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Massachusetts Privateer [unknown] Black Bird |
| Black Bird [Blackbird] |
| Armed Vessel | Commander Nathaniel Harding |
| Massachusetts Privateer [unknown] | [March] 1778- |
| Commissioned/First Date: | [March] 1778 |
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Comments:
Massachusetts Privateer [unknown] Blackbird was mentioned as being under the command of Nathaniel Harding1 of Boston, Massachusetts2 in the Boston Gazette of 30 November 1778.3 This may be the same vessel as the Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Black Bird.
1 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 82
2 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 138
3 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 82