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Rhode Island Privateering In The Revolution, Bailey J. Cornell Jan 1901

Rhode Island Privateering In The Revolution, Bailey J. Cornell

Student and Lippitt Prize essays

An essay which chronicles how privateering activities came about in Rhode Island during the Revolution and the constructive influence in ending the fighting, while also aiming to convince the reader that privateering was a lawful act, not simply “licensed piracy”.