(MARITIME) Osgood Joshua B Testimony of an American merchant

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(MARITIME.) Osgood, Joshua B. Testimony of an American merchant ship captain concerning his capture by the French. Autograph Manuscript Signed, 2 pages on one sheet, 12 x 7 1/2 inches; minor wear. Np, after 1817

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Joshua Bailey Osgood (1782-1861) of Portland, Maine was arrested in France in 1808 when "one of my sailors, a drunken scoundrel by the name of Tomlinson, went on shore & reported to the authority that I was from London." The testimony describes his captivity of several months, his dramatic escape, and the value of his lost ship.