Places Archive

Letters of an American Privateer and British POW, 1813 – 1815

Perez Drinkwater was lieutenant of the privateer schooner Lucy when he was captured by the British Navy brig Billerikin in the last days of 1813. He was landed, with the rest of his crew, in the southwest of England, as he wrote to his brother Elbridge Drinkwater at home. It is obvious that he wrote [...]
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Hearts of Oak: Portsmouth and the Royal Navy in the 18th Century

Portsmouth is a place that forms a major setting throughout our beloved series. As a major base of naval operations, it is a town Jack and Stephen know intimately and return to again and again. The history of this city is inextricably linked to the Royal Navy; it may even be said that Portsmouth wouldn’t [...]
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