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Thursday, 2 November 2023

American privateer Abingdon 1778

State Maryland. Ship type sloop. Date letter of marque 14 September 1778. Armament 12 guns. Crew 14 men. Bond $ 5,000. Master James Handy of Baltimore. Mate William Smith of Philadelphia. Boatswain John Morgan. Bonders James Handy of Baltimore, and Joseph Williams [of Annapolis?]. Owners Samiel&Robert Purviance&Co. [Baltimore].Witness T[homas] Johnson jr.

Source

Naval Records of the American Revolution 1775-1788. Library of Congress, Washington, 1906.

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