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Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Virgin |
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| Virgin | (1) Commander Isaac Green Pearson |
| Armed Brig | 28 January 1779- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine | (2) Commander Jonathan Coolidge
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| Commissioned/First Date: | 28 January 1779 |
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| Owners: | (1) Lee & Jones of Newburyport, Massachusetts; (2) Joseph Marquand and Isaac Green Pearson, of Newburyport, Massachusetts |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 28 January 1779 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 16/ Total: 16 cannon/ Broadside: 8 cannon/ Swivels: Date Reported: 20 December 1780 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 8/ Total: 8 cannon/ Broadside: 4 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | (1) 28 January 1779: 31 [total]
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Comments:
Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Virgin was commissioned on 28 January 1779 under Commander Isaac Green Pearson of Newburyport, Massachusetts. She was listed as being armed with sixteen guns and as having a crew of thirty men. Her $5000 Continental and £4000 Massachusetts bonds were signed by Pearson and by “Lee & Jones” and Joseph Marquand, all of Newburyport.1
Virgin was again commissioned on 20 December 1780 under Commander Jonathan Coolidge of Newburyport, Massachusetts. She is now listed as having eight guns and a crew of twenty-five men. Virgin was bonded for $20,000 by Coolidge, Marquand, and William Bartlet of Newburyport.2
1 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 318
2 NRAR, 487
| Posted 6 January 2010 |
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