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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02542.18 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of correspondence of the North Family |
Title | Privateer's license for William Van Duerson |
Date | 21 October 1781 |
Author | McKean, Thomas (1734-1817) |
Document Type | Government document; Military document |
Content Description | Partially printed document signed by McKean as President of Congress and countersigned by Charles Thomson as Secretary of the Continental Congress. Identifies Van Duerson as the commander of the brigandine Middletown owned by Chauncey Whittlesey. The verso has a signed statement by Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull providing a physical descriptions of Duerson and his lieutenant, William Spencer, given at Hartford, Connecticut. Includes a paper seal. |
Subjects | Revolutionary War Privateering Maritime Military History Government and Civics Continental Congress Congress Declaration of Independence |
People | McKean, Thomas (1734-1817) Thomson, Charles (1729-1824) Trumbull, Jonathan (1710-1785) |
Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Theme | The American Revolution; Naval & Maritime; Government & Politics; Merchants & Commerce |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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