Excerpt from One Hundredth Anniversary of the Building of Cleopatra's Barge 1816-1916: Catalog of the Commemorative Exhibition Held at the Peabody Museum July 17-September 30, 1916 It was decided to hold an exhibition of such pictures and relics of the vessel and souvenirs of the voyage to the Mediterranean as could be obtained, together with por traits and other objects connected with the owner, his col laterals and his ancestors. Through generous responses, the committee were able to Open in July, at the Peabody Museum, an exhibition of the greatest interest, not only to the modern yachtsman and those who have associations with Salem's commercial-marine activities, but to the public generally as illustrating a unique episode of old time seafaring days. That the value of this exhibition may not cease with the dispersal of the collection, this illustrated catalog with notes has been prepared. 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.