Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner of the Navy of the RevolutionH.H. Brown, 1831 - 312 pages |
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... John Sherburne , of Ports- mouth . My mother was Susannah Knight , the eldest daughter of George Knight , of Kittery , Maine . He died at Cape Breton , in Sir William Pepperell's expedition , in the year 1745 , leaving three infant ...
... John Sherburne , of Ports- mouth . My mother was Susannah Knight , the eldest daughter of George Knight , of Kittery , Maine . He died at Cape Breton , in Sir William Pepperell's expedition , in the year 1745 , leaving three infant ...
Page 14
... John ; the last died in infancy . My sisters were Martha , Elizabeth , Mary , Susan , Abagail , Marcy , Sarah and another who died in infancy . At an early age my life began to be marked by misfortunes and dangers . When I was less than ...
... John ; the last died in infancy . My sisters were Martha , Elizabeth , Mary , Susan , Abagail , Marcy , Sarah and another who died in infancy . At an early age my life began to be marked by misfortunes and dangers . When I was less than ...
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... John's after salt , for his own use ; he was an independent English fisherman . I do not mean that he was a man of fortune ; only that he was inde- pendent of the English merchants in whose service , al- most all the fishermen were ...
... John's after salt , for his own use ; he was an independent English fisherman . I do not mean that he was a man of fortune ; only that he was inde- pendent of the English merchants in whose service , al- most all the fishermen were ...
Page 57
... John's , the capital of Newfoundland , where there was a prison - ship , and a considerable number of prisoners , and it was expected that there would be a cartel sent from there to Boston that fall . Thus there appeared some prospect ...
... John's , the capital of Newfoundland , where there was a prison - ship , and a considerable number of prisoners , and it was expected that there would be a cartel sent from there to Boston that fall . Thus there appeared some prospect ...
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... John's , where I soon ascertained that the cartel had sailed several weeks before , and that there were no prisoners on board the prison ship . This was ap- palling to my feelings : although I had little ground to expect that the ...
... John's , where I soon ascertained that the cartel had sailed several weeks before , and that there were no prisoners on board the prison ship . This was ap- palling to my feelings : although I had little ground to expect that the ...
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