On the sea also the Americans began a great career of naval success; or, rather, they repeated the methods of earlier wars by sending out a hornets’ nest of privateers, christened with such gallant and suggestive names as The Charming Peggy, The Fair Lady, The American Revenue, The Black Joke, The Fair America, The Scotch Irish, The Skunk, The Nimble Shilling, and The King Tamer.
— from The Mentor: The Revolution, Vol. 1, Num. 43, Serial No. 43 The Story of America in Pictures by Albert Bushnell Hart
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