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trading vesels of Manila, Singapore "fast boat,"Travancore 

 racing boat, Japanese trading junks and smaller craft. 



Photograph of Brazilian "catamarans" in the collection 

 of the P. A. S. Several forms of these raft-like vessels 

 peculiar to the region of the Amazon. 



Framed document a pass permitting the American 

 schooner "Jack" to enter the Mediterranean sea in 1797, 

 signed by President John Adams, etc. 



Clearance paper. 



Dimensions of the frigate "Essex" made out in the hand 

 writing of Enos Briggs, the builder, in 1799. 



Bark" Glide" An oil painting. Loaned by Mr. James 

 B. Cur wen. 



The "Glide" was built in Salem in 1861 for Messrs. John Bertram, Curwen and 

 others, and was engaged in the Zanzibar trade. 



Brig "Mexican," attacked by pirates. An oil painting 

 by George Southard. Loaned by Mr. John Batlis. 



In August, 1832, the brig "Mexican" left Salem for Rio Janeiro having on board 

 $20,000 in specie. On Sept. 20 she was captured by the piratical Spanish schooner 

 "Pinda," rifled of her specie, her crew fastened between decks and flre set to the 

 vessel. The crew of the "Mexican" managed to get on deck and extinguish the 

 fire, repair damages, and Oct. 12 reached Salem. Aug. 27, 1834, the H. B. M. "Sav- 

 age" arrived at Salem with sixteen of the pirates as prisoners. Five of them were 

 hanged June 11, 1835. The owner of this painting, Mr. John Battis of Salem, is one 

 of the thirteen men who formed the crew of the "Mexican." The "Mexican" was 

 built in Salem in 1824 by Elijah Brigge for Joseph Peabody and registered 227 tons. 



Ship "Mt. Vernort" off Gibraltar. An original water- 

 color painted in 1799. leaned by Messrs. Ropes Brothers. 



The "Mt. Vernon" was built by Retire Becket in 1798 for Elias Haskett Derby 

 and registered 398 tons. Equipped with twenty guns and a crew of fifty men, under 

 the command of E. H. Derby, Jr., sailed from Salem with a cargo of sugar. Off 

 Cape St. Vincent she was attacked by a fleet of French vessels from which she 

 escaped by superior sailing and fighting qualities. She returned from Naples in 

 1800 with a cargo of wines and silks. See Osgood's Commerce of Salem, Hist. 

 Essex Co., Vol. I. 



Ship "Mt. Vernon" escaping from the French fleet. 



Loaned by Messrs. Ropes Brothers. 



Coasters in Salem Harbor. A water-color sketch by 



Miss Mary K. Robinson. Loanedby Mr. John Robinson. 



During the continuance of an easterly gale coasting schooners put into Salem as 

 a harbor of refuge, where they remain for favorable wind and weather. The sketch 

 represents a fleet of such vessels getting ready to sail on a morning after a storm. 





