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Rhode Island Privateer Sloop Abigail |
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| Abigail | Commander John Hall [Halis] |
| Armed Sloop | 2 October 1779- |
| Rhode Island Privateer Sloop |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 2 October 1779 |
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| Owners: | Nathan Miller of Warren, Rhode Island |
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| Cruises: | (1) Providence, Rhode Island to Cap François, Saint-Domingue, -[March] 1780
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Rhode Island Privateer Sloop1 Abigail was commissioned on 2 October 1779 under Commander John Hall2 [Halis].3 Her owner was listed as Nathan Miller4 of Warren, Rhode Island.
Sloop Abigail was at Cap François, Saint-Domingue in mid 1780. She sailed from there about 26 May 1780 with four other American vessels. One of these, Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Dauphin (Commander Thomas Powars) parted at 35°N,30°W on 31 May.5
1 The American Journal And General Advertiser [Providence], Wednesday, June 14, 1780, datelined Boston , June 12
2 Sheffield, An Address Delivered by William P. Sheffield before the Rhode Island Historical Society, 61
3 The American Journal And General Advertiser [Providence], Wednesday, June 14, 1780, datelined Boston , June 12
4 Sheffield, An Address Delivered by William P. Sheffield before the Rhode Island Historical Society, 61
5 The American Journal And General Advertiser [Providence], Wednesday, June 14, 1780, datelined Boston , June 12
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