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Penhallow, John, 1692-1735 [Privateer document for outfitting ship]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01412.32 Author/Creator: Penhallow, John, 1692-1735 Place Written: Portsmouth, New Hampshire Type: Document signed Date: 15 September 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 28 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Cosigned by Joshua Wentworth, John Langston, Jacob Treadwell, Nathan Sherburne, Woodbury Langdon, and W. Gardner. Describes the privateers' prize division between parties.

Penhallow, John, 1692-1735
Wentworth, Joshua, 1742-1809
Langdon, John, 1741-1819
Langdon, Woodbury, 1739-1805
Sherburne, Nathaniel, 1754-1799
Treadwell, Jacob, 1736-1787
Gardner, W., fl. 1780

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