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Enrolled, No. 6, Jan. 15, 1795. Owners: William Shaw,
Esquire, Boston. Master: John Nichols. George Barstow, surveyor, · Wiscasset (now Maine) . For subsequent documentation soo Vol. II.
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RACHEL, schooner, of Boston. Built at Braintree, 1785. 53 45/95 tons; 56 ft. x 17 ft. 1 in. x 6 ft. 8 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Registered, No. 52, Nov. 19, 1789. Owners: Thomas Hichborn, boatbuilder, Boston; Benjamin Collins, mariner, Truro. Master: Barzillai Rich. (NA).
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RACHEL, brigantine, of Boston. Built, place and date unknown. 87 17/95 tons; 62 ft. 9 in. x 20 ft. 6 in. x 8 ft. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, No. 2, June 25, 1793, at Edenton, N. C.
Registered, No. 112, Aug. 8, 1793. Owners: Joseph Cordis, merchant, William Wignal Stevens, mariner, Charlestown; George Searle, merchant, Newburyport. Master: Benjamin Leach. (NA).
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RAINBOW, sloop, of Newburyport. Built at Falmouth (now Maine) , 1785. 85 73/95 tons; 65 ft. 3 in. x 20 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 6 in. One deck, one mast, square stern. Previously registered, No. 35, June 18, 1790, at Portland (now Maine) .
Registered .(temporary) , No. 76, July 10, 1792. Owners: Abraham Jackson, merchant, Newburyport. Master: Samuel Jackson. ( NA) .
896
RAINBOW, schooner, of Boston. Built at Freeport (now Maine) ,
1792. 111 82/95 tons; 73 ft. 8 in. x 22 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 10 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 27, Sept. 13, 1792, at Portland (now Maine) .
Registered, No. 141, Sept. 30, 1793. Owners: Cornelius Durant, Boston. Charles Miller, Agent, Boston. Master: Moses Freeman. (NA) . For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
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RAMBLER, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Bath (now Mcine) , 1785. 100 76/95 tons; 64 ft. 6 in. x 2l ft. 8 in. x 8 ft. 7 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 7, Jan. 8, 1790. Owners: Samuel Cabot, merchant, Boston. Master: Samuel Barnes. (NA) .
Registered, No. 163, Oct. 20, 1790. Owners: John Gray Jr., mariner, Boston. Master: John Gray Jr. (NA) .
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Registered, No. 67, Aug. 3, 1791. Owners: Thomas Clement Jr., merchant., Boston. Master: Melzar Joy. (NA) .
Registered, No. 7, May 24, 1792, at Wiscasset (now Maine) . Registered, No. 125, Nov. 14, 1792. Owners: Eleazer Homer, merchant, Boston. Master: Peleg Lewis Hillman. Change of masters: Elijah Luce, June 23, 1792; William Tuck, June 24, 1793; Peleg Lewis Hillman, June 17, 1794. (NA).
Registered, No. 362, Dec. 18, 1795. Owners: Eleazer Homer, James Lloyd Homer, merchants, Boston. Master: Josiah Calder. (NA) . For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
898 RAMBLER, schooner, of Duxbury. Built at Duxbury, 1790. 100 87/95 tons; 68 ft. 10 in. x 20 ft. 7 in. x 8 ft. 3 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered (temporary), No. 103, May 27, 1790. Owners: Clarke Drew, mariner; Sylvanus Drew, Reuben Drew, shipwrights, Duxbury. Master: David Phillips. (NA). Registered, Sept. 7, 1790, at Salem. :
Registered, hailing port Boston, No. 36, Apr. 13, 1792.
Owners: Samuel Blagge, merchant, Boston; John Blagge, merchant, New York City. Master: Thomas Barnard. (NA) .
Enrolled, No. 99, May 16, 1794. Length 68 ft. 3 in. Owners:
same . Master: same. Thomas Melville, surveyor.
Registered, No. 247, Dec. 12, 1794. Owners: same . Master: Stephen Hills. (NA). Registered, No. 84, June 25, 1795. Owners: sarne . Master: Edward Burt, Boston. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
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RAMBLER, brigantine, of New York City. Built in Massachusetts, 1785. 94 39/95 tons; 63 ft. 6 in. x 18 ft. 6 in. x 9 ft. 3 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern, figurehead. Previously registered, No. 16, Jan. 23, 1790, at New York City.
