Jon, a rather interesting H-Net list is H-MARITIME <http://www.h-net.org/~maritime/> and I suspect your friend might find useful connections there.

John

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>>> Jon Kukla <[log in to unmask]> 3/4/2008 10:27 AM >>>
A friend who is working on a biography of William Waller Hening keeps
encountering information about Hening's brother-in-law Henry Banks, who
clerked for his brother John Banks, a partner in the Richmond firm of Hunter
& Banks. This commercial firm supplied Greene's southern army in the
Carolinas and owned about six ships that were commissioned as privateers.

Hence, the friend is "on the lookout" for a reliable scholarship about
southern privateering in the Revolution - or someone knowledgable about the
topic. Any suggestions would be gratefully passed along.

Thank you.

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Jon Kukla
www.JonKukla.com 

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