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Pennsylvania Privateer Boat Black Snake |
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| Black Snake | Commander Joshua Huddy |
| Patrol Craft | 18 August 1780- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Boat |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 18 August 1780 |
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| Owners: | James Randolph and Joshua Huddy & Co. |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 18 August 1780 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 1/ Total: 1 cannon/ Broadside: 1 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 18 August 1780: 15 [total] |
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| Cruises: | (1) Tom’s River, New Jersey to Providence, Rhode Island, September 1781-3 October 1781 |
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Comments:
Pennsylvania Privateer Boat Black Snake was commissioned on 18 August 1780 under Commander Jossua Huddy, possibly of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was listed as being armed with one gun and having a crew of fourteen men. Her $20000 bond was signed by Benjamin Davis, Jr. and Thomas Sliter, both of Philadelphia.1
Black Snake was laying in Tom’s River, New Jersey about 22 September 1781. Huddy, who was aboard the boat, observed six British ships of the line off the coast, steering for Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Not long after Huddy sailed from Egg Harbor, New Jersey and arrived at Providence, Rhode Island on 3 October 1781.2
During a land action at Tom’s River in March 1782, Huddy was captured by the British. His subsequent cold-blooded execution in April 1782 by Loyalists from New York provoked an ugly extended incident, which came close to scuttling the peace treaty.
1 NRAR, 241
2 The Providence Gazette and Country Journal, Saturday, October 6, 1781
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