Salem Massachusetts Maritime Documents, 1759-1835.

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Salem Massachusetts Maritime Documents, 1759-1835.

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Collection includes: declaration of war of the Sloop Andrigo, of Salem, to the French private sloop, Le Brilliant, dated 1759; journal for the Privateer America, dated 1814-1815, listing vessels captured by the America and the ship John along with articles of agreement between the owners and crew; a deposition and protest, dated 1811, by the crew of the Brig Nabby, stating its unseaworthiness, the cargo thrown overboard and the sale of the vessel; nine hand-drawn charts tracking the 1817 voyage of the Brig Ceres from Salem to Sumatra; journal kept on board the Privateer John James; a sketch of a sundial; late 18th century correspondence and documents written by Captain J. P. Felt of Salem, including the formation of the Salem Marine Society, providing a list of its members and list of American privateers outfitted during the Revolutionary War; handwritten contemporary narrative of the loss of the HMS L. Hector written in a letter to the Secretary of the Admiralty, dated 1782; typed transcript listing ships owned by the Crowninshield family; plus an assortment of miscellaneous maritime documents, some of which are written in foreign languages and several of which pertain to Josiah Orne.

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Peabody Essex Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 7968766

Peabody Essex Museum

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Nabby (Brig)

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Fairfield, James, 1784-1820

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Shipmaster, of Arundel (Kennebunkport), Me.; sailed ships for Tobias Lord, Jr., of Kennebunk; master of brig Somers. In 1806 married Lois Walker of Arundel. His favorite sister, Mary, married Joseph Lord, and the brothers-in-law bought real estate together in Arundel. When Thomas Jefferson imposed his embargo and the War of 1812 began, Fairfield and Lord became privateers. Their brig Macdonough was captured by the British and Fairfield and Lord were imprisoned in Dartmoor Prison. They were there...

John (Ship)

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Orne, Josiah, 1745-1789

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Monk (Ship)

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Lovett, Thomas Dozier, 1959-

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Marine Society at Salem

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Crowninshield family.

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Exchange (Brig)

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Ceres (Brig)

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Cabot, Joseph S. (Joseph Sebastian), 1796-1874

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L Hector (HMS Ship)

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Le Brilliant (French Sloop)

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Various.

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Decatur (Privateer Brig)

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Anrigo (Sloop)

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Cheever, James

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Hodges, J. L. (Joseph Lawson), 1922-2000

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America (Privateer)

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John James (Privateer)

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Lydia (Brig : 1789-1794)

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Bourcher, John.

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Felt, Jonathan P. (Jonathan Porter), 1785-1860

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