fair-trader

Updated: May 3, 2025

Their very names told of the reasons of the American merchantmen for complaint the reasons why they rejoiced that they were now to have their turn. There were the "Orders-in-Council," the "Right-of-Search," the "Fair-trader," the "Revenge." Some were mere pilot-boats, with a Long Tom amidships and a crew of sixty men; others were vessels of 300 tons, with an armament and crew like a man-of-war.

Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot - American Merchant Ships and Sailors