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| Keywords: Olmsted.jpg en Captain Gideon Olmsted who went to sea as a 20 year old farmboy In 1776 the British captured him during a privateering voyage on his vessel the Seaflower abused him as a prisoner for six months in Haiti and Jamaica finally he contrived to ship aboard the sloop Active to return home On her way to New York he instigated a mutiny and seized the Active--but on her way to America she was taken by a Pennsylvania privateer Olmsted then spent the next 30 years litigating the claim for his prize Portrait painted about 1810 reprinted from The Journal of Gideon Olmsted Washington DC Library of Congress 1978 Frontispiece Library of Congress digital photo reproduction by Frederick Folger 1810 reproduction permitted credit Library of Congress Privateers PD-USGov | ||||
