Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner of the Navy of the RevolutionH.H. Brown, 1831 - 312 pages |
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... Portsmouth , New Hampshire . Within my remembrance many persons of the name of Sherburne , were inhabitants of Portsmouth , and especially of the plain , called Sherburne's plain . The only family , however , now on the plain , is that ...
... Portsmouth , New Hampshire . Within my remembrance many persons of the name of Sherburne , were inhabitants of Portsmouth , and especially of the plain , called Sherburne's plain . The only family , however , now on the plain , is that ...
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... Portsmouth . His wife was my father's youngest sister . I lived more than four years in this family , without having seen any member of my father's family . Here I began to feel the sorrows of life . I frequently mourned deeply over my ...
... Portsmouth . His wife was my father's youngest sister . I lived more than four years in this family , without having seen any member of my father's family . Here I began to feel the sorrows of life . I frequently mourned deeply over my ...
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... Portsmouth . An abundance of new objects was here presented to my view . Ships were building , prizes taken from the enemy unloading , priva- teers fitting out , standards waved on the forts and batte- ries , the exercising of soldiers ...
... Portsmouth . An abundance of new objects was here presented to my view . Ships were building , prizes taken from the enemy unloading , priva- teers fitting out , standards waved on the forts and batte- ries , the exercising of soldiers ...
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... Portsmouth . This ship had been or- dered to join the Boston and Providence frigates and the Queen of France of twenty guns , upon an expedition di- rected by Congress . My father having consented that I should go to sea , preferred the ...
... Portsmouth . This ship had been or- dered to join the Boston and Providence frigates and the Queen of France of twenty guns , upon an expedition di- rected by Congress . My father having consented that I should go to sea , preferred the ...
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... Portsmouth . As priva- teering was the order of the day , vessels of every descrip- tion were employed in the business . Men were not wanting who would hazard themselves in vessels of twen- ty tons or less , manned by ten or fifteen ...
... Portsmouth . As priva- teering was the order of the day , vessels of every descrip- tion were employed in the business . Men were not wanting who would hazard themselves in vessels of twen- ty tons or less , manned by ten or fifteen ...
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