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Penobscot (Maine, United States) (search for this): entry collier-sir-george
Collier, Sir George Naval officer; entered the British navy in 1761; given command of the Rainbow in 1775, and cruised off the American coast. In 1777 he captured the American vessel Hancock; destroyed the stores at Machias. and thirty vessels on the northeast coast; and later he ravaged the coasts of Connecticut and Chesapeake Bay. On Aug. 14, 1779, he captured the fleet of Commodore Saltonstall on the Penobscot River. He died April 6, 1795.
Chesapeake Bay (United States) (search for this): entry collier-sir-george
Collier, Sir George Naval officer; entered the British navy in 1761; given command of the Rainbow in 1775, and cruised off the American coast. In 1777 he captured the American vessel Hancock; destroyed the stores at Machias. and thirty vessels on the northeast coast; and later he ravaged the coasts of Connecticut and Chesapeake Bay. On Aug. 14, 1779, he captured the fleet of Commodore Saltonstall on the Penobscot River. He died April 6, 1795.
Machias (Maine, United States) (search for this): entry collier-sir-george
Collier, Sir George Naval officer; entered the British navy in 1761; given command of the Rainbow in 1775, and cruised off the American coast. In 1777 he captured the American vessel Hancock; destroyed the stores at Machias. and thirty vessels on the northeast coast; and later he ravaged the coasts of Connecticut and Chesapeake Bay. On Aug. 14, 1779, he captured the fleet of Commodore Saltonstall on the Penobscot River. He died April 6, 1795.
Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry collier-sir-george
Collier, Sir George Naval officer; entered the British navy in 1761; given command of the Rainbow in 1775, and cruised off the American coast. In 1777 he captured the American vessel Hancock; destroyed the stores at Machias. and thirty vessels on the northeast coast; and later he ravaged the coasts of Connecticut and Chesapeake Bay. On Aug. 14, 1779, he captured the fleet of Commodore Saltonstall on the Penobscot River. He died April 6, 1795.
Gurdon Saltonstall (search for this): entry collier-sir-george
Collier, Sir George Naval officer; entered the British navy in 1761; given command of the Rainbow in 1775, and cruised off the American coast. In 1777 he captured the American vessel Hancock; destroyed the stores at Machias. and thirty vessels on the northeast coast; and later he ravaged the coasts of Connecticut and Chesapeake Bay. On Aug. 14, 1779, he captured the fleet of Commodore Saltonstall on the Penobscot River. He died April 6, 1795.
Sir George Collier (search for this): entry collier-sir-george
Collier, Sir George Naval officer; entered the British navy in 1761; given command of the Rainbow in 1775, and cruised off the American coast. In 1777 he captured the American vessel Hancock; destroyed the stores at Machias. and thirty vessels on the northeast coast; and later he ravaged the coasts of Connecticut and Chesapeake Bay. On Aug. 14, 1779, he captured the fleet of Commodore Saltonstall on the Penobscot River. He died April 6, 1795.
1775 AD (search for this): entry collier-sir-george
Collier, Sir George Naval officer; entered the British navy in 1761; given command of the Rainbow in 1775, and cruised off the American coast. In 1777 he captured the American vessel Hancock; destroyed the stores at Machias. and thirty vessels on the northeast coast; and later he ravaged the coasts of Connecticut and Chesapeake Bay. On Aug. 14, 1779, he captured the fleet of Commodore Saltonstall on the Penobscot River. He died April 6, 1795.
1761 AD (search for this): entry collier-sir-george
Collier, Sir George Naval officer; entered the British navy in 1761; given command of the Rainbow in 1775, and cruised off the American coast. In 1777 he captured the American vessel Hancock; destroyed the stores at Machias. and thirty vessels on the northeast coast; and later he ravaged the coasts of Connecticut and Chesapeake Bay. On Aug. 14, 1779, he captured the fleet of Commodore Saltonstall on the Penobscot River. He died April 6, 1795.
1777 AD (search for this): entry collier-sir-george
Collier, Sir George Naval officer; entered the British navy in 1761; given command of the Rainbow in 1775, and cruised off the American coast. In 1777 he captured the American vessel Hancock; destroyed the stores at Machias. and thirty vessels on the northeast coast; and later he ravaged the coasts of Connecticut and Chesapeake Bay. On Aug. 14, 1779, he captured the fleet of Commodore Saltonstall on the Penobscot River. He died April 6, 1795.
August 14th, 1779 AD (search for this): entry collier-sir-george
Collier, Sir George Naval officer; entered the British navy in 1761; given command of the Rainbow in 1775, and cruised off the American coast. In 1777 he captured the American vessel Hancock; destroyed the stores at Machias. and thirty vessels on the northeast coast; and later he ravaged the coasts of Connecticut and Chesapeake Bay. On Aug. 14, 1779, he captured the fleet of Commodore Saltonstall on the Penobscot River. He died April 6, 1795.
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