Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART FIRST THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
- PART SECOND THE WAR OF 1812
- CHAPTER I FIRST VENTURES
- CHAPTER II “BRITISH LICENSES” AND REVENUE CUTTERS
- CHAPTER III CAPTAINS MAFFITT AND SHALER
- CHAPTER IV PRIVATEERS OF RHODE ISLAND
- CHAPTER V CAPTAIN THOMAS BOYLE
- CHAPTER VI A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATEERSMAN
- CHAPTER VII DECATUR-DOMINICA FIGHT
- CHAPTER VIII SOUTHERN PRIVATEERS
- CHAPTER IX CAREER OF THE AMERICA
- CHAPTER X A TYPICAL PRIVATEERSMAN
- CHAPTER XI AN ESCAPE FROM GIBRALTAR
- CHAPTER XII IN BRITISH PRISONS
- CHAPTER XIII THE PRINCE DE NEUCHÂTEL
- CHAPTER XIV CRUISES OF THE GRAND TURK
- CHAPTER XV ESCAPE OF THE IDA
- CHAPTER XVI PRIVATEERS OF SALEM
- CHAPTER XVII SOME TYPICAL CRUISES
- CHAPTER XVIII PRIVATEERS AGAINST PRIVATEERS
- CHAPTER XIX NEW YORK PRIVATEERS
- CHAPTER XX PRIVATEERS VERSUS PACKET SHIPS
- CHAPTER XXI BATTLES WITH THE KING'S SHIPS
- CHAPTER XXII PRIVATEERS OF BALTIMORE
- CHAPTER XXIII GUY R. CHAMPLIN
- CHAPTER XXIV BATTLE OF FAYAL
- CHAPTER XXV CONCLUSION
- INDEX
- Plate section
CHAPTER II - “BRITISH LICENSES” AND REVENUE CUTTERS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART FIRST THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
- PART SECOND THE WAR OF 1812
- CHAPTER I FIRST VENTURES
- CHAPTER II “BRITISH LICENSES” AND REVENUE CUTTERS
- CHAPTER III CAPTAINS MAFFITT AND SHALER
- CHAPTER IV PRIVATEERS OF RHODE ISLAND
- CHAPTER V CAPTAIN THOMAS BOYLE
- CHAPTER VI A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATEERSMAN
- CHAPTER VII DECATUR-DOMINICA FIGHT
- CHAPTER VIII SOUTHERN PRIVATEERS
- CHAPTER IX CAREER OF THE AMERICA
- CHAPTER X A TYPICAL PRIVATEERSMAN
- CHAPTER XI AN ESCAPE FROM GIBRALTAR
- CHAPTER XII IN BRITISH PRISONS
- CHAPTER XIII THE PRINCE DE NEUCHÂTEL
- CHAPTER XIV CRUISES OF THE GRAND TURK
- CHAPTER XV ESCAPE OF THE IDA
- CHAPTER XVI PRIVATEERS OF SALEM
- CHAPTER XVII SOME TYPICAL CRUISES
- CHAPTER XVIII PRIVATEERS AGAINST PRIVATEERS
- CHAPTER XIX NEW YORK PRIVATEERS
- CHAPTER XX PRIVATEERS VERSUS PACKET SHIPS
- CHAPTER XXI BATTLES WITH THE KING'S SHIPS
- CHAPTER XXII PRIVATEERS OF BALTIMORE
- CHAPTER XXIII GUY R. CHAMPLIN
- CHAPTER XXIV BATTLE OF FAYAL
- CHAPTER XXV CONCLUSION
- INDEX
- Plate section
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- Chapter
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- A History of American Privateers , pp. 242 - 250Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1899