^{FN1 Ch2} "The Red Flag," The Complete Poems of W. M. Thackery (New York: White, Stokes & Allen, 1883) pp. 150-1.

^{FN2 Ch2} The name in the languages of the Mediterranean for a privateer is corsair.

^{FN3 Ch2} See, "Notes on Nova Scotian Privateers" by George E. E. Nichols, NSHS, vol. 13 (1908) at p. 131.

^{FN4 Ch2} See Snider's Under The Red Jack (Toronto: Musson, n.d.) at pp. 4-5. An ensign is a signaling flag indicating that the ship flying it is a British ship. There were three ensigns all having a British jack in the upper left hand corner. The other three quarters, the field, were either white, blue or red. "Since 1864 the ensign of the Royal Navy and the Royal Yacht Squadron has been white, that of the naval reserve, of ships in the service of public offices, and of certain yacht clubs, blue, and the merchant ensign' red." (OED)

^{FN5 Ch2} The Secretary of the Navy, William Jones, as quoted by Mahan, Sea Power in its Relations to The War of 1812 (London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1905), Vol. 1, p. 396.

^{FN6 Ch2} "In those days each sea captain was not only a master mariner but a merchant trader. Ship and cargo were alike in his hands. He took both to the best market he could find at the ports specified, sold to the great advantage as he could, bought to the best of his judgment, and freighted his ship with a return lading which might prove profitable or poor-paying, according to the luck of the day when he got back. His rum and molasses, cocoa, indigo, cottons, silks and taffetas, or coffee, salt and hides, might arrive just in time to make a fortune for the owner or might prove a drug on the market. Sea trafficking was a busy whirl of speculation." [C. H. J. Snider's Under The Red Jack (Toronto: Musson, n.d.) at pp. 151-2.]

^{FN7 Ch2} I chose to develop a little information on the Liverpool privateers. This is because the material is readily available and it certainly seems that Liverpool was the most active centre for privateering in Nova Scotia. One might equally develop a story on the privateers of Annapolis Royal and write of Thomas Ritchie, Phineas Lovett and John Robinson, and of their vessels the Matilda and the Broke.

^{FN8 Ch2} On a different page, Sailing Vessels of the 18th and 19th Century, your compiler attempts to define the terms used herein.

^{FN9 Ch2} See George E. E. Nichols' article in NSHS, vol. 13 (1908) at p. 131.

^{FN10 Ch2} An earlier period, but more of pirates I think, might be reviewed. McLennan did in Louisbourg (London: MacMillan & CO., 1918) at pp. 72-3. In the 1720s, there "were outlaws largely from English fishing vessels frequenting the coasts of Newfoundland, who had been turned adrift for insubordination or drunkenness, or had deserted on account of low wages and poor fare. ... Fishermen stole the boats and gear of their masters, notably from Ingonish."

^{FN11 Ch2} We do not intend to spend much time with this period. If interested, one may want to consult George Mullane's article, "The Privateers of Nova Scotia, 1756-1783," NSHS, #20 (1921).

^{FN12 Ch2} NSHQ#3:4, pp. 334-5.

^{FN13 Ch2} NSHQ#3:4, p. 334. Cobb was not happy with the court's disposition and thought that Captain Kensy was cut in for a greater share than he deserved. While on the subject of prize money, we might say that some which had been received by their forbearers may still be salted away in the old homes and barns as may be found in Liverpool or Lunenburg. Snider makes reference to the finding around 1870 "of a leathern bag of Spanish dollars [dated between 1773 and 1814], wrapped in sail cloth, under the sills of an old barn on the farm of William Mosher, at Felzen South, near Lunenburg ..." [C. H. J. Snider's Under The Red Jack (Toronto: Musson, n.d.) at p. 251.]

^{FN14 Ch2} A note on the Freemans of Liverpool: John and Joseph Freeman show up early on various letters of marque that were issued by the governor throughout these years. John, we see in July of 1800, was the master of the 277 ton ship Lord Nelson (owners: Scaife & Wallace et al). Joseph, in the same year, was the master of the Nymph. In 1805, Joseph Freeman became the captain of the Duke of Kent (H. Collins, et al, owners). The Duke of Kent was a former prize, the Nostra Seignora del Carman. She was 194 tons and carried 20 guns.

^{FN15 Ch2} Even vessels that were condemned at Bermuda were sent on to Halifax for the sale. Murdoch wrote that on "May 17th, 1800, the private armed brig Nymph, captain W. Pryor, brought in two prizes, one American, the other Danish. They had been condemned (with their cargoes) at Bermuda." (Vol. 3, p. 193.) Incidently, a walk along the Halifax waterfront, especially as the war wound down in 1814, one would have spotted a number of sailing vessels with a "broom at the masthead" a signal to all that the vessel was for sale. [See C. H. J. Snider's Under The Red Jack (Toronto: Musson, n.d.) at p. 208.]

^{FN16 Ch2} Akins, "History of Halifax City," NSHS, #8 (1895), p. 79.

^{FN17 Ch2} Dreadnaught, Cap. Ephraim Dean was (at least) working out of Liverpool in March of 1782 (Perkins Diary). On a typical voyage she carried 28 men.

^{FN18 Ch2} The Diary of Simeon Perkins, Volume 2 (1780-1789), (Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1958), Harvey's introduction at p. xli.

^{FN19 Ch2} Perkins (1780-1789), op. cit. Harvey's introduction at p. xliv.