Gamaliel Bradford (privateersman), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American privateer
Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1763
Place of Birth: Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 07-Mar-1824
Profession: privateer
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Gamaliel Bradford (privateersman)
- Captain Gamaliel Bradford, was a sea captain, privateersman, and later a prison warden who earned notoriety during the Quasi-War with France commanding two privately owned and armed merchant vessels known as letters of marque.
- Born November 4, 1763 in Duxbury, Massachusetts, he served in the 14th Massachusetts Regiment at a young age during the American Revolution, initially as a private and eventually was commissioned a lieutenant in the Continental Army.
- At the end of the war he went to sea as a mariner and by the 1790s commanded merchant vessels as a master mariner. In 1799, he commanded the American ship Mary and successfully repulsed an attack by four French privateers off the coast of Gibraltar.
- In July 1800, in command of the Industry, he again routed four French privateers off the coast of Cadiz, Spain.
- During the latter engagement, Bradford was struck by grapeshot and the injury required the amputation of his leg.
- For his performance during these engagements, Bradford earned renown among the American merchant and naval fleets. The injury prompted his retirement from seafaring.
- In 1813, he was appointed warden of the Massachusetts State Prison at Charlestown.
- He continued in that position until his death at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 7, 1824.
- Bradford and his wife had nine children, many of whom accomplished notoriety in their fields.
- In 1942, the United States Navy named the USS Bradford (DD-545) after Capt.
- Gamaliel Bradford for his performance during the Quasi-War.
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