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040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC _edacs
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100	1		_aPrince, Christopher, _d1751-1832.
245	0	0	_aChristopher Prince papers, _f1806-1891.
300			_a3 _fitems.
300			_a1 _fcontainer.
300			_a0.2 _flinear feet.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aManuscript 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.
545	0		_aSailor and activist in the seamen's religious movement.
546			_aCollection material in English.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009083
580			_aForms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.
600	1	0	_aAllen, Ethan, _d1738-1789.
600	1	0	_aPrince, Isabella Coombs.
600	1	0	_aPrince, Hezekiah, _d1771-1840.
600	1	0	_aWashington, George, _d1732-1799.
600	3	0	_aPrince family.
610	2	0	_aGaspée (Brigantine)
610	2	0	_aOliver Cromwell (Ship)
610	1	0	_aGreat Britain. _bRoyal Navy.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bContinental Navy.
650		0	_aChristianity.
650		0	_aConversion _xChristianity.
650		0	_aSailors _xReligious life _zNew England.
650		0	_aSeafaring life _zNew England _yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
651		0	_aConnecticut _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783.
651		0	_aHudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
651		0	_aHudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783.
651		0	_aMaine _xHistory.
651		0	_aMassachusetts _xSocial life and customs.
651		0	_aMontréal (Québec) _xHistory _ySiege, 1775.
651		0	_aSpencer (Mass.)
651		0	_aThomaston (Me.)
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783 _xNaval operations.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783 _xAmphibious operations.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783 _xPeace.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783 _xPrisoners and prisons.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory, Naval.
656		7	_aSailors. _2itoamc
656		7	_aReligious activists. _2itoamc
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009083
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009083.3
999			_c44452 _d44452