Dalton, Tristram, 1738-1817 Dr The Sloop Game Cock to Sundry Adventurers as a Privateer
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.525 Author/Creator: Dalton, Tristram, 1738-1817 Place Written: Newburyport, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 15 March 1776 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 45.6 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy
Signed by Dalton, Jackson, Tracy & Tracy, Stephen & Ralph Cross, and Jonathan Sitcomb. Provides account information for the vessel (Dr means Debit Record), listing individual balances of the firms or persons invested. Indicates a fifth share pertaining to Colonel Moses Little, who does not sign. Discusses damages, expenditures, and the division of costs and profits. Agreed to and signed 15 March, though partially recorded 26 February 1776.
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