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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.525 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1776 |
| Title | Account of the sloop Game Cock, a privateer |
| Date | 15 March 1776 |
| Author | Dalton, Tristram (1738-1817) |
| Additional authors | Jackson, Tracy & Tracy (1774-1777) Cross, Ralph (fl. 1776) Cross, Stephen (fl. 1776) Sitcomb, Jonathan (fl. 1776) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Signed by Dalton, Jackson, Tracy & Tracy, Stephen & Ralph Cross, and Jonathan Sitcomb. Provides account information for the vessel, listing individual balances of the firms or persons invested. Indicates a fifth share pertaining to Colonel Moses Little, who does not sign. Discusses damages, expenditures, and the division of costs and profits. Agreed to and signed 15 March, though partially recorded 26 February 1776. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Maritime Privateering Finance |
| People | Dalton, Tristram (1738-1817) Jackson, Tracy & Tracy (1774-1777) Cross, Ralph (fl. 1776) Cross, Stephen (fl. 1776-1789) Sitcomb, Jonathan (fl. 1776) Jackson, Jonathan (1743-1810) Little, Moses (1724-1798) |
| Place written | Newburyport, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Naval & Maritime; The American Revolution; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Dalton served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts 1789-1791. Jonathan Jackson formed Jackson, Tracy & Tracy, a merchant firm, with his brothers-in-law in 1774. Jackson served as a Continental Congressman in 1782. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |