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BROWN, Moses, naval officer, born in Newbury-port, Massachusetts, 20 January, 1742; died at sea, 1 January, 1804. During the revolutionary war he commanded some of the largest privateers of New England, and was engaged in several battles. He is probably the Capt. Brown that commanded the "Diligent" during the engagements off Penobscot in July and August, 1779, and later in the same year captured four vessels under Capt. Gardiner, while he commanded the "Intrepid." On the establishment of the United States navy, the merchants of Newburyport built the " Merrimack." by subscription, for the government, and Capt. Brown was placed in command of her, his commission dating from 15 September, 1798. This vessel, under his captaincy, was one of the squadron commanded by Corns. J. Barry and S. Decatur, in 1798-'9, and 1800. He accomplished the capture of the French vessels "Le Phenix," "Le Nagicien," "Le Bonaparte," and "Le Brlllante," during 1799 and 1801. When the reduction of the navy took place, he was among those who were dismissed; but he continued to follow the sea until his death.
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