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Corsair Alligator

image courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection | All Rights Reserved

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Date

1813

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Collection

The Historic New Orleans Collection

Description

View of a U.S. privateer, rigged as a barque, flying both a large red ensign and an American flag. The caption notes the Alligator carried 16 guns and was commanded by Sam Griggs; its home port was New Orleans. This is not the sloop USS Alligator captured during the Battle of Lake Borgne. Medium: Watercolour

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All Rights Reserved

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image courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection

Location

Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, USA

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Travel & Transport

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