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210 DELIGHT, sloop, of Boston. Built at Berkley (date unknown). 38 35/95 tons; 51 ft. 6 in. x 17 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. 1 in. One deck, one mast, square stern, Previous documentation not shown.
Enrolled, No. 94, May 12, 1794. Owners: Shubel Doanes, Walpole. Master: James Treat. H. Baylies, collector, Dighton. Sur- rendered, May 12, 1794, at Marblehead.
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DEPENDENCE, sloop, of Boston. Built at Kingston, 1792. 62 91/95 tons; 60 ft, x 18 ft. x 6 ft. 9 in. One deck, one mast, square
stern. Previously registered, Dec. 7, 1792, at Plymouth. Enrolled, No. 47, Oct. 15, 1793. Owners: Elisha Bangs,
Samuel. Watts, merchants; Enoch James, blacksmith, Boston. Master: David Sawyer. Change of masters: Meletiah Clapp, May 14, 1794, Registered, No. 118, July 15, 1794. Owners: Gideon Batey.
Watson Freeman, Boston. Master: Melatiah Clapp. Change of masters: Samuel Gardner, Oct. 21, 1794. (NA).
Enrolled, No. 130, Oct. 31, 1795. Overs: James Hall, . merchant, Boston; Charles Stimpson, Petersburgh, Va. Master: Seth Freeman. Change of masters: Paul Dunham, Jan. 2, 1796. For sub- sequent documentation see Vol. II.
212 DESPATCH, sloop, of Boston. Built at Duxbury, 1788. 37 27/95
tons; 50 ft. 11. in. x 16 ft, x 5 ft. 3 in. One dock, one mast, square stern, deep waist, short quarter deck. Previous documentation not given.
Enrolled, No. 10, Oct. 31, 1789. Ormers: Eben Parsons,
merchant, Boston. Master: Peter Nichols. Change of masters: Benjamin Hopkins, Apr. 9, 1795; Jesse Smith, Dec. 9, 1795. Surrendered, May 23, 1796, at' Gloucester.
213 DIANA, sloop, of Boston. Built at Duxbury, 1789. 80 tons; 63 ft. x 18 ft. 9 in. x 7 ft. ll in. One deck, one mast, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Registered, No. 63, Nov. 24, 1789. Owners :. Elisha Cobb, David S. Greenough, Wellfleet; John Doane, Roxbury. Master: Elisha
Cobb. Change of masters: Howes Norris, Nov. 4, 1790; Elisha Luce, Dec. 14, 1790; Chapin Sampson, June 5, 1792; Samuel Daggett, Nov. 20,
1790. Samuel Cook, Apr. 11, 1791; Winslow Lewis, Nov. 25, 1791, (NA). Registered, No. 105, Sept. 27, 1792. Owners: James Tisdale, Boston. Master: Gideon Harding. Change of masters: Luke Hall, Sept. 28, 1793. (NA) .
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DIANA, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Boston, 1788. 150 1/95 tons; 66 ft. 10 in. x 23 ft. 6 in. x 1l ft. 9 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Registered, No, 96, Dec. 16, 1789. Owners: Thomas Adams, Boston. Master: Henry Atkins. Change of masters: Luther Little, Feb. 3, 1791; Joseph Hinckley, Aug. 4, 1791; Joshua Brewster, Feb. 27, 1797; Thomas Adams, Dec. 21; 1792; Edward Staples, Sept. 12, 1795; Paul Dunham, Sept. 3, 1796. Formerly a prize, taken and condemned, 1782. Vessel ripped to pieces. (NA).
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215 DIANA, schooner, of Hingham. Built ot Hingham, 1782. 30 tons; 42 ft. 9 in. x 15 ft. 3 in. x 5 ft. 6 in. One dock, two mests, square storn, deep waist, short quarter dock. Enrolled, Mar. 24, 1790. Owners; . Ensign Barnes, cordwainer, Thomas Loring, merchant, Hingham, Master: Othniel Stodder. Change of masters: William Studley, May: 7, 1794.
