Category Archives: Frigate Trumbull

Several Officers late of the Trumbull Frigate on Parole (October 1781)

Robert Morris letter of October 6, 1781 to Richard Yates, loyalist merchant of New York City, “Sir- I have just received advice that several Officers late of the Trumbull Frigate are on Parole on Long Island but much distressed for … Continue reading

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Partial list of the Officers and Crew of the frigate Trumbull compiled from “Statement of Claims”

The following partial list of 26 Officers and Crew of the frigate Trumbull is compiled from the “Statement of claims which have been adjusted and allowed at the Treasury Department…on the 27th of March 1792” and published beginning page 387 … Continue reading

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Frigate Trumbull Marines & Impressed Men (July 1781)

Following is a list of the frigate Trumbull’s Marine contingent of 21 men, 10 impressed seamen and landsmen, 5 presumably impressed negros and a supplemental list of 21 bounty recipients who presumably signed the ship’s articles upon entering. The document … Continue reading

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Frigate Trumbull Quarter Bill (Aug 1781)

This undated list of 152 Officers and Men likely captured with the frigate Trumbull on 28 August 1781 is taken from a document noting the assignment of each crew member for quarters in battle found among the 36 documents in … Continue reading

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Officers & Men of the Frigate Trumbull confined on HMS Jersey Prison Ship (Aug 1781)

This list of 102 Officers and Men of the frigate Trumbull captured on 9 August 1781 is derived from the rolls of the General Monk and prison ship HMS Jersey transcribed at the National Archives in Kew, England by Joseph … Continue reading

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