The ships and sailors of old Salem

The Panay , one of the last of the Salem fleet bound out from Boston to Manila twenty-five years ago
THE SHIPS AND SAILORS OF OLD SALEM THE RECORD OF A BRILLIANT ERA OF AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT BY RALPH D. PAINE Author of “The Greater America,” “The Romance of an Old-Time Shipmaster,” etc. NEW EDITION ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1912
Copyright, 1908, by THE OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright, 1912, by A. C. McCLURG & CO., CHICAGO
All Rights Reserved The Lakeside Press R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY CHICAGO
“THE MERCHANTMEN”
“Beyond all outer charting
We sailed where none have sailed,
And saw the land-lights burning
On islands none have hailed;
Our hair stood up for wonder,