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DIANA, schooner, of Cohasset. Built at Scituate, 1786. 37 58/95 tons; 48 ft. x 16 ft. 3 in. x 5 ft. 9 in. One deck, two masts, square stern, deep waist, short quarter deck, Previous documentation not shown. . Enrolled, No. 109, May 20, 1790. Owners: John Lewis, mariner. Samuel Bates, shipwright, Cohasset. Master: Theophilus Bates. 217 DIANA, ship, of Boston. Built at Amesbury, 1790. 226 92/95 tons; 84 ft. x 25 ft. x 12 ft. 6 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern, woman figurchead. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 183, Nov. 22, 1790. Owners: William Smith,
Ozias Goodwin, Boston. Master: Ozias Goodwin. Change of masters: Robert Emery, May 24, 1793. Property transferred at New York City. (NA)
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DIANA, schooner, of Cohasset. Built at Hanover, 1791.' 43 39/95 tons; 52 ft. x 16 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. 10 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Registored, No. 42, May 9, 1791. Owners: John Lewis, trader, Cohasset. Master: Elijah Stodder. Change of masters: Jacob Whitcomb, Nov. 12, 1791. Edward Brown, Oct. 27, 1792. (NA).
Registered, No. 288, July 3, 1793, at New York City. Enrolled No. 37, Sept. 11, 1793. Owners: same. Master: Peter Humphrey. Change of masters: Daniel Hayden, Nov. 8, 1794; John Whorf, May 8, 1795; Christopher Lincoln, Oct. 1, 1795; Isaac Whorf, May 12, 1796; John Hughes, May 6, 1797. (NA).
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DIANA, brig, of Boston. Built at Bristol (now Maine) , 1792. 157 69/95 tons; 75 ft. 6 in. x 22 ft. x ll ft. Two decks, two masts, square stern .. Previously registered, No. 9, June 13, 1792, at Wiscasset (now Maine) .
Registered, No. 65, June 3, 1793. Owners: Frederick William Geyer, Frederick William Geyer, Jr., Boston. Master: Martin Fease. Change of masters: Daniel Rhoades, June 14, 1794; Stephen Webb, : Dec. 22, 1794; Jedediah Southworth, Dec. 17, 1795; Benjamin Henderson, Nov. 24, 1796. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
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DIANA, brig, of Boston. Built at Fenobscot (now Maine) , 1792. 177 63/95 tons; 76 ft. x 23 ft. 4 in. x ll ft. 8 in. Two decks, two masts., square stern. Previously registered, No. 6, Nov. 30, 1792, at Penobscot (now Maine) .
Registered, No. 233, Dec. 26, 1793. Owners: Samuel Soley,
Charlestown. Master: David Fairchild. Surrendered, Aug. 28, 1794, at Charleston, S.C. (1) .
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DIANA, schooner, of New Bedford. Built at New Bedford, 1794. 75 20/95 tons; 60 ft. 3 in. x 18 ft. 10 in. x 7 ft. 9 in. One deck, . two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, No. 21, May 28, 1794, at New Bedford.
Registered (temporary), No. 182; Sept. 23, 1794. Owners: Thomas Davis, Boston; Joseph Bennett, 2nd, Robert Bennett, Joseph Bennett, Joseph Bates, Cornelius Wing, Benjamin Sisson, New Bedford. Master: Thomas Davis. Change of masters: Benjamin Hind, Jan. 31, 1795; Joseph Bennett, Dec. 7, 1795. Surrendered, Dec. 19, 1795, at New Bedford. (NA).
DIANA, sloop, of Boston. Built at Pembroke, 1783. 51 tons; (dimensions unknown). One deck, one mast, square stern. Previously registered, No. 33; Oct. 29, 1789, at Plymouth.
Enrolled, No. 186, Nov. 12, 1794. Owners: Jabez Hatch, merchant, Boston; Benjamin Tobey, Sandwich. William Watson, collector, Plymouth. Cancelled, Sept. 8, 1795, by direction of Treasury Department, dated Sept. 1, 1795.
DIANA, snow, of Boston. Built at Bath (now Maine), 1793. 161 58/95 tons; 73 ft. x 22 ft. 9 in. x 11 ft. 4% in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 6, July 5, 1793, at Bath (now Maine).
Registered, No. 99, Apr. 23, 1795. Owners: Joseph Cordis, John Walley Langdon, merchants, Charlestown; Robert Getty, Thomas Neil, merchants, Boston. Master: Dennis Lines. ( NA).
