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List of vessels taken at Machias and Penobscot

  • MS-2-222, SF Box 31, Folder 17
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  • 1814
Item is a list of vessels taken at Machias and and Penobscot, listed by name and type. The Penobscot Expedition was a 26-day raid led by Sir John Sherbrooke on Hampden, Bangor and Machias, resulting in the British occupation of Castine for the remainder of the War of 1812. The tariff duties obtained there, called the Castine Fund, was used to establish Dalhousie University.