_ mutineers
from Tahiti to Pitcairn Island, 407.

Driver, Captain Michael, his misfortunes at the hands of privateers
and freebooters, 31.

Driver, Captain William (see _Charles Doggett_, brig), 407.

Dutch intercourse with Japan in 1799, 251.

Eagleston, Captain John H., career in South Seas, 407;
rescues crew of _Glide_ in Fijis, 429.

East India Marine Society, history and purpose, 10;
resolutions adopted at death of Nathaniel Bowditch, 298;
report of committee to examine “Practical Navigator,” 300.

Embargo, disastrous effects of, 482-3.

Endicott, Captain Chas. M., capture of his vessel, the _Friendship_,
by Malay pirates, 378.

Endicott, John, first governor of colony, 18.

_Endeavor_, first American ship to pass through Straits of
Magellan, 494.

English, Philip, first great shipping merchant of Salem;
copy of bill of lading, 24;
his mansion, 25;
trial of his wife for witchcraft, 25-28;
letter of instructions to one of his shipmasters (1722), 28.

_Essex_, ship, loses boatswain in sea fight (1695), 21.

_Essex_, frigate, popular subscription raised to build, 231;
details of her building, 233;
dimensions, 295;
first American war vessel to pass Cape of Good Hope, 239;
fight with the _Phoebe_ and the _Cherub_, 241-46;
broadside ballad describing her gallant end, 247.

_Exchange_, ketch, taken by French ship off Block Island (1695), 21.

Fairfield, William, letter written on board a Salem slaver, 222.

_Fellowship_, ketch, taken by French privateers (1690), 21.

Felt, Captain John, defies British at North Bridge, 158.

Forbes, Robert Bennet, his reminiscences of life at sea, 203, 312.

Fox, Ebenezer, an account of recruiting for State cruiser in
Revolution, 68.

_Franklin_, ship, voyage to Japan (1799), 252-6.

_Friendship_, tragedy of the, 378.

Fuller, Captain Thomas, seaman in brig _Mexican_, 431;
captured by pirates, 434;
incident of trial of pirates, 446.

Gardner, Samuel, diary of voyage to Gibraltar (1759), 33-5.

_Gazette, Salem_, denounciation of Boston Massacre, 150;
account of Lexington and Concord fights, 166;
description of launching of frigate _Essex_, 233;
trial of pirates of _Pinda_, 444.

Gage, General Thomas, transfers seat of Colonial government from
Boston to Salem, 151-53.

_George_, ship, remarkably successful career of, 198-9.

Gillis, Captain James D., his services to navigation, 378.

_Glide_, wreck of, 408.

Gordon, “Chinese,” 467.

_Grand Turk_, ship, first American vessel at Cape of Good Hope, 173.

_Grand Turk_, privateer of 1812, log of cruises under Captain Nathan
Green, 370.

Gray, William, lieutenant of privateer _Jack_ (1782), 74;
owns great fleet of ships in foreign trade, 202;
contributes $10,000 to building _Essex_ frigate, 231.

Guam, description of (1801), 279.

Haraden, Jonathan, privateersman, first commission as lieutenant of
_Tyrannicide_, 78;
commands the _Pickering_ in spectacular battle with the
_Achilles_, 80;
captures three British armed vessels in one engagement, 85;
stories of his gallantry and brilliant seamanship, 87-89;
his fight with the king’s packet, 90;
makes rigging for _Essex_ frigate in his rope-walk, 233.

Haswell, William, journal of a voyage to Guam, 274.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, in the Salem Custom House, 6;
his father’s log, 7;
descriptions of Salem as a decaying port, 492.

Heaving down a ship, description of, 409.

Henry of Portugal, Prince, encourages improvement in science of
navigation, 290.

Howe, Captain Ephriam, lives eight months alone on a desolate
island, 32.

Ingersoll, Captain Jonathan, makes first American voyage to Cape of
Good Hope, 176.

Insurance, marine, premium rates of eighteenth century, 30.

