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ON RINDGE'S WHARF, PORTSMOUTH,
MAY 21, 1776,
SIX WEEKS BEFORE
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
THERE WAS LAUNCHED
THE CONTINENTAL FRIGATE "RALEIGH,"
THE FIRST
AMERICAN MAN-OF-WAR
BUILT ON THE PISCATAQUA,
KEEL LAID MARCH 21, 1776,
ACT OF CONGRESS, DEC. 13, 1775.
ERECTED BY THE PISCATAQUA PIONEERS,
1926."