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Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Beaver |
| Beaver | Commander William Bootman |
| Schooner | 3 June 1779- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Schooner |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 3 June 1779 |
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| Owners: | [Joseph Lambert and Robert Stone of Salem, Massachusetts] |
| Tonnage: | 35 |
| Battery: | Date Reported: 3 June 1779 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 2/ Total: 2 cannon/ Broadside: 1 cannon/ Swivels: eight |
| Crew: | 3 june 1779: 31 [total] |
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Comments:
The 35-ton Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Beaver was commissioned on 3 June 1779 under Commander William Bootman1 of Salem, Massachusetts.2 The petitioners for her commission, presumably her owners, were Joseph Lambert and Robert Stone of Salem. Her battery was listed as two guns and eight swivel guns, and her crew as thirty men.3
1 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 78
2 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 28
3 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 78