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Pennsylvania Privateer Schooner Betsey




Betsey

Commander William Paul

Schooner

5 October 1780-

Pennsylvania Privateer Schooner


Commissioned/First Date:

5 October 1780

Out of Service/Cause:


Owners:

George Nixon of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


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Battery:

Date Reported: 5 October 1780

Number/Caliber  Weight        Broadside

6/

Total: 6 cannon/

Broadside: 3 cannon/

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Crew:

5 October 1781: 21 [total]


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Pennsylvania Privateer Schooner Betsey was commissioned on 5 October 1780 under Commander William Paul of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was listed as being armed with six guns and having a crew of twenty men. Her $20000 bond was executed by Paul and George Nixon of Philadelphia.1

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1 NRAR, 236