Jones, John Paul, proclamation calling for seamen for _Ranger_, 72;
ballad celebrating escape of _Ranger_ from British squadron, 71.

Kehew, Captain John, commanding privateer _America_, 358.

Kirwan, Dr. Richard, capture of his library by Beverly privateer, 302.

Lawrence, Captain James, commander of _Chesapeake_, his funeral in
Salem, 376.

Laurens, Henry, United States Minister to Holland, his capture and
imprisonment, 126.

Li Hung Chang, his official tribute to memory of Ward, 469.

Leslie, Colonel, his retreat from North Bridge, Salem, 154.

Little, Captain Luther, adventures as a merchant sailor, 98;
on board the _Protector_ in her fight with the _Admiral Duff_, 142.

McHenry, James, Secretary of War, letter urging naval measures to
protect American commerce, 230.

Magellan, journal of his discovery of the Marianne Islands (Guam),
273.

Manila, first American voyage to, journal of Nathaniel Bowditch, 304.

Manley, Captain John, dashing career as naval officer and capture by
British frigate, 119;
challenges fellow prisoner to duel, 128.

Marine Museum, unique relics and collections in, 14.

_Marquis de Somereulas_, ship, rescues remnant of company of English
transport, 217.

Martineau, Harriet, describes Salem of seventy-five years ago, 13.

Mason, Colonel David, takes leading part in opposing British at North
Bridge, 156.

_Minerva_, ship, gallant rescue of her crew by pirate de Soto, 447.

_Montgomery_, privateer, fight with English packet, 374.

_Morse, Prof._, Edward S., director of Peabody Museum, 16.

Navigation, early instruments and methods of, 290.

_New Priscilla_, brig, crew butchered by pirates, 441.

North Bridge, Salem, scene of first armed clash of Revolution, 154.

Orne, Captain Joseph, slain with his crew by Arabs, 216.

Osgood, John, lieutenant of privateer _Fame_, quells mutiny, 94;
captured by British frigate, 95.

Peabody, Joseph, career as shipping merchant, 197;
repulse of British boarding party on _Ranger_, 199.

Perkins & Co., letter to agents in Canton, showing immense reward of
commercial daring, 202.

Perkins, Thomas, supercargo, letter of instructions, 182-4.

Pickering, Timothy, takes part in affair with British at North
Bridge, 154.

_Pilgrim_, ship, fight with Spanish frigate, 96.

Pirates, expedition against (1689), 41;
ketch _Margaret_ destroyed by, 42;
brigantine _Charles_ captured by Quelch, 43;
execution of Quelch and others, 44;
notarial records describe encounter of ship _Hopewell_ with, 43;
protest of Captain John Shattuck relating capture by, 45;
adventures of Philip Ashton while in the hands of Ned Low, 46-59;
fiendish cruelty of, 441;
capture of brig _Mexican_, 434;
trial and execution of eleven pirates, 444-49.

Porter, Captain David, takes command of _Essex_ frigate, 240;
fights the _Phoebe_ and the _Cherub_, 241-47.

Ports, foreign, in which Salem ships traded (1810-1830), 15.

_Potomac_, frigate, bombardment of Malay settlement of Qualah
Battoo, 402.

Preble, Captain Edward, first commander of _Essex_ frigate, 236.

Privateers, number of Salem vessels in Revolution, 58;
copy of bill of sale of prize shares, 64;
recruiting with fife and drum, 67;
tavern bill for rendezvous of crew, 68;
in War of 1812, 353;
small craft employed, 499;
articles of agreement, 65;
list of Salem privateers in Revolution, 500;
in War of 1812, 506.

_Quero_, schooner, carries first news to England of _Lexington_ and
_Concord_ fights, 159.

_Quill_, brig, Captain Kinsman, in South Seas, 434.

Rantoul, Robert S., narrative and documents concerning General
Frederick Townsend Ward, 451;
eulogy of Salem commerce, 492.

_Register, Essex_, account of piracy of Mexican, 442.