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DIANA, brig, of Boston. Built at Newbury, 1795. 124 60/95 tons; 71 ft. 6 in. x 22 ft. 22 in. x 9 ft. 2 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 76, Nov. 2, 1795, at Newburyport. Registered, No. 338, Nov. 30, 1795. Owners: Charles Sigourney, merchant, Boston; William Rea, merchant, Murfresborough, N.C. Master: Thomas Cook. Change of masters: James Mansfield, Jan. 28, 1797; Edmund Freeman, Oct. 27, 1797. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
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DILEGENCE, snow, of Edenton, N.C. Built at Hartford County N. C., 1792. 227 11/95 tons; 80 ft. 6 in. x 25 ft. 9 in. x 12 ft. 10% in. Two decks, two masts, square stern, Previously registered, No. 18, Oct. 22, 1792, at Edenton, N. C. Registered (temporary), No. 63, June 1, 1793. Owners: Richard Kay, John Kay, merchants, Halifax, N. C. Master: Michael Homer." Can- celled by direction of Treasury Department, dated May 27, 1795. (NA).
226 DILIGENT, schooner, of Boston. Built at Newbury, 1787. 55 71/95 tons; 59 ft: x 17 ft. x 6 ft. 6 in. One deck, two masts, square stern, deep waist, long quarter deck. Previous documentation not shown Enrolled, No. 16, Dec. 12, 1789. Owners: Eben Parsons, merchant, Boston. Master: Isaac Trask. 227 DILIGENT, schooner, of Boston. Built at North River, 1786. 81 81/95 tons; 65 ft. x 18 ft. 3 in. x 8 ft. One deck, two masts, square stern. 'Previous documentation not shown.
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Registered, No. 5, Jan. 16, 1793. Owners: Joseph Russell Jr., Patrick Jeffrey, merchant, Boston. Master: Ebenezer Barlow. Change of masters: William Tabor, Feb. 1, 1794; Peter Pease, Oct .. 16, 1794; John Lincoln, Apr. 27, 1795. (NA). Enrolled, No. 105, July 28, 1795. Owners: Robert Gray, Boston.
Master: Robert Gray. Change of masters: Benjamin Spooner, Oct. 9, 1795. Thomas Melville, surveyor. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
DILIGENT, schooner, of Boston. Built at Salisbury, 1794. 88 86/95 tons; 66 ft. 8 in. x 21 ft. 9 in. x 7 ft. 3 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 23, June 6, 1794, at Newburyport.
Registered, No. 80, June 20, 1794. Owners: Eben Parsons,
Boston. Master: John Gross. Michael Hodge, surveyor, Newburyport. (NA). Enrolled, No. 151, Sept. 24, 1794. Owners: same. Master: same.
Registered, No. 113, May 8, 1795. Owners: same. Master:
same . Change of masters: Benjamin Hopkins, Aug. 25, 1796; John Gross, Nov. 12, 1797; Simeon Kinsman, July 10, 1798; John Gross, Jan. 2, 1799, Nathaniel Williams, Aug. 15, 1799. (NA).
DISPATCH, ship, of Boston. Built at Warren, R. I., 1784. 153 53/95 tons; 70 ft. 9 in. x 22 ft. 7 in. x 11 ft. 3g in. Two decks, three masts, square stern, round house, figurehead. Previous documenta- tion not shown.
Registered, No. 121, July 17, 1790. Owners: James Tisdale, merchant, Boston. Master: Daniel Loring. (NA). Registered, No. 134, Dec. 9, 1791. Owners: James Tisdale, John McLean, Issac Davenport, merchants, Boston. Master/. : Jacob Oliver. Vessel sold at Philadelphia, Pa. (NA).
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DISPATCH, sloop, of Boston. Built at Wells (now Maine), 1791. 67 94/95 tons; 60 ft. 3 in. x 18 ft. 10 in. x 7 ft. One deck, one mast, square stern. Previously registered, No. 6, June 7, 1791, at Biddeford (now Maine). .
Registered, No. 141, Dec. 19, 1791. Owners: William Winthrop Esquire, Cambridge. Master: Joshua Barker. Change of masters: Isaac Phillips, Apr. 18, 1792; Allen Drinkwater, Oct. 12, 1792; Joshua Barker, Dec. 3, 1792; Andrew Liman, Dec. 5, 1793. (NA). Enrolled, No. 71, Apr. 19, 1793. Owners: Andrew Linnan, mariner, Bowdoinham (now Maine); William Winthrop, Esquire, Cambridge. Master: Andrew Linnan, Bowdoinham (now Maine). Thomas Melville, sur- veyor.
