Hector McNeill letterbook
| Author/creator | McNeill, Hector author. |
| Other author | Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) digitiser. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://www.lifeatsea.amdigital.co.uk/documents/detail/hector-mcneill-letterbook/21545232 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2753 |
| Summary | Letterbook kept by Captain Hector McNeill, commander of the frigate BOSTON during the Revolutionary War, 19 May- 14 October 1777. Letters pertain to cruises of the frigates BOSTON and HANCOCK, the capture of the H.M.S. FOX, and the loss of the H.M.S. FOX and frigate HANCOCK in an engagement with H.M.S. RAINBOW, H.M.S. FLORA and H.M.S. VICTOR. Includes copies of letters to John Manley, William Mackay, Jonas Clark Minott, John Langdon, Gen. Charles Horatio Gates, John Brown, the Council of Massachusetts, and the Marine Committee of the Continental Congress, among others. |
| Original version | Reproduction of: Hector McNeill letterbook, 1777. |
| Location of original | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Copyright note | Material sourced from the Massachusetts Historical Society |