''Ilsley'' (or ''Isley'', or ''Ilsley and Razor'') was a privateer

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Ephraim Sturdivant Captain Ephraim Sturdivant (February 14, 1782 – August 30/31, 1868) was an American veteran of the War of 1812, namer of Cumberland, Maine, first person to bring merino sheep to Maine, a ship captain, and the first treasurer of Cumberland. Bio ...

during the War of 1812. She was commissioned as a privateer on 20 April 1813. Although there may have been two vessels of the same name, ''Isley'' captured four brigs, two schooners, and a sloop before captured her at sea.Emmons (1853), p.182.

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*Emmons, George Foster (1853) ''The navy of the United States, from the commencement, 1775 to 1853; with a brief history of each vessel’s service and fate ... Comp. by Lieut. George F. Emmons ... under the authority of the Navy Dept. To which is added a list of private armed vessels, fitted out under the American flag ... also a list of the revenue and coast survey vessels, and principal ocean steamers, belonging to citizens of the United States in 1850.'' (Washington: Gideon & Co.)
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