"Turn Out! Turn Out! Or You will All Be Killed!" - The Great Ipswich Fright
Two days after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, widespread panic set in among the residents of several North Shore Massachusetts...
"Struck Severely with Such a Spectacle" - The Privateer Yankee Hero
The Privateer Yankee Hero of Newburyport was a 14 gun sloop-of-war that was part of General Washington's 1775-1776 “Wolf Pack”. This...
"A Schooner of Forty-Five Tons . . . Intended for the Enemy in Boston" - Interdiction of B
In May, 1775, efforts were undertaken by the Massachusetts Committee of Safety to prevent provisions from reaching the British Army...
"To Cruise Against the Enemies of the United States" - The Privateer General Arnold
The Privateer General Arnold was a two hundred and fifty ton merchant vessel that was converted into a privateer in early 1778. It was...
