Download or read book Lives of American Merchants, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Freeman Hunt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-12 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lives of American Merchants, Vol. 2 Salem, fifteen miles east of Boston, is one of the most ancient settlements in the State, and before the Revolution was distinguished for its enterprise and commercial spirit. Embarking early in the fisheries and coastwise trade building at first boats, sloops, and schooners, it gradually increased the size of its vessels, and sent them to the West Indies, Madeira, and the Mediterranean. Fish, Oil, lumber, and provisions were exchanged for sugar, coffee, rum, and molasses, and these again were bartered for wine, fruit, silk, and iron, or bills Of exchange on London. When the war Of the' Revolution checked the foreign trade, new models were adopted, and, in place Of a navy, private armed ships were sent forth to encounter the British on the deep. Many Of these met with brilliant success, in their conflicts on the ocean. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.