Registered (temporary), No. 52, May 28, 1792. Owners: John Heacock, mariner, New York City. Master: John Keaquick, New York City. Vessel and papers having been lost, June 6, 1792, off Isle of Sable. (NA) .
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RAMBLER, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Duxbury, 1793. 138 31/95 tons; 70 ft. 6 in. x 21 ft. 4 in. x 10 ft. 8 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 104, July 22, 1793. Owners: Charles
Sigourney, Samuel Smith, merchants, Boston. Master: Joseph Ripley.
Change of masters: Nathaniel Byfield Lyde, May 7, 1794. (NA) . Registered, No. 14, Jan. 10, 1795. Owners: Burrill Carnes,
Edward Carnes, merchants, Boston. Master: Daniel Boyer. (NA). Registered, as snow, No. 150, June 8, 1795. Owners: same. Master: Timothy Weyer. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
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RANGER, schooner, of Boston. Built at Yarmouth, 1785. 57.63/95 tons; 62 ft. x 18 ft. 5 in. x 5 ft. 10 in. One deck, two masts, Square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Registered, No. 20, Oct. 27, 1789. Owners: Thomas Gould, Hans Nash, mariners, Weymouth; George Makepeace, merchant, Boston. Master:" Thomas Gould. (NA) .
Registered, No. 53, Mar. 9, 1790. Owners: George Makepeace, merchant, William Wood, baker, Boston. Master: Daniel Rhodes. (NA) .
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RANGER, schooner, of Hingham. Built at Hingham, 1785. 31 58/95 tons; 46 ft. 2 in. x 15 ft. 2 in. x 5 ft. 6 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Registered, No. 50, Mar. 2, 1790. Owners: Thomas Loring,
Thomas Thaxter, merchants, Hingham. Master:
Samuel Lincoln. Change of masters: Joseph Basset, Mar. 24, 1791; Ezra Gardner, Nov. 24, 1791; Ephraim Andrews, Nov. 14, 1792; Samuel Garcher, Apr. 4, 1793. (NA). Enrolled, No. 16, Mar. 13, 1794. Owners: same. Master: Ezra Gardner. Change of masters: Leavitt Lane, Mar. 25, 1795; James Collins June 19, 1798; Leavitt Lane, Oct. 23, 1798; James Markle, Mar. 13, 1801. Thomas Melville, surveyor. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
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RANGER, sloop, of North Yarmouth. Built at Duxbury, 1791. 51 4/95 tons; 57 ft. x 18 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 9 in. One deck, one mast, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Registered (temporary) , No. 118, Nov. 10, 1791. Owners: Joseph Gray, mariner, North Yarmouth. Master: Alden Bass. Change of masters: Joseph Gray, July 24, 1792; Loring Mitchell, June 21, 1793. (NA) .
Registered (temporary) , No. 245, Sept. 5, 1795. Owners: Andrew Russell, mariner, Joseph Gray, Mary Gray, North Yarmouth. Master: Andrew Russell. Surrendered, Sept. 8, 1795, at Portland (now
Maine) . (NA) .
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RANGER, schooner, of Boston. Built at Barnstable, 1784. 90 64/95 tons; 66 ft. x 21 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 7 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, Nov. 5, 1791, at Bath ( now Maine) . Registered, No. 48, May 11, 1793. Owners: Ebenezer Woodward, trader, Boston. Master: Gamaliel Luce. Cancelled by direction of Treasury Department, dated Jan. 2, 1794. (NA) .
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RANGER, sloop, of Boston. Built at Newcastle (now Maine) , 1785. 94 tons; 67 ft. x 21 ft. 8 in. x 7 ft. 9 in. One deck, one mast, square stern. Previously registered, No. 17, Oct. 19, 1792, at Wiscasset ( now Maine) .
Enrolled, No. 30, Aug. 17, 1793. Owners: Josiah Knapp,
merchant, Boston. Master: Ebenezer Gove.
Registered, No. 228, Dec. 21, 1793. Owners: same. Master: same. Vessel having been taken by Jonathan Salisbury, Esquire, commander of a British ship of war, carried into Barbadoes, there condemned and register detained. (NA).
