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Application of John Broome

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JOHN BROOME TO NEW YORK CONVENTION.

Harlem, August 14, 1776.

Owners of the privateer sloop Harlequin, Daniel Shaw commander, viz: Samuel Broome & Co˙, John Broome, John Woodward, John Livingston, Daniel Shaw, Thomas Crab, Abraham P˙ Lott, Stockholm & Dickson, and Abraham & E˙ Lott.

The above privateer sloop is about seventy tons burden, mounts fourteen double fortified four-pounders, navigated and manned with ninety men; provisions, forty barrels of beef and pork; arms and ammunition, one thousand pounds of powder, fifty small-arms.

The subscriber being one of the forementioned owners, requests from the Convention of the State of New York a commission for the above vessel.

JNO˙ BROOME.

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Title

Application of John Broome and others to the New-York Convention for a commission for a privateer

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1776-08-14

Subject

Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies
Military action: foraging, plunder, privateering, blockades

Document ID

S5-V1-P01-sp06-D1560

Series

S5

Volume

S5-V1

Part

S5-V1-P01

Sub-Part

S5-V1-P01-sp06

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