Gamaliel Bradford (privateersman)
Captain Gamaliel Bradford, privateersman, was born in Duxbury, Mass., 4 November 1768.
He commanded the American private armed ship Mary in 1799, during the Quasi-War with France. In July 1800, in command of Industry, he routed four French privateers at Gibraltar. Captain Bradford died at Cambridge, Mass., 7 March 1824.
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