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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Description of a detailed model of a French privateer, crafted in gold and silver by a young artist in London, measuring one inch five eighths keel length with intricate metallic components.
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The following description of the model Of a French privateer, in gold and silver, now finishing by a young artist, may probably afford entertainment to the curious part of our readers. The length of the keel is one inch five eighths, mounting eighteen guns, which are gold, with silver muzzles and weigh all together nine grains; her anchors are blue steel, stocked with gold, & tinged with silver: her masts and yards are all gold, and her sails silver; her running rigging gold, blocks and dead eyes silver, &c. the upper works' of her hull are gold, and her bottom silver, which is supported on a supposed northern hemisphere, that moves to any point of the compass required.
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London
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April 20
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Description of a model of a French privateer in gold and silver, now finishing by a young artist: keel length one inch five eighths, mounting eighteen gold guns with silver muzzles weighing nine grains total; blue steel anchors stocked with gold and tinged with silver; gold masts and yards, silver sails; gold running rigging, silver blocks and dead eyes; gold upper hull works, silver bottom, supported on a movable northern hemisphere.