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Unknown [Printed articles of agreement for schooner Unity]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.082 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Document Date: 1 July 1779 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 40.1 x 31.3 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed agreement between Joseph Bubiere, the master, the men of the Schooner Unity, and the state of Massachusetts binding the schooner as a transport vessel going to Penobscot from Boston.

The Penobscot Expedition (July-August 1779) was a failed American offensive against the British fortress at Penobscot (present-day Maine).

Bubiere, Joseph, fl. 1779

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