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Rhode Island Privateer [unknown] Betsey |
| Betsey | Commander Joseph Cooke |
| Armed Vessel | 20 March 1780-[June] 1781 |
| Rhode Island Privateer [unknown] |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 20 March 1780 |
| Out of Service/Cause: | [June] 1781/captured by the British |
| Owners: | John Brown |
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Comments:
Rhode Island Privateer [unknown] Betsey was commissioned on 20 March 1780 under Commander Joseph Cooke. She was listed as being owned by John Brown.1
Betsey was captured by the British in 1781. She was sent into New York, New York and was tried and condemned there. Betsey is described in the court records as an American merchant vessel.2
__________1 Sheffield, An Address Delivered by William P. Sheffield before the Rhode Island Historical Society, 62
2 HCA 32/280/26/1-16