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NH 56749 Five Merchant Ships

Five Merchant Ships
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Title: Five Merchant Ships
Caption: Five privately owned armed merchant ships defending themselves and an English East India company packet from capture, lat. 20 N 88 E long. on 3 November 1800. The five American merchant ships are: CLEOPATRA, Captain Naylor, PERSEVERENCE, Williamson, HERALD, Silsbee, GRACE, Davis, and SPHINX, Brantz.
Description: Original picture in possession of Frederick Silsbee Whitwell, 166 Marlboro St Boston Massachusetts
Catalog #: NH 56749
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator: Lewis Brantz, painter
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Original Medium: Painting, BW Photo
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