Encounter with a French Privateer, Etc.
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Encounter with a French Privateer, Etc.
Description
A French privateer began firing on a ship off the shore of this island. Some passengers managed to get to shore on a boat while others swam ashore. People on shore fired muskets at the Captain who very narrowly escaped. A boy was cut three times on his arm by a cutlass.
year created
1798
month created
07
day created
28
author
sent from location
Curacao
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
in collection
note
Largely illegible.
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
B. H. Philips
passengers
captain
boy
notable location
Philadelphia
Curacao
Hague
notable item/thing
French Privateer
18 articles from a treaty done at the Hague
boat
cutlass
document number
1798072880001
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | ZPU22 (4 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | B: 6 |
| [view document] (3 pages) | ZPU22a (3 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | B: 6 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | B. H. Phillips | Curacao | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |