Nova Scotia Archives

Spoils of War: Privateering in Nova Scotia

Letters of Marque now available

Provisional letters of marque were viewed with suspicion by Halifax’s Court of Vice Admiralty, but early in 1813 news came from London that removed all barriers to Nova Scotian privateering against the United States.

Date: 1813

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives  Newspapers: Royal Gazette 27 January 1813 page 2

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