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The Trumbull’s captain, James Nicholson, was commended by the
Continental Board of Admiralty for “gallantry displayed in the defense” against the Watt. He became a member of the New York Society of the Cincinnati in 1788. James Nicholson, by unidentified artist after an original painted ca. 1795;
oil on canvas, 30 x 25.25”, ID 1895.1, courtesy New York Historical Society
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