The Boston Packet James Shepherd Master Instructions Issued By Vice Admiral Graves In Obedience

by Samuel Graves Vice Admiral Of The White Commander In Chief Of His Majestys Ships In The River Saint

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but actually London: William Strahan: 1780? . Folio broadsheet 17½ x 11 ; 3 horizontal folds, the paper a bit dusty, else very good. With its original separately printed title leaf, folded into a wrap-around sleeve. In January 1776, Captain Bromedge wrote to Vice Admiral Schuldham regarding his boarding of the ship Boston Packet, and his suspicion that they were carrying stores to the enemy. I am informed by the crew of the Boston Packet that the Master declared repeatedly on the

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