Registered, No. 19, Jan. 14, 1795. Owners: William Winthrop, Cambridge. Master: Barnabas Young. Vessel taken by the British; condemmed at Bermuda, register detained. Vessel and papers later released. (NA). Registered (temporary), hailing port, Wellfleet, No. 224, Aug. 17, 1795. Owners: Barnabas Young, mariner, Wellfleet. Master: same. (NA). Enrolled, hailing port, Boston, No. 109, Aug. 19, 1795.
Owners: William Winthrop, Cambridge. Master: Joseph Campbell.
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Registered (temporary), hailing port, Gloucester, No. 318, Nov. 11, 1795. : William Goss, mariner, Abraham Tarr, Nathaniel Tarr, mariner, Gloucester. Surrendered, Nov. 30, 1795, at Gloucester. (NA).
DISPATCH, sloop, of Boston. Built at Bristol (now Maine) , 1784. 84 31/95 tons; 64 ft. x 22 ft. x 7 ft. 2 in. One deck, one mast, square stern, deep waist, short quarter deck. . Enrolled, No. 158, Mar. 15, 1792. Owners: Edward Hutchinson Robbins, Esquire, Milton. Master: John Hill Nickels. Change of masters: Nathaniel Horton, Dec. 19, 1795; Moses Thorndike, Feb. 7, 1797.
DISPATCH, brig, of Boston. Built at North River, 1783. 105 78/95 tons; 70 ft, x 20 ft. x 8 ft. 8 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 56, Aug. 24, 1790, at Salem. Registered, No. 118, Oct. 24, 1792. Owners: William Marshall
Jr., merchant, Boston. Master: William Marshall Jr., Boston. ( NA).
DISPATCH, brig, of Boston. Built at Bradford, 1789. 121 41/95 tons; 64 ft. 2 in. x 21 ft. 2 in. x 10 ft. 7 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Enrolled, No. 20, Mar. 13, 1794. Owners: Jacob Eustis, merchant, Boston; Nathaniel Eustis, Petersburg, Va. Master: George Dunham. Change of masters: Silas Doggett, May 21, 1894. Thomas Melville, surveyor.
Registered, No. 125, Aug. 28, 1794, at Baltimore, Md. . Registered, No. 109, May 4, 1795. Owners: Jacob Eustis, merchant, Boston; Nathaniel Eustis, merchant, Petersburgh, Va. Master: Silas Doggett. Change of masters: William Doggett, Dec. 4, 1795; Silas Doggett, Dec. 24, 1795; Peter Butler, Nov. 25, 1796. (NA). For sub- sequent documentation see Vol. II.
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DISPATCH, schooner, of Boston. Built at Kennebunk (now Maine),
1794. 117 19/95 tons; 70 ft. 1 in. x 22 ft. 11 in. x 8 ft. 72 in. One deck, two masts, square stern, short quarter deck. Previously registered, No. 1, Feb. 8, 1794, at Pepperelboro (now Maine).
Registered, No. 45, Mar. 22, 1794. Owners: Theodore Lyman, merchant, Boston. Master: Robert Whimpenny. Change of masters: John Thomas, May 30, 1794; Backer Baker, Nov. 29, 1794; Levi Stutson, July 13, 1795. (NA).
Registered, No. 197, July 18, 1795. Owners: James L. Homer, Levi Stutson, merchant, Boston. Surrendered at Pennsylvania, (date un- known). (NA).
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DISPATCH, ship, of Boston. Built at Portland (now Maine), 1793. 106 9/95 tons; 66 ft. 4 in. x 19 ft. 2 in. x 9 ft. 7 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern, quarter badges, figurehead. Previously reg-
istered, No. 3, Sept. 2, 1793, at Marblehead. Registered, No. 205, Oct. 24, 1794. Owners: Ebenezer Dorr,
merchant, Boston. Master: Elias Nordbery. Change of masters: Jonathan Bowers, Aug. 12, 1796; William Brook Jr., Aug. 10, 1798; Samuel A. Dorr, Sept. 2, 1800; William Marshall Jr., Jan. 17, 1803; Nathaniel Dorr, July 29, 1803. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. III.
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DISPATCH, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Amesbury, 1794. 166 32/95 tons; 77 ft. 4 in. x 22 ft. 2 in. x 11 ft. 2 in. One deck, · two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Registered, No. 240, Dec. 5, 1794. Owners: Ebenezer Woodwarii, merchant, Boston. Master: Joseph Baker. Change of masters: Samuel Gale, Apr. 27, 1794. (NA).
