Revolutionary Imprints
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Norman Desmarais, Revolutionary War author and historian
October 1,
1776
Massachusetts privateer schooner Speedwell captures the British Navy victualler transport snow St. George.
Privateer schooner Dolphin captures the schooner Prosperity.
1777
Billingsport, New Jersey. After the British seize the American fort, Whig ships fired on it until beaten off.
HM Frigate Ambuscade recaptures the Sir William Erskine.
1778
Hackensack, New Jersey.
1779
Savage Point, Georgia.
Croton, Verplanck’s Point and Stony Point, New York.
French Lick (Nashville), Tennessee.
The ship Sir George Collier, the schooner Hammond and the sloop Lord North take and scuttle the ship Clementina.
1780
Crompond, New York.
The schooner Dolphin captures the whaleboat Victory.
Two British letters of marque sink the French privateer Duc de Bourgogne.
The privateer sloop Retaliation captures a schooner.
Recent Articles
The French Depart Newport. Online Journal of Rhode Island History. March 17, 2023.
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French Military Hospitals in Rhode Journal of the American Revolution. April 18, 2022.
A French Duel in Newport Online Journal of Rhode Island History. February 19, 2022.
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The Blessing of the Flags. Journal of the American Revolution. January 12, 2022.
The French Newspaper in Newport Online Journal of Rhode Island History. December 3, 2021.
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Why Newport Scorned the French in 1780. Online Journal of Rhode Island History. January 1, 2021.
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