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Collection Reference Number GLC01450.002
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1779 
Title Appointment of John Wheelwright as Commander of the privateer ship The Neptune
Date 24 December 1779
Author Jay, John (1745-1829)  
Document Type Military document
Content Description Countersigned by Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress, and John Avery.
Subjects Continental Congress  Congress  Government and Civics  Navy  Privateering  Revolutionary War  Military History  Maritime  
People Avery, John (1739-1806)  Jay, John (1745-1829)  Thomson, Charles (1729-1824)  Wheelwright, John (fl. 1776-1786)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Naval & Maritime
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859