Registered, No. 230, Aug. 24, 1795. Owners: Joseph Russell Jr., Patrick Jeggrey, John Coffin Jones, merchant, Boston. Master: Arnold Cormerais. Change of masters: Rouse P. Wales, Nov. 17, 1797. (NA).
237 DISPATCH, ship, of Boston. Built at Durham, N. H., 1785. 197 tons; 81 ft. x 23 ft. 8 in. x 11 ft. 9 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 26, Nov. 28, 1789, at Ports- mouth, N. H.
Registered, No. 264, Dec. 24, 1794. Owners: Abraham Quincy, merchant, Boston; Neil McIntire, merchant, Portsmouth, N. H. Master: John Doane. Vessel having been stranded on her passage from New York to Boston. (NA) .
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DISPATCH, brig, of Boston. Built at Marshfield, 1795. 139 61/95 tons; 71 ft. 6 in. x 22 ft. 3 in. x 10 ft, 3 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Registered, No. 272, Oct. 8, 1795. Owners: Ebenezer Woodward, merchant, Boston. Master: John Diamond. Change of masters: Elkanah Clapp, Oct. 21, 1795. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II
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DISPATCH, schooner, of Boston. Built at Hampden (now Maine),
1795. 118 4/95 tons; 73 ft. 6 in. x 21 ft. 10 in. x 8 ft. 6 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 18, July 30, 1795.
Registered, No. 125, Oct. 24, 1795. Owners: William Shaw, merchant, Boston. Master: Josiah Bates. Joseph Lee, surveyor, Hampden (now Maine). (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
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DOLPHIN, sloop, of Boston. Built at Marshfield, 1785. 44 55/95 tons; 53 ft. 6 in. x 17 ft. x 5 ft. 9 in. One deck, one mast, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Registered, No. 51, Nov. 18, 1789. Owners: Giles Alexander Jr., merchant, Boston. Master: Nathaniel Chadwick. Change of masters: John Clarke, June 23, 1790; Jesse Dunbar, Oct. 5, 1790. Vessel and papers lost at Cape Francois, December 1790. (NA).
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DOLPHIN, sloop, of Wells (now Maine). Built at Wells (now Maine), 1783. 92 84/95 tons; 66 ft. 9 in. x 21 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 10 in. One deck, one mast, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered (temporary), No. 80, Dec. 7, 1789. Owners: Theodore Lyman, merchant, Wells (now Maine). Master: John Smith. Change of masters: Robert Towns, Jan. 15, 1791; John Mitchell, May 25, . 1791; Lupply Simond, Dec. 30, 1791. (NA).
Registered, as brig, hailing port Boston, No. 11, Jan. 28, 1793. Owners: Theodore Lyman, merchant, Boston. Master: Levi Stutions Cancelled by direction of Treasury Department, dated Apr. 18, 17962 (NA)&
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242 DOLPHIN, schooner, of Boston. Built at Duxbury, 1786. 65 80/95 tons; 61 ft x 17 ft. 9 in. x 7 ft. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 15, Mar. 29, 1790, at Biddeford (no". Maine).
Registered, No. 167, Oct. 22, 1790. Owners: Giles Alexander Jr., merchant, Boston; Abiather Alden, merchant, Scarborough (now Meine). Master: Jonathan Carter. Change of masters: Nathaniel Moulton Ridley, Apr. 4, 1791. (NA).
Registered, No. 1ll, Oct. 12, 1792. Owners: Giles Alexander Jr., merchant, Boston; Stephen Nickerson, Joshua Atkins Mayo, mariner, Provincetown. Master: Samuel Barber. Change of masters: Nathaniel
Morton Ridley, Mar. 23, 1793.' (NA).
