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Massachusetts Privateer Brig Betsey |
| Betsey | Commander Patrick Maxfield |
| Armed Brig | 26 February 1783- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Brig |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 26 February 1783 |
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| Owners: | Leonard Jarvis et al of Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 26 February 1783 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 7/ Total: 7 cannon/ Broadside: 3 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 26 February 1783: 41 [total] |
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Comments:
Massachusetts Privateer Brig Betsey was commissioned on 26 February 1783 under Commander Patrick Maxfeld1 (or Maxfield)2 of Boston, Massachusetts. She was listed as having a battery of seven guns and a crew of forty men. Her $20000 bond was signed by Maxfeld, Edward Church and Leonard Jarvis of Boston.3
1 NRAR, 238
2 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 199
3 NRAR, 238. Also listed in Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 81.