The Maritime Marauder of Revolutionary Maine, Captain Henry Mowat

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gratwick, Harry, Author.

Series:

Military

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mowat, Henry, 1734-1798.

Mowat, Henry.

Great Britain. Royal Navy--Officers--Biography.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Royal Navy.

American Revolution (1775-1783).

Burning of Falmouth by the British (Maine : 1775).

Maine--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

Maine.

Falmouth (Me.)--History--Burning by the British, 1775.

Falmouth (Me.).

Maine--Falmouth.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] The History Press 2015

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1775, Captain Henry Mowat infamously ordered the burning of Falmouth--now Portland. That act cast him as the arch-villain in the state's Revolutionary history, but Mowat's impact on Maine went far beyond a single order. The Scottish Mowat began his North American career by surveying the Maine coast, capturing and confiscating colonial merchant ships he suspected of smuggling. Already feared by Mainers when the war broke out, his legacy was further tarnished when he was blamed for dismantling Fort Pownall at the mouth of the Penobscot River. In this volume, local historian Harry Gratwick examines the life of Henry Mowat and whether he truly was the scoundrel of Revolutionary Maine.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9781625850539

1625850530

OCLC:

1293259886