906
1788. RANGER, schooner, of Boston. Built at Brunswick (now Maine),
63 87/95 tons; 48 ft. 3 in. x 18 ft. 5 in. x 6 ft. 10 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, June 11, 1793, at Wiscasset (now Maine) .
Registered, No. 160, Oct. 26, 1793. Owners: Andrew Leach, merchant, Boston. Master: John Hughes. Change of masters: Israel Jordan, May 16, 1794; Benjamin Cushing, Aug. 2, 1794. Vessel having been condemned as unfit for sea, at the Island of Guadeloupe and there sold. (NA) .
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RANGER, schooner, of Duxbury. Built at Duxbury, 1794. 92 53/95 tons; 65 ft. 6 in. x 21 ft. 2 in. x 7 ft. 10 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, No. 4, Apr. 5, 1794, at Plymouth. Registered (temporary), No. 253, Dec. 16, 1794. Owners: Timothy Walker, Samuel Walker, mariners, Duxbury. Master: John
Thompson. (NA).
RANGER, schooner, of Wellfleet. Built at Duxbury, 1788. 65 tons; 60 ft. 3 in. x 17 ft. 1 in. x 7 ft. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, No. 12, June 26, 1794, at Barnstable. Registered (temporary), No. 81, Mar. 28, 1795. Owners: . Freeman Atwood, Eleazer Atwood, Stephen Atwood, Richard Atwood, Isaiah Atwood, mariners, Wellfleet. Master: Freeman Atwood. ( NA).
. RANGER, schooner, of Boston. Built at Bristol (now Maine), 1794. 103 tons; 70 ft. Il in. x 21 ft. 8 in. x 7 ft. 8 in. ono deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, No. 31, Sept. 11, 1794, Wiscasset ( now Maine) .
Registered, No. 82, Kar. 30, 1795. Owners: Daniel Scott, merchant, Charlestown. Master: John Taylor. Change of master: William Tucker, Aug. 4, 1795; Owon Hilman, Jan. 8, 1796. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
910 RANGER, schooner, of Boston. Built at Duxbury, 1795. 111 79/91 tons; 71 ft. x 21 ft. 3 in. x 8 ft. 7 in. Ono deck, two masts, square storn. Previously enrolled, No. 17, May 1, 1795, at Plymouth.
Registered, No. 314, Nov. 9, 1795. Owners: John Kennedy, merchant, Boston. Master: Joseph masterbrooks. Change of mesters: Luke Kecf, Sept. 23, 1796; Joseph Esterbrooks, Nov. 21, 1796; Roubon Carver, Oct. 28, 1797; Joseph Fastorbrooks, Doc. 26, 1797; Richard Codman, June 27, 1798. Vessel altered to a brig. (NA). For subsoquont documentation sce Vol. II.
911 RAVEN, schoonor, of Boston. Built at Amosbury, 1785. 71 5/95 tons; 59 ft. 8 in. x 18 ft. x 7 ft. 8 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Registorod, No. 88, Dec. 12, 1789. Owners: Eben Parsons,
Gorham Farsons, Boston. Master: Thomas Hopkins. (NA) .
Registered, No. 8, Jan. 31, 1791. 85 25/95 tons; 60 ft. 9 in. x 18 ft. x 9 ft. Owners: samo. Master: William Tuck Jr. Change of masters: William Stevens Plummer, Sept. 28, 1791. ( NA). 912 REBECCA, schooner, of Boston. Built at Damariscotta (now Mainc), 1785. 84 35/95 tons; 66 ft. x 20 ft. x 7 ft. 4 in. Ono deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 43, Feb. 12, 1790. Owners: Josoph Cordis, merchant, Charlostorm. Ister: Anthony Nuttor. (NA). Registered (temporary), hailing port Savannah, Ga., No. 152,
Oct. 4, 1790. Owners: Samuel Nowell, Robort Bolton, merchants,
. Savannah, Ga. Kastor: Samuel Nowell. Surrendered at Charleston, S. C .. (dato unknown). (NA).
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913 REBECCA, ship, of Nantucket. Built at Boston, 1786. 187 32/95
tons; 77 ft. 1 in. x 24 ft. x 12 ft. Two decks, three masts, square stern, quarter badges, figurehead. Previous documentation not shown. Registered (temporary), No. 101, May 22, 1790. Owners: George Folgier Jr., mariner; Shubael Barnard, Peleg Coffin Jr., merchants, Nantucket. Master: George Folgier Jr. Change of masters: Seth Folgier, Aug. 23, 1790. (NA).
914
REBECCA, schooner, of Boston. Built at Yarmouth (now Maine) , 1784. 100 31/95 tons; 68 ft. x 21 ft. 6 in. x 8 ft. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 2, Jan. 3, 1792, at Portland ( now Maine) .
Registered, No. 43, May 9, 1792. Owners: James Tisdale, merchant, Boston. Master: John W. Greaton. (NA) .
Enrolled, No. 2, Apr. 10, 1794, at Wilmington, N. C. Registered, as brigantine, No. 52, May 22, 1794. 141 11/95 tons; 70 ft. 11 in. x 21 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft. 9 in. Two decks, long quarter deck. Owners: same. Master: Ebenezer Nutting. (NA) . For subsequent documentation see Vol. II. 915 REBECCA, brig, of Boston. Built at Hingham, 1786. 125 16/95 tons; 65 ft. x 21 ft. 4 in. x 10 ft. 8 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 16, Nov. 2, 1792, at Bath (now Maine) , Registered, No. 74, June 12, 1793. Owners: John Walley . Langdon, merchant, Boston; Joseph Cordis, merchant, Charlestown. Master; Issachar Stowell. Cancelled by direction of Treasury Department, dated Oct. 8, 1795. (NA).
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REBECCA, sloop, of Boston. Built at Connecticut, 1786. 56 38/94 tons; 56 ft. 7 in. x 18 ft. x 6 ft. 6 in. One deck, one mast, square stern, woman figurehead. Previously enrolled, No. 54, June 2, 1794, at New London, Conn.
Enrolled, No. 147, Aug. 28, 1794. Owners: Richard Gridley,
blacksmith, Boston. Master: Lewis Munroe. Nathaniel Richards,
surveyor, New London, Conn. Enrolled, No. 155, Sept. 15, 1794.
Owners: Lewis Munroe,
Boston. Master: same.
917
REBECCA, schooner, of Boston. Built at Salisbury, 1784. 63 59/65 tons; 57 ft. 2 in. x 17 ft. 1 in. x 7 ft. 4 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, Dec. 10, 1784, at Barnstable.
Enrolled, No. 1, Jan. 1, 1795. Owners: Lemuel Gardner, merchant, Boston. Master: James Dodge.
Registered, No. 4, Jan. 1, 1795. Owners: Lemuel Gardner,
Joseph Roby; merchants, Boston. Master: James Dodge. Change of masters: Mayo Nickerson, Apr. 16, 1796; John Wardell Jr., ---- 23, 1796. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II. (NA) .
RECOVERY, brigantine, of Savannah, Ga. Built, place and date unknown. 117 91/95 tons; 65 ft. 7 in. x 20 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft. 3 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered (temporary), No. 87, Sept. 27, 1791. Owners: Gideon Denison, merchant, Savannah, Ga. Master: Joseph Dougherty. Vessel having been condemned at Providence, R. I. (date unknown). (NA).
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RECOVERY, schooner, of Boston. Built at Chatham, 1784. 61 82/95 tons; 59 ft. x 17 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. Il in. One deck, two m. sts, square stern. Previously enrolled, Dec. 7, 1789, at Barnstable. Registered, No. 134, Sept. 14, 1793. Owners: Giles Alexande", merchant, Roxbury; Richard Sears, merchant, Chatham. Master: John Frost. Change of masters: Asa Higgins, Mar. 1794; Isaac Smith, July 3, 1794. Cancelled by direction of Treasury Department, dated Aug. 22, 1794. (NA).
920 RECOVERY, ship, of Salem. Built at Salem, 1794. 284 28/95
tons; 95 ft. 6 in. x 26 ft. x 13 ft. Two decks, three masts, square stern, quarter galleries, figurehead. Previously enrolled, No. 41,
Dec. 13, 1794, at Salem.
Registered (temporary) , No. 22, Jan. 17, 1795. Owners: Elias Haskett Derby Jr., merchant, Salem. Master: George Gideon Smith. Change of masters: Joseph Robes, May 13, 1796. Surrendered, May 27, 1796, at Salem. (NA).
