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Pennsylvania Privateer Brigantine Olive Branch |
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| Olive Branch | Commander George Cotton |
| Armed Brig | 16 November 1781- |
| Pennsylvania Privateer Brigantine |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 16 November 1781 |
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| Owners: | Wooddrop Sims, Joseph Sims et al, all of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 16 November 1781 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 8/ Total: 8 cannon/ Broadside: 4 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 16 November 1781: 31 [total] |
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| Officers: | (1) First Mate William Lyell, 16 November 1781- |
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Comments:
Pennsylvania Privateer Brigantine Olive Branch was commissioned on 16 November 1781 under Commander George Cotton 1 (or Catton)2 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.3 William Lyell of Philadelphia served aboard as First Mate.4 She was listed as being armed with eight guns and as having a crew of thirty men. Her $20000 bond was signed by Cotton and by Wooddrop Sims of Philadelphia.5
1 NRAR, 408. In Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 75, the date of commission is given as 12 November 1781.
2 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 191. The date of commission given here is 17 November 1781.
3 NRAR, 408
4 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 191. In NRAR, 408, Lyell is listed as co-commander.
5 NRAR, 408
| Posted 4 January 2011 |
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