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SALEM MARITIME
Guidebook 1940 |
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CONTENTS
Salem Maritime National Historic Site:Establishment and Location of the Site
Historical Background:
Early Maritime Significance of Salem
The Derbys And Their Maritime Pursuits:
Founding the Derby Fortune
The Derbys during the Revolutionary War
Privateers and Letters-of-Marque
The Grand Turk and The Astrea
Search for New Trade Routes and Markets
The East India and China Trade
Salem Ships During the Napoleonic Wars
Salem Maritime Activity After 1800
The Salem Custom House and Nathaniel Hawthorne
How to Reach The Site
Service to the Public
THE COVER
The Grand Turk, a ship of 300 tons, was a Revolutionary privateer and the first American merchantman to reach the Cape of Good Hope. It was built for Elias Hasket Derby during the winter of 1780-81, and was one of the most famous vessels ever to sail from Salem. This photographic illustration is a reproduction of a painting made by a Chinese artist at Canton in 1786 on a punchbowl presented to the captain of the ship on his departure for Salem. The original punchbowl is in the Peabody Museum of Salem.
 Richard Derby, 1712-83. Reproduced from a portrait by Henry Sargent. Courtesy of the Essex Institute |
 1940 |
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENTOF THE INTERIOR |
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