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868:"Allan McLane: Unknown Hero of the Revolution"
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1206:Battle of Mobley's Meeting House
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1046:A history of American privateers
953:. 8 September 1789. p. 591.
878:from the original on 2017-04-22.
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1029:. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot.
924:. 15 December 1781. p. 6.
866:Cook, Fred J. (October 1956).
735:Congress/Duchess of Cumberland
669:had a broadside of 48 pounds;
571:again and another duel began.
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1011:. 16 October 1781. p. 1.
1341:Battle of the Combahee River
1103:Siege of Savage's Old Fields
839:Ketchum, Richard M. (2014).
1351:British evacuate Charleston
1266:Battle of Blackstock's Farm
1170:Action of 11 September 1779
1118:Battle of Sullivan's Island
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822:"Allen M'Lean, of Delaware"
698:Maclay further states that
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642:mentions the recapture of
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824:. In Miller, A.E. (ed.).
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1113:Battle of the Rice Boats
539:When Stirling first saw
1315:Battle of Eutaw Springs
1241:Battle of Musgrove Mill
1236:Battle of Fishing Creek
1221:Battle of Cedar Springs
1196:Battle of Lenud's Ferry
199:1 sloop-of-war captured
1346:Battle of James Island
1261:Battle of Fishdam Ford
1226:Battle of Hanging Rock
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238:Atlantic naval theatre
192:1 sloop-of-war damaged
140:Commanders and leaders
1246:Battle of Black Mingo
1211:Battle of Rocky Mount
1165:Battle of Stono Ferry
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1297:Siege of Fort Motte
1186:Siege of Charleston
934:Maclay, pg. 211-212
524:was returning from
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1160:Battle of Beaufort
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1414:Conflicts in 1781
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1003:"No. 12234"
965:"No. 12279"
945:"No. 13130"
916:"No. 12251"
715:prison ship
626:recaptured
314:Cape Breton
190:~30 wounded
1398:Categories
1371:79°50′13″W
1368:32°41′24″N
1019:References
488:Charleston
360:Hudson Bay
309:Cape Split
197:26 wounded
78:Charleston
18:HMS Savage
764:Citations
751:HMS
723:HMS
719:Placentia
704:HMS
621:HMS
598:Aftermath
581:boatswain
412:privateer
284:Frederica
188:11 killed
876:Archived
782:Carolana
747:Congress
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417:and the
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409:American
327:Cape Ann
321:Trumbull
271:Yarmouth
266:Barbados
195:8 killed
167:Strength
72:Location
50:Congress
753:Oiseaux
702:became
679:Savage.
638:. (The
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618:frigate
516:of the
484:leagues
450:Captain
440:Capture
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350:Halifax
278:Hancock
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