The Schooner Fame is particularly famous as it was converter into a privateer combat vessel during the War of 1812. These boats were very common in New England at the time as they were mostly used as fishing vessels. The Schooner Fame found in Salem is an accurate recreation of a local privateer vessel active during the War of 1812. We spoke with Captain Michael Rutstein of the Schooner Fame in Salem, MA to learn a bit more about the ship, Real Pirates, and privateering on the North Shore of Massachusetts. The Schooner Fame and Real Pirates offer the unique opportunity to get up close and personal with privateer and pirate history, especially when it comes to North Shore maritime history. There is an abundance of maritime history in Salem, Massachusetts. my heart is alive when I think I am to leave the place that so many of my unfortunate countryman has breathed there last in.Pirates And Privateers: Sailing The Schooner Fame He recorded his final entry on the day he was to leave Dartmoor: ".the happiest day to me that I ever experienced. An entry from Dartmoor on 26 February 1815 indicates his expectations of "the Peace arriving from the States. A long entry on 18 August 1814 records the grueling transport to Dartmoor Prison, at the end of which he discloses learning of his Uncle's death. An entry from 22 February 1815 notes the passing of his brother's birthday. Filling 16 pages is "A Comic Poem" by Thomas Sturtevant and written down by Green on 1 March 1814, along with numerous other patriotic poems.
There are also undated verse and aphorisms, much of it dealing with religion, war, and women. Notable entries include mention of a prisoners' petition to General John Mason on 28 April 1814, the reduction of rations on, the release of 90 prisoners on 23 July 1814. Records writing to family and the arrival of new prisoners. Entry on 22 February 1814 records the capture of Green's privateer by the British and being brought to Melville Island Prison at Halifax. Records many sightings and occasional capturing of ships. Diary written while aboard the privateer Alfred and as a prisoner of war in Melville Island Prison, Halifax, and Dartmoor Prison.
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