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Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Volunteer |
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| Volunteer | Commander Litchfield Luce |
| Schooner | 18 July 1782- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Schooner |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 18 July 1782 |
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| Owners: | Litchfield Luce et al of Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 18 July 1782 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 8/ Total: 8 cannon/ Broadside: 4 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 18 July 1782: 21 [total] |
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Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Volunteer was commissioned on 18 July 1782 under Commander Litchfield Luce, of Boston, Massachusetts, also her principal owner. She is listed as having eight guns and a crew of twenty men. Volunteer was bonded for $20,000 by Luce and Thomas Russell and Chambers Russell, both of Boston.1
1 NRAR, 488; Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 319
| Posted 7 May 2010 |
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