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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.185.03 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 October 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 13 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

List of living crew aboard the Brig Lexington. States "taken from a Journal of Mr. Charles Herbert of Marblehead," Massachusetts. A note in the margin reports "Taken 1777 Aug. 7 from Newbury port in [frm?] Brig Fancy." Provides a list of names, and following the list states "the rest of the crew I have alist of their names in a book ... " Appears to be signed by Herbert at the top of the page. Docket states "Relating to Brig Lexington Sloop Lucretia." Possibly an excerpt from Herbert's captivity journal.

Charles Herbert kept a captivity journal 1777-1780. He was captured by the British in 1776, and was held prisoner on four British ships before the King of Denmark arranged for his and other prisoners' release in 1780.

Herbert, Charles, 1757-1808

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