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- GLC#
- GLC02587
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- January 18, 1760
- Author/Creator
- Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805
- Title
- [French and Indian War privateer's commission of Captain Samuel Partridge]
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : vellum Height: 35.3 cm, Width: 41 cm
- Primary time period
- Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
- Sub-Era
- The Thirteen Colonies
Countersigned by Thomas Clarke, Deputy Secretary. Pownall, Governor of Massachusetts Bay, authorizes Captain Samuel Partridge to "set forth in warlike manner the said Ship Race Horse under his own Command and ... seize & take the Ships, Vessels, and Goods belonging to the French King or his Vassals & Subjects ... " Features paper seal.
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