921 REDRESS, schooner, of Boston. Built at Bath (now Maine) , 1794. 101 66/95 tons; 67 ft. 6 in. x 20 ft. 8 in. x 8 ft. 6 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, No. 18, Sept. 13, 1794, at Bath (now Maine) .
Registered, No. 197, Oct. 2, 1794. Owners: James Tisdale,
merchant, Boston. Master: Peleg Tallman. Change of masters: Israel
West, Oct. 16, 1794, at Bath (now Maine) . Registered, No. 246, Dec. 11, 1794. Owners: Thomas Dennie, merchant, Boston. Master: Elijah Hillman. Change of masters: John Grazer, Oct. 22, 1796. (NA).
922
RELIANCE, ship, of Boston. Built at Salisbury, 1795. 212 20/95 tons; 84 ft. 4 in. x 24 ft. x 12 ft. Two decks, three masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Registered, No. 56, Mar. 2, 1795. Owners: Eben Parsons, merchant, Boston. Master: Jeremiah Freeman. Change of masters: Jonathan Proctor, June 22, 1795; Ignatius Webber, Dec. 24, 1795; Isaac Clark, May 6, 1802. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
923 RELIANCE, schooner, of Harwich. Built at Yarmouth, 1793.
50 tons; 57 ft. 6 in. x 17 ft. x 5 ft. Il in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 17, Apr. 10, 1795, at Barnstable.
Enrolled (temporary) , No. 34, Apr. 17, 1795. Owners: Zoeth Berry, Dean Bangs, John Bangs, mariners, Harwich. Master: Zoeth Berry. Change of masters: David Lincoln, at Brest, France, Jan. 15, 1796; John Safford, at Montaux, France, Apr. 1796; John Odlin, at Bordeaux, France, July 15, 1798. Surrendered, Mar. 24, 1798, at Edgartown. Vessel having been lost (date unknown) .
924
RESOLUTION, schooner, of Boston. Built at Duxbury, 1786. 61 43/95 tons; 59 ft. 5 in. x 17 ft. 2 in. x 7 ft. One deck, two masts, square stern, deep waist, long quarter deck. Previous documentation not shown.
Enrolled, No. 18, Dec. 12, 1789. Owners: Eben Parsons,
merchant, Boston. Master: William Allen, Boston. Surrendered, May 30, 1809, at Gloucester.
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925 RESOLUTION, sloop, of Boston. Built at Braintree, 1780. 28 63/95 tons; 44 ft. 5 in. x 15 ft. 2 in. x 5 ft. 1 in. One deck, one mast, square stern, shoal waist, short quarter deck. Previous documentation not shown.
Errolled, Ko. 95, Apr. 13, 1790. Owners: James Brackett, Ebenezer Brackett, merchants, Boston .. Master: Samuel Brown. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
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RESOLUTION, sloop, of Quincy. Built at Weymouth, 1786. 27 64/95 tons; 38 ft. x 14 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. One deck, one mast, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Enrolled, No. 33, Apr. 1, 1794. Owners: Samuel Hubbard, William Meads, mariners, Quincy. Master: Samuel Hubbard, Thomas Melville, surveyor. Vessel having been sunk in Weymouth River.
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RESOLUTION, brig, of Norwich, Conn. Built at Dover, N. H.,
1794. 150 50/95 tons; 70 ft. 4 in. x 22 ft. 4 in. x ll ft. 2 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 20, June 23, 1795, at Portsmouth, N. H.
Registered (temporary), No. 333, Nov. 23, 1795. Owners: Charles Rockwell, Jabez Huntington, John Hamilton, mariners, Norwich, Conn. Master: Charles Rockwell. (NA) .
928 RETRIEVE, schooner, of Boston. Built at Georgetown, 1785. 67 25/95 tons; 60 ft. x 18 ft. 2 in. x 7 ft. 2 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 68, Nov. 28, 1789. Owners : Daniel Coffin, mariner, Boston. Master: Daniel Coffin. Cancelled, May 16, 1792, by direction of Treasury Department, dated May 2, 1792. (NA) .
929 RHODA, sloop, of Braintree. Built at Braintree, 1795. 25 45/95
tons; 43 ft. x 15 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. 8 in. One deck, mne mast, square stern.
