Extracts from the diary of Charles Herbert, Revolutionary sailor, prisoner of war, and who fought on the Alliance under Commodore John Paul Jones, ca. 1934.

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Extracts from the diary of Charles Herbert, Revolutionary sailor, prisoner of war, and who fought on the Alliance under Commodore John Paul Jones, ca. 1934.

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Extracts read Harry K. Torrey at a meeting of the Portland Round Table, Oct. 24, 1934 from Herbert's journal published in July, 1847, under the title of A Relic of the Revolution, compiled by Rev. R. Livesey, and published by Charles H. Peirce, both of Boston.

11 p. ; 28 cm.

Maine Historical Society Library

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