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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01412.20 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 14 September 1775 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Documents the impressment of the Captain Edward Southwick's Sloop Warren by Captain James Wallace of the Rose, a man of war. Includes a list of unreturned materials, exceeding 50 pounds in value.

Southwick, Edward, fl. 1775
Wallace, James, Sir, 1753-1818

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