Enrolled, No. 80, June 16, 1795. Owners: Stephen Lovell,
Job Thayer, Braintree. Master: Jonathan Lewis. Thomas Melville, surveyor. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
930 RICHARD, sloop, of Boston. Built at Weymouth, 1793. 68 55/95
tons; 62 ft. x 20 ft. 9 in. x 6 ft. 4 in. One deck, one mast, square stern.
Registered, No. 194, Nov. 27, 1793. Owners: John Salmon
Hunt, merchant, Boston. Master: Isaiah Snow. (NA) .
Enrolled, No. 93, May 10, 1794. Owners: Isaac Whorff,
mariner, Gloucester; John S. Hunt, merchant, Boston. Master: Isaac Whorff. Thomas Melville, surveyor. Registered, No. 119, July 19, 1794. Owners: Charles Miller
Jr .; John Salmon Hunt, merchants, Boston. Registered, No. 94, Apr. 17, 1795. Owners: John Kennedy,
Master: Spencer Ripley. (NA) . merchant, Boston. Master: Joseph Easterbrooks. (NA) .
Registered, No. 304, Nov. 3, 1795. Owners: Seth Wetmore, merchant, Boston. Master: Jeremiah Taylor. (NA). For subsequent
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931 ROBERT, schooner, of Boston. Built at Hanover, 1789. 57 tons; 57 ft. 5 in. x 17 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. l in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Registered, No. 2, Oct. 7, 1789. Owners: Lemuel Gardner, cooper; Joseph Roby, tinplate worker; Daniel Sargent, merchant, Boston. Master: John Wardell. Vessel having been sold at St. Peter (date unknown) . (NA).
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ROBERT MORRIS, ship, of Boston. Built at Boston, 1792. 322 28/95 tons; 97 ft. 5 in. x 27 ft. 6 in. x 13 ft. 9 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern, quarter galleries, figurehead. .
Registered, No. 12, Feb. 15, 1792. Owners: Thomas Russell, merchant, Boston. Master: John Hay. (NA) .
933 ROBESPIERRE, ship, of Boston. Built at Brunswick (now Maine) ,
. 1794. 162 57/95 tons; 77 ft. x 22 ft. x ll ft. Two decks, three masts, square stern, figurehead. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 186, Sept. 25, 1794. Owners: Nathaniel foreign. (NA) .
Fellows, merchant, Boston. Master: Thomas Field. Vessel sold 934 ROEBUCK, schooner, of Boston. Built at Brunswick (now Maine) , 1785. 97 35/95 tons; 62 ft. 8 in. x 19 ft. 6 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Registered, No. 99, May 19, 1790. Owners: Eben Parsons,
merchant, Boston. Master: Ignatius Webber. Change of masters: Israel Trask, Apr. 30, 1793; Simeon Kinsman, Feb. 15, 1794; Gardner Hammond, Dec. 9, 1801; Prince Crowell, June 24, 1797; David Crofts, Jan. 3, 1798; Andrew Davis, Oct. 19, 1798. Surrendered, Mar. 9, 1802, at Wilmington, N. C. Vessel having been lost near Bermuda (date unknown) . (NA).
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ROEBUCK, ship, of Boston. Built at Amesbury, 1794. 186 7/95 tons; 79 ft. 10 in. x 25 it. 2 iz. x ll ft. 7 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern, quarter badges, figurehead. Previous documentation not shown.
Enrolled, No. 181, Oct. 27, 1794. Owners: Samuel Hewes, merchant, Boston; Doddridge Crocker, Josiah Sturgis, merchants, Charleston, S. C. Master: Robert Cottle. Thomas Melville, surveyor. Cancelled, Nov. 30, 1795, by direction of Treasury Department, dated Nov. 18, 1795.
ROMULUS, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Amesbury, 1788. 100 55/95 tons; 70 ft. 7 in. x 20 ft. 9 in. x 7 ft. ll in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 22, Oct. 28, 1789. Owners: William Smith, Stephen Gorham, merchants, Boston; Nathaniel Gorham, Esquire, Charlestown. Master: William Cowell. (NA).
Registered, No. 61, July 6, 1791. Owners: Benjamin Homer, merchant, Boston. Master: Thomas Wallace. (NA).
