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A Day in the Life of aColonial Shipwright |
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ISBN: 0-8239-6227-X By Laurie Krebs - PowerKids Press The Rosen Group, New York, NY (August 2003) Book Description: John Langdon of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was a master shipwright who designed and built seagoing vessels. |
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| A shipwright had to learn all the skills needed to build a ship so he could supervise the workmen. Everything for the ship was crafted by hand. | |||||||||||
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| In 1777, the Langdon shipyard built the Ranger, one of the first sloops of war used in the Revolution. Its captain was John Paul Jones. | |||||||||||
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| John Langdon was not only an important figure in Portsmouth. He was also chosen as a representative to the second Continental Congress. | |||||||||||
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