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USN 903320 American Privateer POSTBOY Captured by HMS PACTOLUS, December 1814

American Privateer POSTBOY Captured by HMS PACTOLUS, December 1814
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Title: American Privateer POSTBOY Captured by HMS PACTOLUS, December 1814
Caption: On 9 December 1814, the British 36-gun frigate HMS PACTOLUS, Captain Honorable Frederick William Aylmer, having captured the American privateer POSTBOY of 80 tons burthen, Midshipman William Augustus Ferrar was placed in charge of the prize and sent to Bermuda. During the passage, however, POSTBOY, in a violent gale was totally dismasted and, becoming water-logged, remained in that condition a whole week with the inextricable corpses of four suffocated seamen lying in a state of putrefaction in the fore cabin. Mr. Ferrar and his only two companions at length contrived to bale the water out and commit the bodies to the deep but it was not until after 40 days of protracted and awful suffering that they fell in with and were rescued by a merchant schooner.
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Catalog #: USN 903320
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Original Creator: Artist, Warren (attributed)
After this Year: 1812
Before this Year: 1815
Original Medium: Watercolor Painting, BW Photo
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