Articles of agreement : had, made and concluded upon, in the city of Philadelphia, in the province of Pennsylvania, on the second day of September, in the eighteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George II. by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. Anno Dom. 1745, between John Cunnyngham commander of the private man of war Snow the dreadnought, and said Snow's company, on the other part, bound from the port of Philadelphia aforesaid, on a cruizing voyage against the enemies of his most sacred Majesty aforesaid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cunnyngham, John.

Contributor:

Curtis Collection of Franklin Imprints (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privateering--Pennsylvania--Early works to 1800.

Privateering.

History.

Sea control.

Pennsylvania--History--King George's War, 1744-1748--Naval operations--Early works to 1800.

Pennsylvania.

Genre:

Broadsides -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

Allen, George (donor) (Curtis Collection copy)

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 54 x 54 cm

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified], [1745]

Biography/History:

The privateer Snow, under the command of John Cunnyngham (or Cunningham), arrived in Philadelphia from St. Kitts for refitting on 11 August 1745 (cf. Pennsylvania journal (15 August 1745), p. [3]) and began advertising for hands in the Pennsylvania gazette and Pennsylvania journal on 22 August. On 13-15 December 1745 Snow joined with three other vessels (the brig Castor and sloops Diana and Pollux) in an attack on five French merchantmen. According to Cunnyngham, however, the other ships refused to support him; Snow was severely damaged and forced to withdraw to Jamaica for repair. Cf. Pennsylvania gazette (25 February 1746), p. [3], and Pennsylvania journal (25 May 1746), p. [3].

Notes:

Broadside (horizontal chain lines).

Not in Campbell, ESTC, Evans, Hildeburn or Miller.

Local Notes:

Curtis Collection copy imperfect: lower left corner torn off along previous folds with loss of text of article X, some text of article XX, and some text at end of broadside.

Curtis Collection copy has ms. note ("Green Jan. 9, 1922 B") in pencil at head of sheet; early ms. inscription ("Dunu" or "Dana") in ink in top right corner of sheet; a few early ms. calculations and pen tests on verso of sheet.

Curtis Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 1952 by George Allen.

Curtis Collection copy has laid in portion of laid paper sheet (crowned top of watermark visible) with ms. note ("8 1/2 x 11") in pencil on one side and partially effaced ms. calculations in pencil on the other.

Curtis Collection copy torn and mended with Japanese tissue along previous folds with minor damage to text; some dampstaining of sheet.

Cited in:

Adams, T.R. "American imprints before 1801 in the University of Pennsylvania Library and not in Evans." In Library chronicle, v. 22 (1956): 41-57, 8

OCLC:

63549899