Thomas Jefferson Papers

Enclosure: List of British Vessels Captured by French Privateers on the American Coast, [7 June 1793]

Enclosure

List of British Vessels Captured by French Privateers on the American Coast

[7 June 1793]

List of British vessels captured on the coasts of the United States by the Schooner Privateers, le Citoyen Genêt and the Sans Culottes fitted out at Charleston

By the Schooner Privr. } Ship William of Glasgow. Capt. Leggett
le Citoyen Genêt Brige. Active of Bermuda. Capt. Bassett
By the Schooner } Brige. Fanny of London. Capt. Pyle
Privateer the Sans Culottes. Schoonr. John of New Providce. Capt. Richardson
Sloop Spry of Do. Capt. Brown
Schoonr. Eunice of Do. Capt. Tucker
Snow Joseph of Do. Capt. Prance*
Bermuda Sloop driven on shore.

* The life of this person is despaired of in consequence of the wounds he received in the action with the Sans Culottes.

FC (Lb in PRO: FO 116/3); undated. Tr (same, 5/1); undated; with minor variations.

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    Enclosure: List of British Vessels Captured by French Privateers on the American Coast, [7 June 1793]
    Author
    Hammond, George
    Recipient
    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    7 June 1793

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    “Enclosure: List of British Vessels Captured by French Privateers on the American Coast, [7 June 1793],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-26-02-0202. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 26, 11 May–31 August 1793, ed. John Catanzariti. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995, p. 218.]

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