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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] |