Prince, Christopher,  1751-1832. <br/><br/>
Christopher Prince papers, 1806-1891. 

 - 3  items. 1  container. 0.2  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Manuscript autobiography (1806) containing accounts of seafaring life in colonial New England; maritime events of the Revolution such as the imprisonment of Ethan Allen aboard the Gaspée and the amphibious withdrawal of the British from Montréal in 1775; and Prince's employment by agents of George Washington to sink four British ships in the Hudson River, enlistment in the Connecticut navy to serve aboard the warship Oliver Cromwell, the close of the war, and his conversion to Christianity shortly thereafter.  Also includes a tyepwritten transcript of the autobiography and a souvenir booklet (1891) from a gathering in Spencer, Mass., of the descendants of Hezekiah and Isabella Prince of Thomaston, Me. 
<br/><br/><br/>Sailor and activist in the seamen's religious movement. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009083 
<br/><br/>Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 97084124  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789. <br/>Prince, Isabella Coombs.<br/>Prince, Hezekiah, 1771-1840. <br/>Washington, George, 1732-1799. <br/>Prince family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Gaspée (Brigantine)<br/>Oliver Cromwell (Ship)<br/>Great Britain. Royal Navy. <br/>United States. Continental Navy. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christianity.<br/>Conversion--Christianity.<br/>Sailors--Religious life--New England.<br/>Seafaring life--New England--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Connecticut--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.<br/>Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)<br/>Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.<br/>Maine--History.<br/>Massachusetts--Social life and customs.<br/>Montréal (Québec)--History--Siege, 1775.<br/>Spencer (Mass.)<br/>Thomaston (Me.)<br/>United States--History--Naval operations.--Revolution, 1775-1783<br/>United States--History--Amphibious operations.--Revolution, 1775-1783<br/>United States--History--Peace.--Revolution, 1775-1783<br/>United States--History--Prisoners and prisons.--Revolution, 1775-1783<br/>United States--History, Naval.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Sailors.<br/>Religious activists.