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DAVID GRAVES, Esq
[Superannuated Rear-Admiral.]

This officer was made a Post-Captain, Sept. 9, 1779; commanded the London, a second-rate, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Graves, in the action off Cape Henry, Sept. 5, 1781[1]; and was superannuated with his present rank, Feb. 21, 1799.

  1. See note at vol. 1, p. 133.

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