privateering (11 resultados)

32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition. First edition. 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Self wrappers, stitched. Some soiling, closely trimmed at bottom affecting some lines.

Second edition. Two volumes bound as one. [2], 212; [2], 219pp, [5]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Modern calf-backed marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind. Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, very occasional spotting. The second located copy of the second edition of an anonymous maritime novel; first published in 1821 under the title The privateer; a tale. The bulk of the narrative takes place ashore, in the Highlands of Scotland. The anonymous privateer of the title, who barely features, is possibly inspired by François Thurot (1727- 1760) a notorious French privateer who raided British shipping before and during the Seven Years' War. This appears to be a reissue of the sheets of the first edition, with cancel title pages. The advertisements to the rear of Vol. II, which announce the opening of J. Andrews's Library, 167 New Bond-Street, near Grafton-Street, and give subscription terms and regulations, remain unchanged from the first edition. OCLC and COPAC together record a single copy of this edition (Illinois). Size: 12mo.

1p., 8vo. On leaf extracted from an Exchequer receipt book. Good firm signature, undamaged, on document with creasing and heavy wear elsewhere. Laid out in customary style, with printed text completed in manuscript. Recording receipt by Comyn, as assignee of 'Hale' of fifty pounds on an annuity. Witnessed at the foot by 'Jas: Comyn'.

8pp. Dbd. 8pp. Dbd. Senate printing of a petition to both houses of Congress from Philadelphia merchants, asking that Congress pressure France to make reparations for the depredations inflicted by its privateers during the recent war. Five copies located between Shaw & Shoemaker and OCLC. Shaw & Shoermaker 3335 Contemporary manuscript pagination in upper outer corner. Early stains in outer corners throughout, affecting a few characters of text. Scattered foxing. A good copy.

A late effort by the underwriters and merchants of Baltimore to recoup their loses from forcible seizures by the French in Leghorn in 1807 and 1808, citing the treaty of amity and commerce ratified by France and the United States on July 31, 1801. The memorialists also claim that they were never paid for supplies delivered to the French during their attempts to retake the colony of Saint Domingue in 1803. Only four copies listed in OCLC, at Johns Hopkins, the University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, and the American Antiquarian Society. SHOEMAKER 11672. SABIN 3047. OCLC 4048962. Stitched as issued. Light foxing and toning, else very good.

Congressional printing of documents relating to French cargo, vessels, and prisoners taken by American privateers in the West Indies, published shortly after the Convention of 1800 went into force on December 21, 1801. The Convention, which assured the United States's neutrality during France's war with with Britain and ended the recent "Quasi-War," provided for each country to compensate the other for vessels and cargo seized since 1798. The present pamphlet includes an inventory of goods taken from the prize schooner Buonaparte and their prices realized at sale in August 1799. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3276. 20pp. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Foxed, else very good, untrimmed and partially unopened.

Early Senate document printing diplomatic correspondence between the U.S., France, and Great Britain on the "vexations and spoliations" of American merchant ships by French and British privateers during the 1793-94 war between Britain and France. Much of the pamphlet involves British policies of letters of marque against French ships and American vessels trading with French colonies, as detailed by U.S. Ambassador to Britain Thomas Pinckney and British War Secretary Henry Dundas. A letter by Joseph Fauchet, the French ambassador to the U.S., defends the French embargo and refutes charges of misconduct on the seas, to which Secretary of State Edmund Randolph's reply is also printed. The correspondence dates from Dec. 26, 1793, to April 3, 1794. A rare and interesting document of the diplomacy that helped set the stage for Jay's Treaty, which was signed the following November. OCLC records fewer than ten physical copies as of 2023. EVANS 27891. ESTC W27273. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Blank impressions of scribbles on first leaf, light scattered foxing, marginal soiling, else very good. Untrimmed.

