Image: Benjamin Crowinshield (captain)
Description: Benjamin Crowninshield (1758–1836) was a member of the "Boston Brahmin" family that ran a shipping business in early Salem, Massachusetts. He fought and was wounded in the battle of Bunker Hill, and became commander of a privateer ship in the War of 1812. He was a member of the Salem East India Marine Society. He was captain of his cousin George's yacht Cleopatra's Barge on her trip to the Mediteranean in 1817. His cousin Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772–1851) was secretary of the Navy at the time. Note file name is misspelled. Not sure how to "move" on Wikimedia.
Title: Benjamin Crowinshield (captain)
Credit: between page 38 and 39 of "The story of George Crowninshield's yacht, Cleopatra's barge: on a voyage of pleasure to the Western islands and the Mediterranean, 1816-1817". https://books.google.com/books?id=ozwwAAAAYAAJ
Author: minature painting in Peabody Essex Museum
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