by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Polkinghorne… (1823)
“ Polkinghorne followed Captain Pechell from the Cleopatra into the San Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir John B. Warren, on the North American station. In the beginning of April 1813, he was slightly wounded while commanding a detachment of boats, at the capture of four formidable privateers, in the Rappahannock river. ”
