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New York Privateer Barge Washington




Washington

Commander John Warner

Patrol Craft

22 June 1776-

New York Privateer Barge


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22 June 1776

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Christopher Duyckinck et al of New York, New York


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The owners of New York Privateer Barge Washington (Commander John Warner) petitioned the New York Provincial Congress for a privateer commission on 22 June 1776. John Warner and James Riker made bond the same day, and the commission was issued.1



1 NDAR, “Journal of the New York Provincial Congress”, V, 681


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