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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 14 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 12 2 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 4 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 3 1 Browse Search
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 3 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 3 3 Browse Search
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1 2 0 Browse Search
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade) 2 0 Browse Search
John James Geer, Beyond the lines: A Yankee prisoner loose in Dixie 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: August 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], $5 reward (search)
n one voyage ! We sometimes think that introduction of steam has produced degeneracy in the naval and commercial marine. Steam does not require the Seamanship that is essential in calling vessels. One does not see on board United States vessels at this day such noble specimens of physical strong, such genuine sense of Nettune, as thirty years ago abounded on every man-of-war. At that time, the Navy was made up of men who had been oradied and reared on the ocean, and who like Long Tom Coffin, saw no use in land anyhow, except here and there a place to drop an anchor in. They were representatives of the seamen who bore aloft the American flag in universal triumph and glory in the war of 1812. But they have all passed away. The vessels of the United States appear to be manned now by dock loafers and chicken thieves, whose highest ambition is to burn down a few houses or rob a hen-roost. As to the naval officers, the flower of them are found in the Confederate service, which,