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Pennsylvania Privateer Brig Rutledge |
| Rutledge | Commander James Smith |
| Armed Brig | 11 October 1776- |
| Pennsylvania Privateer Brig |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 11 October 1776 |
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| Owners: | Alexander Gillon of Charleston, South Carolina, and Francis C. Hassenclever of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Tonnage: | 120 |
| Battery: | Date Reported: 11 October 1776 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 12/ Total: 12 cannon/ Broadside: 6 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 11 October 1776: 61 [total] |
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Comments:
Pennsylvania Privateer Brig Rutledge was commissioned on 11 October 1776 under Commander James Smith. She was reported as having twelve guns and as being crewed with sixty men. Rutledge was listed as 120 tons.1 She was owned by Alexander Gillon of South Carolina and Francis C. Hassenclever of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.2
1 Linn, John B., and Egle, William H. (Eds.), Pennsylvania Archives, Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, 1879, Second Series, 1:374
2 Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 26 (1902), p. 146
| Posted 21 February 2011 |
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