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An Early French Privateer Share

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An Early French Privateer Share
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ARMAMENT IN WAR AND GOODS Length from head to head. . . 88 feet Width of main beam . . . . 22 feet, 6 inches Deep in the hull . . . . . 9 feet 10 inches This Ship was built and doubled with copper, it is made for a higher walk, -- in the brig, & armed with guns and shells of 8 pounds, with the necessary number of men a similar expedition. We the undersign, Ship-owners of the Ship Adventure aforesaid, acknowledge to have received --- the sum of a Thousand francs for an share or portion of interest that it represents in the armament of the aforesaid Ship, and because it is to take part this day, with the benefit or loss which will be able the result of the aforesaid, armament, according to the clauses and conditions of the leaflet of which it took note.