Registered, No. 217, Dec. 14, 1793. Owners: Giles Alexander Jr., merchant, Roxbury. Master: William Cunningham Jr. ( NA). Enrolled, No. 145, Aug. 19, 1793. Owners: same . Master:
same. Thomas Melville, surveyor. Registered, No. 227, Nov. 29, 1794. Owners: same . Master:
same . (NA). Registered, No. 284, Oct. 21, 1795. Owners: John Smith, Hezekiah Hudson, Zadock French, Boston. Master: Samuel Smith, Boston. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
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DOLPHIN, schooner, of Bristol (now Maine). Built at Bristol (now Maine), 1790. 65 74/95 tons; 59 ft. 8 in. x 17 ft. 8 in. x 7 ft. 23 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Registered (temporary), No. 187, Nov. 26, 1790. Owners: Nathaniel Church, shipwright, Bristol (now Maine). William Kempton, mariner, New Bedford. Master: William Kempton. Change of masters: Nathaniel Church, Aug. 20, 1791; Nathaniel Hickman, Oct. 10, 1791. Surrendered, Nov. 23, 1792, at Savannah, Ga. (NA).
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DOLPHIN, schooner, of Boston. Built at Falmouth (now Maine), 1785. 52 88/95 tons; 54 ft. 6 in. x 17 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. 7 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, Dec. 11, 1790, at Portland (now Maine).
Registered, No. 88, Sept. 30, 1791. Owners: Benjamin Goddard, merchant, Boston; Nathaniel Goddard, merchant, Passamaquoddy (now Maine). Master: Josephus Bradford. (NA). Enrolled, No. 30, July 2, 1793. Owners: same. Master: same .
Thomas Melville, surveyor.
Registered, No. 156, Aug. 29, 1794. Owners: same. Master:
David Sawyer. (NA). Enrolled, No. 9, Feb. 3, 1795. Owners: same. Master: Josephus Bradford. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
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DOLPHIN, schooner, of Newcastle (now Maine). Built åt Newcastle,
1790. 135 33/95 tons; 77 ft. x 22 ft. 6 in. x 9 ft. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 2, Mar. 15, 1791, at Wiscasset (now Maine).
Registered (temporary); No. 103, Oct. 18, 1791. Owners: William Nickels, mariner, Samuel Nickels, Esquire, Newcastle (now Maine). Joseph Cordis, merchant, Charlestown. Master: William Nickels, Newcastle (now Maine). ( NA) , Registered (temporary), as brigantine, No. 44, May 10, 1792.
Owners: same. Master: same. ( NA).
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246 DOLPHIN, sloop, of Boston. Built in New Jersey, 1775. 30 14/95 tons; 42 ft. 9 in. x 14 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. 8% in. One deck, one mast, square, stern, fiddle figurehead. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 109, Oct. 28, 1791. Owners: William Bordman, merchant, Boston; David Burdett, Asa Burdett, mariners, Charlestown. Master: Asa Burdett. Vessel having been sold on the Coast of Africa. (11.).
247 DOLPHIN, schooner, of Boston. Built at Scituate, 1787. 44 75/95 tons; 52 ft. x 16 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. 2 in. One deck, two masts, square stern, deep waist, long quarter deck. Previous documentation not shown,
Enrolled, No. 124, Mar. 22, 1791. Owners: Daniel Sargent, merchant, Boston; Nathaniel Hamilton, mariner, Chatham. Master: Thomas Eldridge. Change of masters: John Eldridge, Mar. 24, 1794. Cancelled, May 19, 1795, by direction of Treasury Department, dated May 12, 1795.
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DOLPHIN, schooner, of Cohasset. Built at Cohasset, 1792. 58 3/95 tons; 55 ft. 2 in. x 17 ft. 8 in. x 7 ft. One deck, two masts, square stern, deep waist, long quarter deck. Enrolled, No. 174, July 19, 1792. Owners: Samuel Bates,
shipwright, Cohasset. Master: Daniel Hayden.
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DOLPHIN, schooner, of Boston. Built at Marshfield, 1793. 97 2/95 tons; 71 ft. x 21 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 6 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Enrolled, No. 4, June 13, 1793. Owners: Ezra Whitney, merchant, Boston. Master: Joseph Hall. Ephraim Spooner, deputy surveyor, Marshfield Registered, No. 26, Jan. 24, 1794. Owners: Edward Blanchard, John W. Blanchard, merchants, Boston. Master: Ebenezer Graves Jr. Change
of masters: Thomas Willard, June 26, 1794. (NA).
Enrolled, No. 46, Oct. 7, 1794. Owners: same . Master: Judah
Bacon.
Registered, No. 31, Jan. 28, 1795. Owners: John Gregory, Mark Pickard, Boston; James Scobie, merchant, Marblehead. Master: Ebenezer Graves. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
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DOLPHIN, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Bristol (now Maine),
1784. 156 15/95 tons; 71 ft. 4 in. x 22 ft. 8 in. x 11 ft. 4 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 131, Apr. 30, 1790, at Marblehead.
