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| Charles H. Cramp | [Frontispiece] |
| Clippership Morning Light | [12] |
| Clippership Manitou | [24] |
| Cruiser Yorktown | [36] |
| Monitor Terror | [48] |
| Cruisers Baltimore and Philadelphia | [60] |
| Cruiser Newark | [72] |
| Cruisers Pennsylvania and Colorado | [84] |
| Cruiser Columbia | [96] |
| Armored Cruiser Brooklyn | [108] |
| Armored Cruiser New York | [120] |
| Battleship New Ironsides | [132] |
| Battleship Iowa | [144] |
| Battleship Alabama | [156] |
| Battleship Maine | [158] |
| Battleship Retvizan in Commission | [180] |
| Battleship Retvizan Docking | [192] |
| Cruiser Variag | [204] |
| American Liner St. Paul | [216] |
| Medi-J-Ieh Launching | [228] |
| Medi-J-Ieh in Commission | [240] |
| Battleships Indiana and Massachusetts | [264] |
MEMOIRS
OF
CHARLES H. CRAMP
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CHAPTER I
Early Ship-building in Philadelphia and Colonies—Paul Jones—Joshua Humphreys—“Alliance”—Truxtun—Embargo—Decade following War of 1815—“Rebecca Sims”—Inauguration of Packet Lines—Thomas P. Cope—Decay of Eastern Trade in Philadelphia—Auction Sales of Cargoes.
The historical value of the character and career of individuals must be rated by their share in and impress upon the events of their time. This is equally true of success and failure. For example, the most famous man of modern time terminated his career in the most colossal failure known to history,—Napoleon Bonaparte. Yet, if we judge by the interest the civilized world takes in every shred of his history and by the perennial halo that envelops his name, people do not think about either his triumphs or his disasters, but fix their attention singly upon the impress he made upon civilization.