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USN 902756 American Brig INDEPENDENCE Captures a West Indiaman, 1777

American Brig INDEPENDENCE Captures a West Indiaman, 1777
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Title: American Brig INDEPENDENCE Captures a West Indiaman, 1777
Caption: Captain Thomas Truxtun in 1777, when in command of the 12-gun privateer brig INDEPENDENCE, going to the Azores, captured a number of small prizes and then had the luck to fall in with the convoy from the Windward Islands. There were frigates to protect the fleet but Truxtun cut out three big ships, one of which was manned and armed better than INDEPENDENCE, save only for the difference in captains.
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Catalog #: USN 902756
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Original Creator: Artist, Warren (attributed)
After this Year: 1812
Before this Year: 1815
Original Medium: Watercolor Painting, BW Photo
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