An outstanding and unusually comprehensive archive documenting the British-built armed brig Swallow, a Liverpool privateer operating in the Caribbean under the experienced prize-master John McIver. The papers trace in exceptional detail the purchase, fitting out, commissioning, and deployment of a late 18th-century privateering vessel, anchored by impressive original Letters of Marque. Privateering was, in essence, a form of licensed warfare. As the Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea defines it, a privateer was "a privately owned vessel armed with guns commissioned by letters of marque, which licensed them to take prizes in time of war" (1979, p. 670). This archive shows the process in action. The owners' letters to McIver convey both urgency and anxiety as they navigate the risks of long-distance operations during wartime, revealing the network of merchants, agents, and seamen supporting the Swallow. Early letters make clear that McIver was the driving force: his kinsmen purchased the vessel "solely with the View to make a profitt by a Resale" yet were "well pleased you have taken the Command." The brig was refitted with 10 new iron cannon and furnished with Letters of Marque against French, Dutch, and later Spanish vessels. In late 1796 the Liverpool partners press McIver to sail immediately for Caribbean waters "in search of Spanish Prizes," while repeatedly stressing the need for constant intelligence. Their concerns deepen over slow remittances from their agent in Jamaica and uncertainty over whether to continue privateering or sell the ship. Built at East Cowes and bought on the stocks by the Royal Navy in 1781, the Swallow was sold in 1795 to a Liverpool consortium including Samuel McDowall, the Twemlow family, and the McIvers, with McIver himself later taking a one-third share. At his urging the vessel was strengthened, rearmed, and commissioned. Her first Letter of Marque (12 July 1796) authorized cruising against the French and Dutch; a second (January 1797) targeted Spanish shipping, prompting an increase to 20 guns and a crew of 80. As Gomer Williams notes, the Swallow "was not an ordinary privateer but an armed vessel, specially hired by Government." McIver enjoyed some success: off Léogâne he sent into Port-au-Prince a large brig and schooner with French property aboard, took other vessels, and saved the Fame of Liverpool from capture. The letters also record his ancillary government work transporting governors and army officers. By 1797, however, the quasi-peace following Leoben and Campo Formio curtailed her privateering activities. The archive also preserves McIver's account of capturing a small American merchantman in 1793 - a case serious enough to draw the attention of Thomas Jefferson and the British envoy George Hammond. The later history of the McIver/MacIver family forms a notable coda: their descendants became central figures in the creation of the Cunard Line, partnering with Samuel Cunard and Robert Napier in the 1830s and 1840s to establish what became the British and North American Royal Steam Packet Company. This archive offers a superlative and unusually granular record of British privateering at a moment when European conflict fuelled an upsurge of activity in the Caribbean - a milieu in which, as N. A. M. Rodger observes, "the letter of marque was often a slender cover for piracy." A full listing with commentary is available on request. N. A. M. Rodgers, The Wooden World, 1986; Gomer Williams, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade, 1897; Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates, 2007, p. 314. Overall in remarkably good condition.

Two dialogues discussing Dutch warships capturing Dunkirk privateers and merchant ships. Dunkirkers, serving the Spanish Navy, were a major threat to Dutch trade and shipping, taking hundreds of ships during the Dutch revolt. The present pamphlet discusses several commanders of warships, including the Zeeland captains Jacob Pense, Gerrit Verhagen, Jan Evertsen de Jonge and Jacob Verhelle, who captured no fewer than 30 Dunkirk ships in just one year. Jan Evertsen de Jonge was the son of the famous admiral Jan Evertsen, who had captured the infamous Duinkerk privateer Jacques Colaert in 1636 and later fought several battles in the first and second Anglo-Dutch war. The pamphlet concludes with a list of captured ships mentioned in the text. It seems to have been written to advocate the fitting out of more warships to protect Dutch (or more particularly Zeeland) trade.Spine damaged, otherwise in very good condition.l Den Zeusen Beesem 1062; Knuttel 5221; Thysius 4812; Tiele, Pamfletten, 3000. 19th-century sprinkled paper wrappers. With a large woodcut illustration on the title-page showing the Middelburg coat of arms, supported by a merman and a mermaid with ships in the background (signed "I.C.I."). Set in textura. Pages: [36] pp.

Amsterdam, Mattheus Schooneveld, 1781. Folio. (4) pp. Congratulations to Matthys Ooster on the save return of the privateers of De Dolphyn, Triton and Spion after hijacking two English ships with a load of coal, The Mary, captain Josias Gibson and The Providence, captain Thomas Wright, off the coast of England. On the return voyage there was a short (12 minutes) confrontation with 4 other English ships off the coast of Texel. Finally the fleet came home safe. Written by Dion. Werner on board of the ship the Dolphyn on the road of Texel, September 16, 1781. - (Stained). - Rare. STCN only 1 copy.

3pp. With light two line BARBADOES (Type A2) late use and London cds, finally rated 3/- (?) Letter from Lieut. Bartleman concerning the prize money due to him from the capture of vessels by HMS Scorpio, La Babet and La Prompte including three American vessels.