I got this great reply from Bob Brooks and wanted to share it. > Can anyone tell me where I might find a list of the Priviteers who obtained > Letters of Marque during the Rev War period? There is no single list. First you need to know whether you are looking for a privateer under British authority or whether it was under Continental or State authority. Then you would like to know the period the vessle was active and its preferred area of opearation. Most of the records of those commission under State authority are preserved in the applicable State Archives. The lists for a number of states have published. A major problem is sorting out the vessels with identical names. Some "privateers" were as small as six men in a rowed boat with a single swivel gun. If you are chasing something like a pension reference: "... and served six months on a letter of marque...." you are facing a near impossible task of identifying the vessel unless you get lucky and find your man on the crew list for a specific vessel. In Massachusetts, all extant crew lists are included in the 17 vols of "Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War." The letters of marque are at the Mass. Archives. While Rhode Island has little published, a card catalogue at the State Archives names sailors as well as soldiers. Connecticut has a published list of privateer's letters of marque. There were numerous Privateers operating out of New York and Halifax harbors under British licenses throughout the war. Ditto Newport, Savannah & Charleston during their occupation by the British. If you are looking for something prior to 31 Nov 1777, start with the _Naval Documents of the America Revolution_, 10 vols to date, (Washington DC: GPO for the Navy History Center, 1964- ) Bob Brooks, retired downeast in Maine