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Collection Reference Number GLC01412.63.05
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1775 
Title Certificate to grant Nathan Pendleton of the sloop Seaflower clearance to the custom's house of Penobscot Port
Date 15 June 1775
Author Goldthwait, Thomas (1717-1799)  
Additional authors Archbald, Francis (1750-1779)
Document Type Military document
Content Description Partially printed document signed by Colonel Goldthwait, who was the commanding officer at Fort Pownall in Maine, and countersigned by his future son-in-law, Francis Archbald, Jr., the clerk at Fort Pownall. Certifies Nathan Pendleton of the sloop Seaflower, clearance to the custom's house of Penobscot Port. Specifies that the sloop was bound for New London, Connecticut, and that there were thirty thousand pine boards and fifteen thousand shingles on board.
Subjects Merchants and Trade  Commerce  Maritime  Government and Civics  
People Goldthwait, Thomas (1717-1799)  Archbald, Francis (1750-1779)  Pendleton, Nathan (fl. 1765-1775)  
Place written Port of Penobscot, Maine
Theme Naval & Maritime; The American Revolution
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Colonel Thomas Goldthwait (1717-1799) commanded Fort Pownall from 1763-1775, with the exception of one year. He was a Tory, who was born in Massachusetts and died in England.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859