The suprising adventures of Almira Paul : a young woman, who, garbed as a male, has for three of the last preceding years, acutally served as a common sailor on board of English and American armed vessels, without discovery of her sex being made.

The suprising adventures of Almira Paul : a young woman, who, garbed as a male, has for three of the last preceding years, acutally served as a common sailor on board of English and American armed vessels, without discovery of her sex being made.

Prov.: War of 1812.

"In 1812 (at 23 years of age) she shipped at Halifax, by the name of Jack Brown, as cook's mate, on board the Revenue Cutter - since which, she has been in active service on board a number of English privateers and ships of war &c. - once on board an Algerine Corsair - and once on board the American ship Macedonian. - Has been in many engagements, and was once severly wounded. [pointing finger] This said Almira Paul is now in Boston - and in presenting the public with the particulars of her curious Adventures, they may rest assured that we present them with facts, confirmed by a number of respectable gentlemen, now in this town." -- t.p.

Paul,Almira,b.1790.

1816?

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