MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 mm 97084124
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010 $amm 97084124
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC$edacs
072 7 $aC$2lcmd
100 1 $aPrince, Christopher,$d1751-1832.
245 00 $aChristopher Prince papers,$f1806-1891.
300 $a3$fitems.
300 $a1$fcontainer.
300 $a0.2$flinear feet.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aManuscript autobiography (1806) containing accounts of seafaring life in colonial New England; maritime events of the Revolution such as the imprisonment of Ethan Allen aboard the Gaspée and the amphibious withdrawal of the British from Montréal in 1775; and Prince's employment by agents of George Washington to sink four British ships in the Hudson River, enlistment in the Connecticut navy to serve aboard the warship Oliver Cromwell, the close of the war, and his conversion to Christianity shortly thereafter. Also includes a tyepwritten transcript of the autobiography and a souvenir booklet (1891) from a gathering in Spencer, Mass., of the descendants of Hezekiah and Isabella Prince of Thomaston, Me.
541 $cDeposit,$aNaval Historical Foundation,$d1997.
541 $cConverted to gift,$d1998.
545 0 $aSailor and activist in the seamen's religious movement.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009083
580 $aForms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.
600 10 $aAllen, Ethan,$d1738-1789.
600 10 $aPrince, Isabella Coombs.
600 10 $aPrince, Hezekiah,$d1771-1840.
600 10 $aWashington, George,$d1732-1799.
600 30 $aPrince family.
610 20 $aGaspée (Brigantine)
610 20 $aOliver Cromwell (Ship)
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bRoyal Navy.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bContinental Navy.
650 0 $aChristianity.
650 0 $aConversion$xChristianity.
650 0 $aSailors$xReligious life$zNew England.
650 0 $aSeafaring life$zNew England$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
651 0 $aConnecticut$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783.
651 0 $aHudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
651 0 $aHudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783.
651 0 $aMaine$xHistory.
651 0 $aMassachusetts$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aMontréal (Québec)$xHistory$ySiege, 1775.
651 0 $aSpencer (Mass.)
651 0 $aThomaston (Me.)
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xNaval operations.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xAmphibious operations.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xPeace.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xPrisoners and prisons.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory, Naval.
656 7 $aSailors.$2itoamc
656 7 $aReligious activists.$2itoamc
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009083
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009083.3