US#RM510 - \"HANNAH\" - First Ship of Continental Army
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US#RM510 - \"HANNAH\" - First Ship of Continental Army:
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1799 Rhode Island Revenue
The Schooner Hannah - First Ship of Continental Navy
\"The first formal movement for the creation of a Continental navy came from Rhode Island, because its merchants\'activities had been severely harassed by British frigates. On 26 August 1775, Rhode Island General Assembly passed a resolution that there be a single Continental fleet funded by the Continental Congress.The resolution was introduced in the Continental Congress on 3 October 1775, but was tabled. In the meantime,George Washingtonhad begun to acquire ships, starting with the schooner \"Hannah\"which was paid for out of Washington\'s own pocket.Hannahwas commissioned and launched on 5 September 1775, from the port of Beverly, Massachusetts.\"
The document is signed byJohn S. Dexter, Federal Supervisor of the Revenue at Providence andDaniel Lyman, Surveyor for the Port of Newport, Rhode Island.
During the Revolutionary WarDexterwas a Lieutenant of Varnum\'s Rhode Island Regiment in 1775, 1st Lt and Adjutant for the 9th. Continental Infantry in 1776, Captain of the 1st. Rhode Island in 1777 and appointed Assistant Adjutant-General in 1779. He served the remaider of the war from 1781 to 1783 as Major of the 1st. Rhode Island.
Dexter was at times in his duties as Adjutant exchanging letters with George Washington.
It is with no surprise when seeing his duties during the war asAdjutant that we find him being appointed as Supervisor of the Revenue.
Daniel Lyman(1756–1830) was a New England soldier, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and member of the secessionist Hartford Convention.
While attending Yale College, Lyman was commissioned as a captain in the Continental Army, serving in the battles of Ticonderoga, Crown Pointand St. Johns. After his graduation in 1776, he was commissioned as a major, served at the battle of White Plainsand from 1778 until the close of the war was an aide to General William Heath. Lyman served as a member of the Hartford Convention in 1814-15 He later acted as surveyor for the port of Newport. He also practiced law, and served as the Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1812 to 1816.
BothDexterandLymanwere officers in the original Society of Cincinnatti for the State of Rhode Island.
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US#RM510 - \"HANNAH\" - First Ship of Continental Army:
$2500.00