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HBMS Black Raven (1653)
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1654 |
Present at the surrender of Port Royal |
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Originally? |
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A Dutch vessel |
Orders for the New World |
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Robert Sedgwick, commander of the militia at Massachusetts Bay Colony, went to England to seek help in the winter of 1652/1653. He returned with four war ships and orders from Oliver Cromwell, the Protector, to recruit a force of volunteers from the four New England colonies (Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, New Haven, and Connecticut) to attack the Dutch at New York. The first sentence of his orders, issued on 8 February 1653, reads, "You are to take under your care and direction for this present expedition, and according to the Instructions following, the ships Black Raven, Hope, Church, and Augustine . . . |
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Last Updated :2009/01/02 at 20:10:03 by Cy
HBMS Black Raven (1653)
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