American	Commander Robert Caldwell
Sloop-of-War	9 July 1782-
Massachusetts Privateer Ship

Commissioned/First Date:	9 July 1782
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Owners:

John Donalson & Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Date Reported: 9 July 1782 Number/Caliber  Weight        Broadside 16/ Total: 16 cannon/ Broadside: 8 cannon/ Swivels:

Crew:

9 July 1782: 61 [total]

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Cruises:

(1) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to L’Orient, France, [1782] (2) L’Orient, France to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 4 March 1783-[10] April 1783

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Massachusetts Privateer Ship American was commissioned on 9 July 1782 under Commander Robert Caldwell of Boston, Massachusetts. She was listed as having a battery of sixteen guns and as having a crew of sixty men. Her$20000 bond was signed by Caldwell and Thomas Russell and Chambers Russell, both of Boston. She was listed as being owned by John Donnaldson & Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.¹

American (or America) sailed from L’Orient on 4 March 1783 and arrived at Philadelphia before 12 April 1783.²

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¹ NRAR, 224. Also listed in Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 73

² The Pennsylvania Evening Post, and Public Advertiser [Philadelphia], Friday, April 11, 1783