Samuel Smedley: Connecticut Privateer

A biography of an eighteenth-century New England privateer that "takes a deep dive into the life and adventures of this colorful figure" (Fairfield Sun).

From the shores of Long Island Sound to the high seas of the West Indies, against British warships and letters of marque, Samuel Smedley left a stream of smoke and blood as he took prisoners and prizes alike. At twenty-three years old, Smedley, a Fairfield, Connecticut native, enlisted as a lieutenant of marines on the Connecticut ship ...