Mary Patten, the First American Woman to Command a Ship...
Mary Ann Patten came from a seafaring family and m... ...ten, who soon became a ship's captain. That ship, Neptune's Car , had a cursed history, but Joshua was game to com... ...losis meningitis.That's when Mary took command of Neptune's Car care for. The weather was horrendous....
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