A History of American Privateers (Paperback)

Preface; Part I. The War of the Revolution: 1. Privateers and privateersmen; 2. Dangers peculiar to privateering; 3. Colonial privateers; 4. Beginning hostilities; 5. First two years; 6. Navy officers in privateers; 7. Captain Silas Talbot; 8. Rapid growth of privateering; 9. A boy privateersman; 10. The work of 1779; 11. Jonathan Haraden; 12. An escape from Old Mill Prison; 13. Cruise of Dr. Solomon Drowne; 14. Career of the General Washington; 15. Captain John Manly; 16. Closing years of the war; Part II. The War of 1812: 1. First ventures; 2. British licenses and revenue cutters; 3. Captains Maffitt and Shaler; 4. Privateers of Rhode Island; 5. Captain Thomas Boyle; 6. A distinguished privateersman; 7. Decatur-Dominica fight; 8. Southern privateers; 9. Career of the America; 10. A typical privateersman; 11. An escape from Gibraltar; 12. In British prisons; 13. The Prince de Neuchatel; 14. Cruises of the Grand Turk; 15. Escape of the Ida; 16. Privateers of Salem; 17. Some typical cruises; 18. Privateers against privateers; 19. New York privateers; 20. Privateers versus packet ships; 21. Battles with the king's ships; 22. Privateers of Baltimore; 23. Guy R. Champlin; 24. Battle of Fayal; 24. Conclusion; Index.