TORONTO

South Street, New York; from Maiden Lane, 1834

From a print in the possession of the Lenox Library

THE STORY
OF THE
AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE

BY
JOHN R. SPEARS
AUTHOR OF "STORY OF THE NEW ENGLAND
WHALERS," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1910
All rights reserved

Copyright, 1910,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.