Word: brig
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...John Paul, aged twelve, having been bound over to one James Younger, a shipowner, sailed from Whitehaven, in England, in the brig Friendship, as a master's apprentice; he was thus in very much the same status as a midshipman, or more nearly a merchant marine cadet of today. Engaging in the West Indies and American colony trade, he served until 1764, when he became a second officer, the next year first officer of one of the Younger ships. Released from his indenture in 1766, he became, at slightly under 21 years of age, captain of the John...