Title:
Privateer barge Yankee proved to be a profitable prank in 1814
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
war of 1812, Mr. Madison's war
Mystic Pioneer
privateer barge Yankee
Mystic Pioneer
privateer barge Yankee
Object ID:
Kim10-026
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
03/21/2005
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
The war of 1812, Mr. Madison's War, began before Mystic had a newspaper of its own. The war's events were finally recorded when the weekly Mystic Pioneer appeared in 1859 in columns entitled Historical Leaves. One of the most daring schemes involved the masquerade of the privateer barge Yankee and a series of practical jokes at British expense.
People:
Washington, Peter
Burrows, Lemuel (Capt.)
Rogers, Max A.
Burrows, Lemuel (Capt.)
Rogers, Max A.
Search Terms:
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war of 1812
Mr. Madison's war
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George (sloop)
war of 1812
Mr. Madison's war
Groton Long Point
Yankee (privateer barge)