Captain James Drysdale seems to have been very unlucky with the ships he commanded, losing another one in 1794, this time the ensuing correspondence included President John Adams:
".....The British brig Perseverance, Capt. James Drysdale, was sailing from Turks Islands to New Brunswick, Canada, when it was captured by the French privateer schooner Sans Pareille, Capt. Jean Bouteille. Crew member Jean Baptiste Bernard brought the brig into Newport, R.I., as a prize on 13 August. Following federal protocols, Rhode Island governor Arthur Fenner seized the Perseverance and charged that the Sans Pareille was an illegal American privateer outfitted in Charleston, S.C.......... eventually the French won the case!
Ronald Drysdale
Captain James Drysdale seems to have been very unlucky with the ships he commanded, losing another one in 1794, this time the ensuing correspondence included President John Adams:
".....The British brig Perseverance, Capt. James Drysdale, was sailing from Turks Islands to New Brunswick, Canada, when it was captured by the French privateer schooner Sans Pareille, Capt. Jean Bouteille. Crew member Jean Baptiste Bernard brought the brig into Newport, R.I., as a prize on 13 August. Following federal protocols, Rhode Island governor Arthur Fenner seized the Perseverance and charged that the Sans Pareille was an illegal American privateer outfitted in Charleston, S.C.......... eventually the French won the case!
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-21-02-0255
John Drysdale - or James - Master of the Perseverence which was sei...
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Aug 22
Ronald Drysdale
Quite a few Douglases in this book, including Governer Sir James Douglas
History of British Columbia from its earliest discovery to the present time by Alexander Begg
https://archive.org/details/historyofbritish00begguoft
https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/jamesgovernordouglas.htm
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Sep 1
Russell Lynn Drysdale
https://espl-genealogy.org/getperson.php?personID=I62380&tree=1
https://espl-genealogy.org/index.php
Miles Files appears to be back up again.
Nov 7