Privateers' records 1740-1767 Privateers' records

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Privateers' records 1740-1767 Privateers' records

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-3234pri?rgn=main;view=text

The three volumes of manuscript records of colonial privateers that comprise this collection include two volumes relating to the sloop , and one from the sloop . Stephen & Elizabeth Oliver Cromwell

122 pages (3 volumes)

eng,

William L. Clements Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6391883

William L. Clements Library

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Nicoll, Charles

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Epithet: Minister of St. John's Chapel, Stratford, county Essex British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x000348 Epithet: Merchant at Smyrna British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x000347 During the colonial period, privateering -- the authorized capture of foreign shipping for personal gain -- played an important...

Langdon, Richard

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During the colonial period, privateering -- the authorized capture of foreign shipping for personal gain -- played an important role in the economy of many maritime cities in British North America and was an important method of waging economic, as well as military warfare. During times of war, ship owners were permitted to apply to the government for a license (letter or marque) to carry out activity that, without a license or at other times, would have been considered piracy. ...