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Samuel Cooper, Captain’s Clerk, Purser

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Joe

Samuel Cooper. Samuel Cooper was the third son and fifth surviving child of William Cooper, Esq. (1721-1809) and Katharine Wendell (1726-1796) who were married on 25 April 1745. Although seventeen children were born to the couple, only seven lived to … Continue reading →

William Cooper, Jr., Captain’s Clerk, Chaplain, 2nd Lieutentant of Marines

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Joe

William Cooper, Jr. Born in February 1750, William Cooper, Jr. was the oldest surviving son of William Cooper, Esq. (1721-1809) and Katharine Wendell (1726-1796) who were married on 25 April 1745. The senior Cooper, a merchant and Boston Town Clerk … Continue reading →

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William Sturgess, Chaplain

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Joe

William Sturgess. A statement of distribution of prize money in the amount of $948.17 prepared by the Secretary of the Treasury on 3 January 1862 in response to a 29 July 1861 resolution of the United States Senate in relation … Continue reading →

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List of the Petty Officers on board the Continental Ship Alliance (1779)

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Joe

List of the Petty Officers on board the Continental Ship Alliance (1779). This undated List of the Petty Officers on board the Continental Ship Alliance located in Box XI of the Benjamin Franklin Papers at the University of Pennsylvania was … Continue reading →

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List of Officers, Seamen, and Marines belonging to the Continental Ship of War Alliance (1779)