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April 10, 2022 Anne Farrow Connecticut, Maine, New England States, The Logbooks

Dudley Saltonstall’s Other Career

By Anne Farrow Captain Dudley Saltonstall is best known in Maine and national history for his disastrous leadership during the Penobscot Expedition in 1779, and for a rout which resulted in the loss of more than forty ships and the end of his naval career. Sometimes called the worst naval disaster in American history before … Continue reading Dudley Saltonstall’s Other Career

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