James Duncan papers 1673-1875.
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Great Britain. Royal Navy
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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...
Duncan, James, d. 1803.
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The British sea captain, James Duncan, saw action during the Seven Years' War in 1762 and 1763 as a seaman aboard the Anson . Following the war, he entered the merchant marine, commanding a commercial vessel, but at the outbreak of the American Revolution, he outfitted a ship at his own expense, christened her the Rose, and sailed for the American coast as a privateer. Shortly after his arrival off the coast of North America, he engaged in battle with a French vessel and lost; the R...
