ARP215 The Dunkirk Pirate

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Captain Gustavus Conyngham disrupts merchant shipping around Great Britain. His efforts earn him the moniker "The Dunkirk Pirate" from the British. He is captured several times but manages to escape. Upon returning to Philadelphia, the Continental Congress challenges his credentials and confiscates his ship. Visit my blog at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for a complete transcript as well as links to other works by the author. Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Book Recommendations of the Week: Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution, by Mike Duncan. Order from a private bookseller on Bookshop.org Online Recommendation of the Week: Letters and Papers Relating to the Cruises of Gustavus Conyngham: A Captain of the Continental Navy, 1777-1779, by Robert Neeser (ed): https://archive.org/details/lettersandpaper00neesgoog Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15621839 or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.0	This week episode 215, the Dunkirk Pirate.
0:53.4	In the spring of 1779, Gustavo's Cunningham sailed into Philadelphia.
0:59.7	The ship captain had been away for years and was returning home after many successful raids and harrowing experiences.
1:08.1	Cunningham had been born in Ireland, but moved to Philadelphia with his family as a teenager in 1763.
1:15.0	His cousin had already established a successful shipping company.
1:20.0	Gus joined the family business and was soon commanding merchant ships in trade with the West Indies and Europe.
1:27.0	He purchased a home in Philadelphia, got married, and settled into the life of a merchant ship's captain.
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