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Yearly Archives: 2015
Blaney Allison; Master’s Mate, Lieutenant
Blaney Allison, Lieutenant. The best information we have concerning Blaney Allison’s family history comes from Philadelphia wills and the matriculation and tuition records archived by the University of Pennsylvania and available for online viewing. The will of his older brother … Continue reading
James Pyne, Lieutenant
James Pyne first appears in Revolutionary War naval records on 19 February 1777 when the South Carolina Navy Board orders an anchor and cable to be delivered to him for the temporary use of a prize taken by the brig … Continue reading
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Officers and Men known or believed to be lost on the sloop Saratoga on 18 March 1781
The Continental Navy 18 gun sloop-of-war Saratoga under the command of Captain John Young, along with Continental frigates Confederacy (Seth Harding) and Deane (John Nicholson) and the Philadelphia privateer Fair American (Joseph Jakways) sailed from Cape Francois, Haiti on 15 … Continue reading
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Slops List of Lexington Men at Bordeaux on 27 June 1777
The List of 86 Officers and Men of the Brig Lexington who received Slops delivered at Bordeaux on 27 June 1777 was transcribed by Joseph and Joshua Ross in February 2014 from the original found among the prize court records … Continue reading
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Officers and Men known or believed to be lost on the frigate Randolph on 7 March 1778
Undoubtedly the greatest catastrophic loss for the Continental Navy during the War for Independence was the total destruction of the frigate Randolph and the loss of Captain Nicholas Biddle and over three hundred of her officers, “picked seamen” and “gentlemen … Continue reading
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