Bibliograph

Alleged pirate, the legend of Captain John Sinclair of Smithfield and Gloucester, Virginia, by Thomas T. Wiatt

Type

Label

Alleged pirate, the legend of Captain John Sinclair of Smithfield and Gloucester, Virginia, by Thomas T. Wiatt

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-96)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Alleged pirate

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1194958079

Responsibility statement

by Thomas T. Wiatt

Sub title

the legend of Captain John Sinclair of Smithfield and Gloucester, Virginia

Summary

Captain John Sinclair was a privateer and naval hero of the American Revolutionary War. In peace time he returned to his career as a merchant seaman, farmer and famly man. In 1795, he found himself in the courthouse in Williamsburg, Virginia being tried for piracy

Table Of Contents

Family background (1734) -- The seaman (1755) -- The privateer (1776) -- The french (1779) -- After the war (1783) -- William (1790) -- A new beginning (1791) -- Back to the sea (1793) -- The American Neutrality Act (1794) -- The unicorn (1794) -- The trial (1794) -- Elizabeth (1796) -- U.S. war with the french (1798) -- The Second War of American Independence (1812) -- Caroline (1816) -- Epilogue (1820) -- Appendix -- Sinclair descendants (1820)

Target audience

adult

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