Registered, as brig, No. 173, Nov. 8, 1793. 138 14/95 tons; 71 ft. 3 in. x 21 ft. 2 in. x 10 ft. 7 in. Owners: same . Master: Thomas Wallace. Surrendered, May 5, 1795, at Charleston, S. C. (NA);
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937 ROSANNA, brigantine, of Boston. Built at New Meudows, 1785. 95 tons; 69 :'s. x 20 ft. 10 in. x 7 ft. 8 in. One deck, two masts, square sterne Previous documentation not shown.
Registered No. 63, Mar. 23, 1790. Owners: Benjamin Bussey, merchant, Dechon; Richard Langdon, merchant, Boston. Master: Shubae".
Dunham. (NA) .
Registered, No. 3, Jan. 11, . 1791. Owners: same. Master:
same . (NA) .
Registered, No. 106, Oct. 1, 1792. Ommers: John Osborn; Caleb Stimcon, merchants, Boston. Master: Samuel Pendexter. (NA) . Registered, No. 234, Dec. 27, 1793. Owners: Samuel Soley,
merchant, Boston. Master: Joseph Chandler. Vessel having been foundered at sea, 1793. (NA).
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ROSANNA, schooner, of Boston. Built at Broad Bay (now Maine) ,
1789. 100 tons; 68 ft. x 20 ft. 8 in. x 8 ft. 5 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 123, July 20, 1790. Owners: Ebenezer Wales, Dorchester; Moses Davis, Aaron Davis, merchants, Roxbury; Joseph Field, mariner, Boston; May & Payson, merchants, Baltimore, Md. Master: Joseph Field. (NA) .
Registered, as brigantine, No. 84, Sept. 24, 17:1. 126 28/95 tons; 67 ft. x 21 ft. x 10 ft. 6 in. Owners: some. Master: same .
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Registered (temporary) , hailing port Salem, No. 306, Nov. 4,
1795. Owners: George Archer, mariner, Salem. Master: George Archer, Surrendered, Jan. 4, 1796, at Salem. (NA).
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ROVER, schooner, of Duxbury. Built at Duxbury, 1794. 49 70/95 tons; 49 ft. 8 in. x 17 ft. 1 in. x 4 ft. 8 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, No. 39, May 21, 1794, at Plymouth. Registered (temporary), No. 77, June 17, 1794. Owners: Sylvanus Delano, Duxbury. Master: Thaddeus Cook. (IA). Registered, hailing port Boston, No. 251, Aug. 24, 1795.
Owners: John Kennedy, merchant, Boston. Master: Stephen Curtis. Change of masters: Reuben Carver, Dec. 4, 1795. (NA) .
940
ROVER, schooner, of Boston. Built at Duxbury, 1794. 94 50/95 tons; 67 ft. x 20 ft. x 8 ft. 2 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 5, June 18, 1794, at Flymouth. Registered, No. 255, Dec. 18, 1794. Owners: Francis Butler, mariner, Edward Edes, Edward Edes Jr., merchants, Boston. Master: Jacob Johnson. (NA) . For subsequent documentation soe Vol. II.
941
RUBY, ship, of Boston. Built at Milton, 1788. 227 52/95 tons; 87 ft. x 24 ft. 6 in. x 12 ft. 3 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern, figurehead. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 101, Dec. 19, 1789. Owners: Ebenezer Lane, merchant, Boston. Master: John Rich. (NA) . Registered, No. 99, Oct. 12, 1791. Owners : Thomas Dick-
ason Jr., merchant; Nathaniel Thayer, mariner, Boston. Master: Nathaniel Thayer. (NA). Registered, No. 10, Jan. 26, 1793. Owners: Nathaniel Thayer, mariner, Boston. Master: same. Cancelled by direction of Treasury
Department, dated Jan. 6 -. (NA) .
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942 RUBY, schooner, of Boston. Built at North River, 1789. 85 65/95 tons; 61 ft. x 18 ft. x 9 ft. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Registered, No. 102, Dec. 19, 1789. Owners: Nehemiah Somes, merchant, Joseph Glover, mariner, Boston; Ebenezer Wales, Moses Davis, Aaron Davis, merchants, Dorchester. Master: Joseph Glover. (NA) .
Registered, No. 124, July 23, 1790. Owners: Nehemiah Somon, merchant, Joseph Glover, mariner, Boston. Master: same. Change of masters: Elisha Higgins, Apr. 13, 1792; Benjamin Rich, Oct. 6, 1794. (NA) .
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