Thomas Fitzherbert
Captain Thomas Fitzherbert was a British naval officer who commanded HMS Raisonable during the American Revolutionary War. He is noted for capturing the American privateer Dalton and seizing important documents, including a rare 1776 printing of the US Declaration of Independence, which he recognized as significant and subsequently included in his correspondence to the Admiralty.
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Captain Thomas Fitzherbert of HMS Raisonable recorded the capture of the American privateer Dalton and kept the Declaration for himself.
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