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Salem (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry privateering
same period by British privateers did not vary much from 500. The American armed vessels which caused such disasters to British commerce numbered about 250. Of these forty-six were letters-of-marque, and the remainder were privateers. This was 115 less than were enrolled while there were difficulties with France in 1789 and 1799. The number of private armed vessels then was 365. Of --he whole number in 1812-15, 184 were sent out from the four ports of Baltimore, New York, Boston, and Salem. The aggregate number sent out from Portsmouth (N. H.), Philadelphia, and Charleston, was thirty-five. The remainder went out from other ports. The clippers were the fastest sailors and most successful of the privateers. These were mostly built at Baltimore, or for parties in that city, and were known as Baltimore clippers. They were schooners with raking masts. They usually carried from six to ten guns, with a single long one, which was called Long Tom, mounted on a swivel in the cent
France (France) (search for this): entry privateering
ook, burned, and destroyed about 1,600 British merchantmen of all classes in the space of three years and nine months, while the number of American merchantvessels destroyed during the same period by British privateers did not vary much from 500. The American armed vessels which caused such disasters to British commerce numbered about 250. Of these forty-six were letters-of-marque, and the remainder were privateers. This was 115 less than were enrolled while there were difficulties with France in 1789 and 1799. The number of private armed vessels then was 365. Of --he whole number in 1812-15, 184 were sent out from the four ports of Baltimore, New York, Boston, and Salem. The aggregate number sent out from Portsmouth (N. H.), Philadelphia, and Charleston, was thirty-five. The remainder went out from other ports. The clippers were the fastest sailors and most successful of the privateers. These were mostly built at Baltimore, or for parties in that city, and were known as Bal
Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry privateering
lties with France in 1789 and 1799. The number of private armed vessels then was 365. Of --he whole number in 1812-15, 184 were sent out from the four ports of Baltimore, New York, Boston, and Salem. The aggregate number sent out from Portsmouth (N. H.), Philadelphia, and Charleston, was thirty-five. The remainder went out from other ports. The clippers were the fastest sailors and most successful of the privateers. These were mostly built at Baltimore, or for parties in that city, and were known as Baltimore clippers. They were schooners with raking masts. They usually carried from six to ten guns, with a single long one, which was called Long Tom, Baltimore clippers. They were schooners with raking masts. They usually carried from six to ten guns, with a single long one, which was called Long Tom, mounted on a swivel in the centre. They were usually manned with fifty persons besides officers, all armed with muskets, cutlasses, and boarding pikes, and commissioned to burn, sink, and destroy the property of the enemy, either on the high seas or in his ports. A complete history of American privateering would fill several volu
Portsmouth (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): entry privateering
uch from 500. The American armed vessels which caused such disasters to British commerce numbered about 250. Of these forty-six were letters-of-marque, and the remainder were privateers. This was 115 less than were enrolled while there were difficulties with France in 1789 and 1799. The number of private armed vessels then was 365. Of --he whole number in 1812-15, 184 were sent out from the four ports of Baltimore, New York, Boston, and Salem. The aggregate number sent out from Portsmouth (N. H.), Philadelphia, and Charleston, was thirty-five. The remainder went out from other ports. The clippers were the fastest sailors and most successful of the privateers. These were mostly built at Baltimore, or for parties in that city, and were known as Baltimore clippers. They were schooners with raking masts. They usually carried from six to ten guns, with a single long one, which was called Long Tom, mounted on a swivel in the centre. They were usually manned with fifty persons b
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry privateering
first instinct was to retaliate. On March 16, 1776, a committee of the whole considered the propriety of authorizing the inhabitants of the colonies to fit out privateers. Franklin expressed a wish that such an act should be preceded by a declaration of war, as of one independent nation against another. Two days afterwards, after an able debate, privateers were authorized to cruise against ships and their cargoes belonging to any inhabitant, not of Ireland and the West Indies, but of Great Britain. All New England and New York, Virginia, and North Carolina voted for it. Maryland and Pennsylvania voted against it. On the following day Wythe, Jay, and Wilson were appointed to prepare a preamble to the resolutions, and when on the 22d Lee presented their report (being in the minority), he moved an amendment, charging the King himself with their grievances, inasmuch as he had rejected their petitions with scorn and contempt. This was new and bold ground, and was objected to as sever
