AMERICAN" MERCHANTS and CORSORSORS in the WAR... Lot 69

AMERICAN" MERCHANTS and CORSORSORS in the WAR of INDEPENDENCE, 1775-1784 A collection of eighteen autograph letters and documents, signed by "American" merchants and privateers, written between 1775 and 1784, including : THREE autograph LETTERS signed, 1776 and 1777, by Daniel Roberdeau (1727-1795), merchant privateer, First Brigadier-General in the Continental Army and member of Congress. 3 pages in-8, including: two missives written from Amboy, New Jersey, on July 22 and August 1, 1776, as co-owner of the privateer ship Congress and Chance, addressed to his associates, concerning the sharing of the catch made on English ships. The third missive is written from Philadelphia, on June 10, 1777, on behalf of the owners of the privateer Congress and Chance, and addressed to Captain Andrew Caldwell, Commander-in-Chief of the Port of Philadelphia, in order to be paid for the catch that was remitted to him. FIFTEEN autograph signed letters and handwritten documents, approx. 36 pages, various sizes, from pro-American Irish privateers, including : - Letter signed by William Caldwell Jr. and written from Londonderry, Ireland, March 29, 1775, to Andrew Caldwell, a merchant in Philadelphia, regarding the linen trade with America. - Five letters signed by James Caldwell, addressed to his uncle Andrew Caldwell, merchant in Philadelphia, then officer at the headquarters of General George Washington, written from Londonderry (Ireland) on March 30, 1775; from Pil on August 20, 1775; two from Bedford (Connecticut) on November 15 and 17, 1777 and the last one from Suffolk (Virginia) on March 2, 1778. - Part of a letter signed by John Mitchell, written from London on February 5, 1777, addressed to his brother-in-law James Caldwell, a merchant in Philadelphia; it briefly discusses the sale of the English ship The Hibernia, captured by American privateers and sold to France. - Four letters signed by John Caldwell, written from Ballymoney (Ireland) in 1782 and 1783, addressed to his b