Nova Scotia Archives
Spoils of War: Privateering in Nova Scotia
Extract of a letter from Capt. John Berlinder of the ship Royal Edward …
The first known Nova Scotian privateer to be mobilized during the 1790s was the Royal Edward which, in late 1796, brought a very lucrative Spanish prize into Jamaica.
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Newspapers: Royal Gazette 21 March 1797 page 3