Privateer Papers - Revolutionary War, 1775-1789.

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Privateer Papers - Revolutionary War, 1775-1789.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/664282614

Collection consists of documents related to Privateer activities during the Revolutionary War. Documents include: ship passports; crew lists; receipts; a printed circular from the Treasury Department about American vessels captured by foreign ships of war; Customs House documents; ships' accounts; Articles of Agreement; Revolutionary War currency; legal documents; correspondence; and transcripts of the role of Philadelphia ships and the Revolutionary War. Both American Privateer and British Ships of War are represented in the collection.

3 boxes ( .75 linear feet)

Peabody Essex Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 7957378

Peabody Essex Museum

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Derby, Richard, 1712-1783

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Salem ship owner and merchant. From the description of Accounts, 1760 Jan 9, Salem. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 297169778 ...

Chatham (British Ship of War)

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Lee (Schooner)

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Freedom (Sloop)

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Woolwich (Sloop)

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Salem Marine Society.

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Oliver Cromwell (Brigatine)

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Hawke (Schooner)

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Woodbridge, Dudley W.

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Dudley Woodbridge was born in Stonington, Conn. on Oct. 9, 1747. After graduating from Yale University in 1766, he moved on Norwich, Conn. He married Lucy Backus on Apr. 28, 1774. In 1788 they moved to Marietta, Ohio, where Mr. Woodbridge served as judge of the peace. He died in Marietta on Aug. 6, 1823. From the description of Dudley Woodbridge papers, 1729-1837. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 300017168 Physician of Groton, Conn. From the descript...

Rising Empire (Brigatine)

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Boston (Frigate)

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Haraden, Jonathan.

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Boreas (British Ship of War)

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Antelope (British Ship of War)

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Saratoga (Brig)

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Terrible Creature (Privateer)

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Henderson, Benjamin 1767-1836.

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Emerton, Ephraim

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Massachusetts Bay Colony.

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Various.

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Tyrranicide (Brig)

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