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Massachusetts Privateer Sloop Weasel |
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| Weasel [Weazle] | Commander Benjamin Parmenter |
| Armed Sloop | 24 November 1777 |
| Massachusetts Privateer Sloop |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 24 November 1777 |
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| Owners: | Archibald and John Blair of Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 24 November 1777 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 10/ Total: 10 cannon/ Broadside: 5 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 24 November 1777: 51 [total] |
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Massachusetts Privateer Sloop Weasel (Weazle) was commissioned on 24 November 1777 under Commander Benjamin Parmenter of Boston, Massachusetts. She was reported as armed with ten guns and as having a crew of fifty men. Her $5000 Continental and £500 Massachusetts bonds were signed by Parmenter and by Archibald Blair and John Blair, both of Boston.1
1 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 325
| Posted 11 April 2011 |
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