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Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Betsey |
| Betsey | Commander Nathaniel Bently |
| Armed Brig | 1 January 1779- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 1 January 1779 |
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| Owners: | John Tracy et al of Newburyport, Massachusetts |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 1 January 1779 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 6/ Total: 6 cannon/ Broadside: 3 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 1 January 1779: 21 [total] |
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Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Betsey was commissioned on 1 January 1779 under Commander Nathaniel Bently of Newburyport, Massachusetts. She was listed as being armed with six guns, and having a crew of twenty men. Her $10000 Continental bond and £4000 Massachusetts bond were signed by Bently and by Joseph Laughton of Boston, Massachusetts and John Tracy of Newburyport. John Tracy and others were listed as her owners.1
1 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 80