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Description
Affidavit of Lemuel Moody regarding his capture and imprisonment aboard the ship Betsey with a description of the cargo and crew.
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About This Item
- Title: Affidavit of capture and imprisonment aboard ship, 1842
- Creator: Lemuel Moody
- Creation Date: 1842-08-22
- Subject Date: 1842-08-22
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Color transparency
- Local Code: Coll. 1931, Box 1/21
- Collection: Lemuel Moody collection
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Basse-Terre--Guadeloupe
- Betsey (schooner: ca. 1791)
- Cargo ships --U.S.--Maine--Portland
- Commerce
- Confiscations--Guadeloupe--Basse-Terre
- Manuscripts
- Moody, Lemuel --Capture & imprisonment
- Paramaribo--Surinam
- Pirates
- Privateer the African
- Shipping--Maine--Portland
- Shipping--Surinam
- Ships--Maine--Portland
People
Other Keywords
- adventures
- Business & commerce
- capture
- imprisonment
- Personal writing
- Pirateering
- Privateering
- Seafaring, shipbuilding & fishing
- Weather & disasters
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(207) 774-1822 x230
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