Stephen Smith (privateer)

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Captain '''Stephen Smith''' (b. 1739, [[Sandwich, Massachusetts]] - 29 September 1806, [[Machias, Maine]]) was a privateer and militia leader from [[Machias, Maine]] who fought in the [[Raid on St. John (1775)]]. The following year Smith was appointed truck master to the Native Americans to ensure their support during the [[American Revolution]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2wgduS0 Letter from Stephen Smith, Machias June 22, 1776. In Kidder, Frederic. Military operations in eastern Maine and Nova Scotia during the revolution. 1898.]</ref> <ref>[https://ift.tt/2UTLEVX Sprag's Journal of Maine's history, 1921. Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 30–31]</ref> He also participated in the [[Battle of Machias (1777)]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2HovlbX Kidder, Frederic. Military operations in eastern Maine and Nova Scotia during the revolution. 1898., p. 127]</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/37zXDup Frederic, p. 203]</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2HovhsJ p. 223]</ref>

== References ==


[[Category:History of Maine]]
[[Category:History of Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:People from Machias, Maine]]
[[Category:American privateers]]
[[Category:American naval personnel of the American Revolution]]

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