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