Richardson, Captain William, voyage to the Fijis, 406.

Rousillon, Count de, voyages and adventures with Captain Richard
Cleveland, 343.

Ropes, Captain David, death in privateering action, 72;
Captain Joseph, commander of privateer _America_ in War of 1812,
357.

Rowan, Captain, plunder of his ship by Governor of Valparaiso, 347.

_Rubicon_, ship, captain’s sentimental cipher in log, 213.

Russell, William, capture in ship _Jason_, 119;
account of life in Old Mill Prison, reenlistment and captivity in
the
_Jersey_ prison ship, 143;
untimely death, 148.

_Sailor’s Vade Mecum_, instructions for preparing merchant ships for
action, 60.

Salem Marine Society, its foundation and records, 11-12.

_Salem Packet_, captures French ship, 21.

_Scorpion_, privateer schooner, quaint log of, 76.

Silver, Captain Peter, rescues skipper’s wife from bark _Kilmars_,
485.

Silsbee, Nathaniel, beginning of his sea life at fourteen, 311;
a captain at eighteen, 313;
commands ship _Benjamin_ on voyage to the Orient at nineteen, 314;
encounters a privateer, 318;
impressment of one of his seamen by British frigate, 319;
his ship _Portland_ confiscated by the French at Malaga, and
released
because of his remarkable sagacity and courage, 321;
commands a merchant fleet in attack by French privateer, 326;
United States Senator from Massachusetts, 328.

Snell, Captain Nicholas, his meeting with pirate de Soto, 449.

Story, Justice Joseph, trial of pirates of _Pinda_, 445.

_Success_, letter of marque, singular entry in log of, 76.

Thoreau, Henry D., describes the business of a successful Salem
shipping merchant, 187.

Tory, letter from a, describing conditions in Salem during
Revolution, 93.

Turner, Captain John, captures British ship after hard fight, 96.

Upton, Captain Benjamin, his desperate fight in privateer
_Montgomery_, 374.

Vandeford, Captain Benjamin, in the South Seas as pilot for Commodore
Wilkes, 406;
at the Fijis in ship _Clay_, 418.

Ward, Frederick Townsend, his forebears, 452;
life as a mariner, 454;
with Walker, the filibuster, 455;
leader of the Chinese “Ever Victorious Army,” 458;
death in battle, 465;
tributes of foreign officers to his valor, 466;
Imperial decree deifying his memory, 468;
dedication of Chinese temple in his honor, 474.

Warehouses, cargoes that filled them a century ago, 16.

Waters, John, bill of sale of privateering shares, 65.

Weld, Dr. Charles G., gift of building to Peabody Academy, 15.

West, Captain Ebenezer, biography of, 179;
Captain Edward, 180;
Captain Nathaniel, 181.

Whepley, David, his life among the Fiji Islanders, 411.

Wilkes, Commodore, in the South Seas, 406.

Young, John, one of first white men to dwell in Sandwich Islands, 349.

Transcriber’s Notes

pg 19 Changed: yoemanry for the most part
to: yeomanry for the most part

pg 34 Changed: 28—Gibralter—Went on shore.
to: 28—Gibraltar—Went on shore.

pg 34 Changed: attacked by 3 of the piratical Tereffa
to: attacked by 3 of the piratical Teriffa

pg 87 Changed: he went after the consort and look her
to: he went after the consort and took her

pg 221 Changed: he was downed or eaten by crocodiles
to: he was drowned or eaten by crocodiles

pg 224 Changed: their spirits than the Africians
to: their spirits than the Africans

pg 224 Changed: they might obtain full caroges
to: they might obtain full cargoes

pg 316 Changed: He proceded no farther than the Cape
to: He proceeded no farther than the Cape

pg 368 Changed: by the irresistable means of brute force
to: by the irresistible means of brute force

pg 426 Changed: profusely annointed with cocoanut oil
to: profusely anointed with cocoanut oil

pg 474 Changed: persons interested, to accomnany him
to: persons interested, to accompany him