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Rev. Mr. Robert Keith, Chaplain

…e gleaned from the publication Colonel Elias Boudinot in New York City, February 1778 by H. Jordan (1900). Boudinot was the commissary-general of prisoners. Sometime during the Summer or early Fall of 1779, Robert Keith was attached to the Navy as a chaplain and went on board the frigate Confederacy near Philadelphia. He replaced one Major Hallet who had served as the Confederacy’s chaplain on her maiden cruise from New London to Chester. Accordin… Continue reading

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John Baxter Carr, Seaman

…y authorized oath of allegiance would have been administered to the new recruit- “I, John Baxter Carr, swear I will truly and faithfully serve in the Massachusetts army, to which I belong, for the defense and security of the estates, lives and liberties of the good people of this and the sister colonies of America, in opposition to the ministerial tyranny by which they are or may be oppressed, and to all other enemies and opposers whatsoever; that… Continue reading

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Officers and Men known or believed to be lost on the sloop Saratoga on 18 March 1781

…and Patrick Green’s friend and executor Robert Carson together in a 26 February 1780 entry, “McCutcheon and Carson took away my big cow, seven years old (weighed dressed 1763 lbs), for which they paid me sixty-five guineas.” Robert Carson also was a butcher who supplied the military since at least 1762 when first issued a trader’s license. Beginning in 1774, Carson lived in the Moyamensing district at what is today the Northwest corner of Fitzwat… Continue reading

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Hopley Yeaton, Lieutenant

…partment at that time. He helped establish a Masonic Lodge in Eastport and urged the government to build a lighthouse at West Quoddy Head. He resigned from the service on 30 September 1809 at age 70 and settled on a farm in North Lubec, ME where he died on 14 May 1812. In 1975 his burial site was threatened by development and the Coast Guard Corps of Cadets sailed the Barque Eagle to Lubec where his remains were exhumed and removed to Groton. His… Continue reading

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William Blodget, Chaplain

…Judgment, which probably may be assisted by information Obtained in your Cruise.” The cruise was to continue until the middle of September, or longer if provisions lasted, and then return to Boston. Subsequently in late June or early July 1779, William Blodget sailed with the Continental ship as chaplain. Several sources incorrectly state Blodget served on board the frigate Deane as chaplain for four years between 1779 and 1783. Clearly the Army… Continue reading

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