Excerpt from Old Time Ships of Salem The history of Salem's maritime commerce has not yet been written and it is hoped that this contribution may aid in keeping alive an admiration and respect for the enter prise of her far - sighted old-time merchants and also help to arouse a faith and a deter mination that American vessels again shall sail the four seas and again be well known in the farthest port of the rich East. 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.