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Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Venus |
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| Venus | Commander Nathaniel Harmon |
| Armed Brig | 18 April 1780- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 18 April 1780 |
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| Owners: | Daniel McNeill et al of Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 18 April 1780 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 6/ Total: 6 cannon/ Broadside: 3 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 18 April 1780: 21 [total] |
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Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Venus was commissioned on 18 April 1780 under Commander Nathaniel Harmon of Boston, Massachusetts. She was listed as being armed with six guns and as having a crew of twenty men. Her $10000 Continental and £4000 Massachusetts bonds were executed by Harmon and by Mungo Mackay and Daniel McNeill, both of Boston.1
1 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 315-316
| Posted 14 December 2009 |
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