1797-1798 – Archive of documents relating to the capture of an Alexandria-based merchantman by French privateers that was one of several such incidents that led to the Quasi-War with France
Various locations: 1797-1798. Unbound. This archive consists of 11 documents related to the voyage, seizure, plundering, and eventual return of the Sloop Diana out of Alexandria, Virginia. The ship was captured twice by French privateers while bound for Cape Nicholas Mole, Saint-Domingue, and Port au Prince, Haiti. This was one..... More