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Pennsylvania Privateer Schooner Adventure |
| Adventure | Commander Matthew Strong |
| Schooner | 29 May 1782- |
| Pennsylvania Privateer Schooner |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 29 May 1782 |
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| Owners: | Joseph Carson and Blair McClenachan et al, all of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 29 May 1782 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 4/ Total: 4 cannon/ Broadside: 2 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 29 May 1782: 11 [total] |
| Description: |
| Officers: | (1) First Mate William Briggs, 29 May 1782- |
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Comments:
Pennsylvania Privateer Schooner Adventure was commissioned under Matthew Strong of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a bond of $20000 being given by the commander and owner Carson. First Mate William Briggs,1 age 27,2 was also a Philadelphian. Adventure was listed with a battery of four guns and a crew of nine men.3 Strong was a veteran privateer skipper, Adventure being his fourth command.4
1 NRAR, 222
2 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 33
3 NRAR, 222. Emmons, 127, lists her commander as “M. Streny.”
4 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 301
| Revised 10 December 2008 |
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