Nova Scotia Archives
Spoils of War: Privateering in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia privateers have successful winter cruises
Privateers usually stayed in port during blustery winter weather, but the hunting was so good at the end of 1813 that activities continued into the new year, despite the risk of rough and freezing water.
Date: 1814
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Newspapers: Acadian Recorder 8 January 1814 page 3