Stringer, Samuel (b. 1725) [Listing of American and British vessels engaged in the Battle of Valcour]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09538 Author/Creator: Stringer, Samuel (b. 1725) Place Written: New York Type: Autograph document Date: 28 October 1776 Pagination: 1 p ; 22.1 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy
A list of the "Fleet of the United States that were engaged…" followed by a list of "The Enemies Fleet engaged…." The lists include number and type of vessels, and their number and type of guns. The American list includes the names of the two schooners: "Royal Savage" and "Liberty, taken from Skene" [a reference to Philip Skene, a Tory from whom the Liberty had earlier been taken]. Originally enclosed with GLC02437.00477.
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