Marines on Board Commodore Esek Hopkins' Fleet, December 30, 1775

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Onboard the ship Alfred

Capt [Samuel] Nicholas

Lieuts [Matthew] Parke & [John] Fitzpatrick

and the whole company

Onboard the ship Columbus

Capt [Joseph] Shoemaker

Lieuts Miller [sic John Trevett]² & [Robert] Cummings

and the whole company

Onboard the Andrea Doria (Brigg)

Lieutenant [Isaac] Craig and thirty six of the men he raised ー

Onboard the Cabot (Brigg)

Captain [John] Welsh

Lieut [James] Wilson

and the forty men raised by the Capt

Onboard the sloop Providence

Lieutenant [Henry] Dayton

and the fourteen men raised by Lieut

Wilson and six of Lieut Craigs men

Extract from the Minutes

T. Matlack Secy

1. Hopkins Papers, RIHS. This list, while undated, was unquestionably prepared at the end of 1775 and complements the list of naval officers of the Fleet, prepared at about the same time.

2. There was no Lieutenant Miller in the Marine Corps. John Trevett states that he went on board the Columbus as First Lieutenant of Marines, and this is confirmed by the muster roll of the Columbus.

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Date

1775 December 30

Volume

Volume 3

Ships

Series

American Theatre from December 8, 1775, to December 31, 1775