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Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Adventure |
| Adventure | Commander John O'Brien |
| Armed Brig | 5 January 1779- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 5 January 1779 |
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| Owners: | Caleb Tapping [Tappan] of Newburyport, Massachusetts |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 5 January 1779 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 6/ Total: 6 cannon/ Broadside: 3 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 5 January 1779: 16 [total] |
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Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Adventure was commissioned under Commander John O’Brien1 of Machias, Massachusetts [Maine]2 on 5 January 1779. She was listed as being armed with six guns and as having a crew of fifteen men. Her Continental bond ($10000) and Massachusetts bond (£4000) were signed by O’Brien and by Daniel Tappan and Enoch Morton of Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Her owner was listed as Caleb Tapping [Tappan] of Newburyport, Massachusetts.3
1 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 67
2 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 225
3 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 67
| Revised 10 December 2008 |
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