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Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Valiant |
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| Valiant | Commander Joshua Ellingwood |
| Schooner | 3 June 1780- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Schooner |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 3 June 1780 |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: Number/Caliber Weight Broadside
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| Crew: | 3 June 1780: 7 [total] |
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| Officers: | (1) First Mate Nathan Batchelder, 3 June 1780- |
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Comments:
Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Valiant was commissioned on 3 June 1780 under Commander Joshua Ellingwood of Beverly, Massachusetts. Nathan Batchelder served aboard as First Mate. Her total crew was listed as seven men.1 In a crew list of this date Ellingwood is described as age 28, 5'2" tall, with a dark complexion. Batchelder is described as age 29, 5'6" tall, and with a light complexion.2
1 Howe, Beverly Privateers in the Revolution, 419; also in Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 314
2 Howe, Beverly Privateers in the Revolution, 419
| Posted 29 October 2009 |
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