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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02587 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1754-1764 |
| Title | French and Indian War privateer's commission of Captain Samuel Partridge |
| Date | 18 January 1760 |
| Author | Pownall, Thomas (1722-1805) |
| Additional authors | Clarke, Thomas (fl. 1758-1760) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Countersigned by Thomas Clarke, Deputy Secretary. Pownall, Governor of Massachusetts Bay, authorizes Captain Samuel Partridge to "set forth in warlike manner the said Ship Race Horse under his own Command and ... seize & take the Ships, Vessels, and Goods belonging to the French King or his Vassals & Subjects ... " |
| Subjects | French and Indian War Military History Government and Civics Maritime Privateering France Global History and Civics |
| People | Clarke, Thomas (fl. 1758-1760) Pownall, Thomas (1722-1805) Partridge, Samuel (fl. 1760) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | French & Indian Wars; Naval & Maritime; Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |