Tucker, Samuel

(1747-1833), of Ma achusetts, while commander of the ‘‘ Franklin ’’ and the ‘‘ Hancock’ in 1776, captured more than thirty ve els. From 1777 to 1780 he commanded the ‘‘ Boston’’ and captured many prizes, including the sloop-of-war ‘‘ Thorn.” He commanded the ‘‘ Thorn ’’ from 1780 to 1781, when he was captured by the British frigate ‘‘ Hind.”” He was a member of the Ma achusetts Legislature from 1814 to 1818, a Tunis. Tunis, like the rest of the Barbary powers, was early a source of annoyance to the American commerce of the Mediterranean. A treaty was purchased in 1797 by the payment of $107,000. This treaty was altered by the convention of February 24, 1824. 312