Nova Scotia Archives
Spoils of War: Privateering in Nova Scotia
Notice of distribution of prize money to Captain, Officers and Crew of the armed brig Sir John Sherbrooke
Agents for the Nova Scotian privateers regularly announced the distribution of shares (prize money) to the captains and crews of vessels which had been successful in the hunt for enemy merchant vessels.
Date: 1814
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Newspapers: Acadian Recorder 1 January 1814 page 4