Enrolled, Aug. 8, 1793. Owners: William Stevenson, John McLean, merchants, Boston. Master: Abijah Luce. Change of masters: Josiah Foster, May 3, 1794; George Graham, Aug. 27, 1794. Thomas Melville, surveyor. Registered, No. 111, Aug. 7, 1793, Owners: same. Master: same. (NA). Registered, as ship, No. 96, Apr. 17, 1795. Owners: same . Master: George Graham. Vessel unfit for sea. (NA).
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DOLPHIN, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Gloucester, 1782. 100 83/95 tons; 56 ft. x 18 ft. 6 in. x 9 ft. 3 in. Two decks, two masts,' square stern. Previously registered, No. 11, Dec. 22, 1789, at Gloucester.
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Registered, No. 92, July 3, 1793. Owners: Stephen Higginson, James Perkins, Thomas Handasyd Ferkins, merchants, Boston. Master: Joshua Barker. Change of masters: Samuel Topliff, June 2, 1795; Oliver Webb, Dec. 15, 1795; Job Prince, June 25, 1796; Samuel Topliff, Nov. 21, 1796. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
252 DOLPHIN, sloop, of Boston. Built at Bristol (now Maine),
1792. 83 34/95 tons; 62 ft. x 21 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 8 in. One deck, one mast, square stern. Previously enrolled, Oct. 3, 1792, at Wiscasset (not Maine).
Registered, No. 231, Dec. 27, 1793. Owners: Samuel Moore, merchant; John Call, John Soley Jr., George Bartlett, merchants, Charlestown. Master: George Calder. Change of masters: John Irwin, Aug. 22, 1794. (NA).
Enrolled, No. 50, May 7, 1795. Owners: James Hall, merchant, Boston; Charles Stimpson, merchant, Petersburg, Va. Master: Samuel'
Easterbrook. Change of masters: Paul Dunham, Aug. 1, 1795. Francis
Cook, collector, Wiscasset ( now Maine).
Enrolled, as brig, No. 140, Dec. 18, 1795. 132 7/95 tons; 66 ft. 6 in. x 21 ft. 8 in. x 10 ft. 10 in. Owners: same. Master: Leonard Merry. Thomas Melville, surveyor. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
DOLPHIN, schooner, of Boston. Built at Pembroke, 1783. 32 14/95 tons; 45 ft. 9 in. x 13 ft, 6 in. x 6 ft. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.
Enrolled, No. 18, Apr. 18, 1794. Owners: Ebenezer Parsons, merchant, Boston. Master: David Kenwrigk. Change of masters: James Walker, May 7, 1795; Malachi Merritt, June 18, 1796; Henry Edgar, Oct. 26, 1796; Josiah Gould, June 12, 1797; John Tobey, Nov. 28, 1797; John Tuck Jr., Apr. 12, 1798; Benjamin Hopkins, Oct. 27, 1798. Thomas Melville, surveyor. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
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DOLPHIN, sloop, of Boston. Built at Pembroke, 1794. 78 60/95 tons; 64 ft. 3 in. x 20 ft. 3 in. x 7 ft. 1 in. One deck, one mast, square stern. Previous documentation not shown,
Enrolled, No. 84, May 1, 1794. Owners; David Tilden, merchant, Boston; Robert Barker, Alden Briggs, merchants, Pembroke; Lemuel Church, mariner, Scituate. Master: Lemuel Church. Change of masters: Benjamin Thurston, Mar. 26, 1796.
Enrolled, No. 67, May 27, 1795. Owners; David Tilden, merchant, Boston; Robert Barker, Alden Briggs, Pembroke; Lemuel Church, Stephen Stockbridge, Scituate. Master: same. Change of masters: Lemuel Church, Mar. 26, 1796. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.
DOLPHIN, schooner, of Boston. Built at North Falmouth (now Maine), 1787. 88 39/95 tons; 68 ft. 3 in. x 21 ft. 1 in. x 7 ft. 2 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Enrolled, No. 64, Sept. 27, 1794. Owners: William Young, mariner, Boston. Master: William Young, Boston.
Roger Lawrence, surveyor, Penobscot (now Maine).
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Enrolled, No. 16, Mar. 13, 1795. Owners: William Shaw, mer-
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