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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.006.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Lovett family business accounts. Documents relating to the privateer ship the Pilgrim |
| Title | Statement of captors' shares from the privateer ship Pilgrim |
| Date | 1 December 1806 - 7 May 1817 |
| Author | Leach, Nathan (fl. 1806) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Statement signed by the owners of shares of the proceeds captured on the ship Pilgrim's first cruise. Total of 39 signatures, Leach being the first. Documents that privateer Hugh Hill was the captain, and that the ship was in the agency of John Lovett. States that the men received the sum from Elizabeth Lovett, from the estate of the deceased John Lovett. Lists the name of each owner, the number of shares owned, sums paid to each, name of a witness, their signature, and the date. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Maritime Privateering Finance Women's History Merchants and Trade Military History Estate Global History and Civics |
| People | Leach, Nathan (fl. 1806) Lovett, John (1743-1792) Hill, Hugh (fl. 1780-1817) |
| Theme | Naval & Maritime; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |