Washington
Schooner
New Hampshire Privateer Schooner

Commissioned/First Date:	4 January 1777
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New Hampshire Privateer Schooner Washington was at Portsmouth on 4 January 1777, when she was given permission to sail by the New Hampshire House of Representatives, provided her owners gave bond. Washington was apparently going on a trading voyage, perhaps for the state.¹

¹ NDAR, “Journal of the New Hampshire House of Representatives”, VII, 858

Posted 15 May 2010

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