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NH 43933 PIGOT and ARGO capture British schooner LIVELY and two privateers, off the coast of Providence.

PIGOT and ARGO capture British schooner LIVELY and two privateers, off the coast of Providence.
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Title: PIGOT and ARGO capture British schooner LIVELY and two privateers, off the coast of Providence.
Caption: Commodore Silas Talbot was in command of PIGOT and ARGO. Painted by Thomas Birch. Note: British brig PIGOT, captured in October 1778, became Continental brig ARGO in 1779.
Description: Courtesy of William R. Talbot, Jr., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1967.
Catalog #: NH 43933
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator: Painted by Thomas Birch.
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Original Medium: BW Photo, Oil Painting
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