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TALES OF AN OLD SEA PORT
A GENERAL SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF BRISTOL,RHODE ISLAND, INCLUDING, INCIDENTALLY, ANACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES OF THE NORSEMEN, SOFAR AS THEY MAY HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITHNARRAGANSETT BAY: AND PERSONAL NARRATIVESOF SOME NOTABLE VOYAGES ACCOMPLISHEDBY SAILORS FROM THE MOUNT HOPE LANDS
BY
WILFRED HAROLD MUNRO
OF BROWN UNIVERSITY
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
PRINCETON
LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
1917
Copyright, 1917, by
Princeton University Press
Published November, 1917
Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| Introduction: Old Bristol | 1 |
| Part I—Simeon Potter and the Prince Charles of Lorraine | |
| 1—Simeon Potter | 37 |
| 2—Letter of Father Fauque | 48 |
| Part II—Norwest John and the Voyage of the Juno | |
| 1—Norwest John | 97 |
| 2—Voyage of the Juno | 100 |
| Part III—James de Wolf and the Privateer Yankee | |
| 1—James De Wolf | 205 |
| 2—Journal of the Yankee | 225 | <