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Philip Besom narrative : Memoirs and Narratives 1841.
Life at Sea : Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1900 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Besons, Phillip, author.
- Series:
- Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2833
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navies.
- Sailors.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.
- Summary:
- Personal narrative of Capt. Philip Besom of Marblehead, Mass. recounting his experiences during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. The diary-like narrative was recorded by Amos Lawrence in 1841. Besom described his life as a sailor from 1771-75; joining Daniel Hitchcock's Regiment (later the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment) in Roxbury, Mass. in 1775; various privateering expeditions, 1777-83, in the privateer SATISFACTION, brig FANNY, and ships AURORA, BRANDYWINE, FREEMASON, and MONMOUTH; capturing British ships; and his own capture and imprisonment in Jamaica. Besom also briefly described commanding a privateer during the War of 1812.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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