Scotia (search for this): entry privateering
n enemies was received by Congress, the first instinct was to retaliate. On March 16, 1776, a committee of the whole considered the propriety of authorizing the inhabitants of the colonies to fit out privateers. Franklin expressed a wish that such an act should be preceded by a declaration of war, as of one independent nation against another. Two days afterwards, after an able debate, privateers were authorized to cruise against ships and their cargoes belonging to any inhabitant, not of Ireland and the West Indies, but of Great Britain. All New England and New York, Virginia, and North Carolina voted for it. Maryland and Pennsylvania voted against it. On the following day Wythe, Jay, and Wilson were appointed to prepare a preamble to the resolutions, and when on the 22d Lee presented their report (being in the minority), he moved an amendment, charging the King himself with their grievances, inasmuch as he had rejected their petitions with scorn and contempt. This was new and bo
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry privateering
ty of authorizing the inhabitants of the colonies to fit out privateers. Franklin expressed a wish that such an act should be preceded by a declaration of war, as of one independent nation against another. Two days afterwards, after an able debate, privateers were authorized to cruise against ships and their cargoes belonging to any inhabitant, not of Ireland and the West Indies, but of Great Britain. All New England and New York, Virginia, and North Carolina voted for it. Maryland and Pennsylvania voted against it. On the following day Wythe, Jay, and Wilson were appointed to prepare a preamble to the resolutions, and when on the 22d Lee presented their report (being in the minority), he moved an amendment, charging the King himself with their grievances, inasmuch as he had rejected their petitions with scorn and contempt. This was new and bold ground, and was objected to as severing the King from the colonies. Never before had they disclaimed allegiance to their monarch, and Con
New England (United States) (search for this): entry privateering
to retaliate. On March 16, 1776, a committee of the whole considered the propriety of authorizing the inhabitants of the colonies to fit out privateers. Franklin expressed a wish that such an act should be preceded by a declaration of war, as of one independent nation against another. Two days afterwards, after an able debate, privateers were authorized to cruise against ships and their cargoes belonging to any inhabitant, not of Ireland and the West Indies, but of Great Britain. All New England and New York, Virginia, and North Carolina voted for it. Maryland and Pennsylvania voted against it. On the following day Wythe, Jay, and Wilson were appointed to prepare a preamble to the resolutions, and when on the 22d Lee presented their report (being in the minority), he moved an amendment, charging the King himself with their grievances, inasmuch as he had rejected their petitions with scorn and contempt. This was new and bold ground, and was objected to as severing the King from t
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry privateering
ittee of the whole considered the propriety of authorizing the inhabitants of the colonies to fit out privateers. Franklin expressed a wish that such an act should be preceded by a declaration of war, as of one independent nation against another. Two days afterwards, after an able debate, privateers were authorized to cruise against ships and their cargoes belonging to any inhabitant, not of Ireland and the West Indies, but of Great Britain. All New England and New York, Virginia, and North Carolina voted for it. Maryland and Pennsylvania voted against it. On the following day Wythe, Jay, and Wilson were appointed to prepare a preamble to the resolutions, and when on the 22d Lee presented their report (being in the minority), he moved an amendment, charging the King himself with their grievances, inasmuch as he had rejected their petitions with scorn and contempt. This was new and bold ground, and was objected to as severing the King from the colonies. Never before had they discla
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry privateering
red the propriety of authorizing the inhabitants of the colonies to fit out privateers. Franklin expressed a wish that such an act should be preceded by a declaration of war, as of one independent nation against another. Two days afterwards, after an able debate, privateers were authorized to cruise against ships and their cargoes belonging to any inhabitant, not of Ireland and the West Indies, but of Great Britain. All New England and New York, Virginia, and North Carolina voted for it. Maryland and Pennsylvania voted against it. On the following day Wythe, Jay, and Wilson were appointed to prepare a preamble to the resolutions, and when on the 22d Lee presented their report (being in the minority), he moved an amendment, charging the King himself with their grievances, inasmuch as he had rejected their petitions with scorn and contempt. This was new and bold ground, and was objected to as severing the King from the colonies. Never before had they disclaimed allegiance to their m
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