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Field name | Value |
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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 |