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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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In Savannah, Robert Ploghright of the privateer brig Campbell was committed to federal jail on September 18 for lacking a commission copy, recently commanding a U.S. vessel, and being a U.S. citizen. He served as prize master on the retaken schooner Nancy.
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On Tuesday the 18th inst. was committed by the City Council, to the Federal jail in this city, Robert Ploghright, of the privateer brig Campbell, capt. Wilson of Nassau, (N. P.) mounting 18 guns, and owned by Richard Coppinger of that place—he was put on board the schooner Nancy of Philadelphia, commanded by capt. Burnet, (which was retaken by the captain and his mate, as mentioned before, and brought by them in here) as prize master. The charge against him is that he had no copy of a commission, which all privateers legally commissioned, given that he lately commanded an American vessel from Alexandria in Virginia, to the West-Indies, and that he is a citizen of the United States.
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Savannah
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Tuesday The 18th Inst.
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committed to the federal jail in savannah
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Robert Ploghright, of the privateer brig Campbell from Nassau mounting 18 guns owned by Richard Coppinger, was committed by the City Council to the Federal jail in Savannah. He had been put on board the retaken schooner Nancy of Philadelphia commanded by capt. Burnet as prize master. Charges: no copy of a commission, lately commanded an American vessel from Alexandria in Virginia to the West-Indies, and is a citizen of the United States.