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AMERICAN VESSELS 
 
 CAPTURED BY THE 
 
 BRITISH 
 
 DURING THE 
 
 Revolution and War of 1812 
 
 The Records of the Vice-Admiralty Court 
 at Halifax, Nova Scotia. 
 
 THE ESSEX INSTITUTE 
 
 Salem, Massachusetts 
 1911 
 
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 IN EXCH**QE 
 
 MAY 13 1913 
 
RECORDS OF THE VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT 
 AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. 
 
 THE CONDEMNATION OF PRIZES AND RECAPTURES OF 
 THE REVOLUTION AND THE "WAR OF 1812. 
 
 The records of the Vice-Admiralty Court at Halifax, 
 Nova Scotia, covering the period of the American Revo- 
 lution, are now preserved in the Provincial Building at 
 Halifax, in the custody of the Provincial Secretary. The 
 registers for the years 1776-1783 are in three folio vol- 
 umes and preserve only the essential facts. The original 
 files of documents relating to each case have disappeared. 
 Some years ago a considerable mass of manuscripts was 
 found stored at the Navy Yard in Halifax, and after 
 burning a portion and selling considerable for junk, the re- 
 mainder was sent to the Admiralty Office in London. 
 Possibly some of these Vice-Admiralty Court papers may 
 have found their way to London in this manner. 
 
 The Vice- Admiralty Court records for the period of the 
 War of 1812 are now stored in the County Court House 
 at Halifax. The register of cases is in the Prothonotary's 
 Office and the files of original papers are contained in 
 some dozen or more boxes stored in a damp basement. 
 The papers in each file are numbered to correspond with 
 the number of the case in the register of the court, and in 
 the abstracts here printed these case numbers are included 
 so that it may be possible to secure additional information 
 upon application to the office of the Prothonotary. These 
 files in many instances contain a considerable number of 
 papers in addition to the documents of the Court. The 
 ship's papers, if not already destroyed at the time of cap- 
 ture, will be found, consisting of the commission — in the 
 case of a privateer — the ship's register or license, the 
 crew list, bill of health, various bills of lading, and some- 
 times owner's instructions with business correspondence. 
 
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In the following pages the records covering the period 
 of the Revolution are printed in a condensed form, al- 
 phabetically arranged by the name of the vessel captured, 
 and precede the records of the War of 1812. The first 
 case brought before the Court was under date of April 15, 
 1776. Previous to that time prizes taken along the New 
 England coast had been condemned at a Vice-Admiralty 
 Court sitting in Boston. Two typical cases recorded in 
 the register of the Court are here reprinted verbatim to 
 illustrate the form of entry. 
 
 George Francis Dow. 
 
 CAUSE. 
 
 " Thomas Fitzherbert Esq r % Commander of His Majes- 
 ty's Ship of War the Raisonable, vs. the Schooner Wil- 
 liam & Cargo. 
 « 27th Feb*. J Register's Office, March 2d, 1778. 
 
 1778 1 Thomas Chambers midshipman on Board 
 
 His Majesty's Ship Raisonable, being duly sworn depo- 
 seth, that being on a Cruise to the Eastward of St. George's 
 Banks, on or about the 19 day of February last they fell 
 in with a Schooner & took her, & found she was from 
 Cape Anne Bound to Bilboa Loaded with Rice & tobac- 
 co, that the Master's name was Osburn Serjeant, & the 
 Schooner was call'd the William, that the Deponent was 
 put on Board as Prize Master, & he brought said 
 Schooner into this Harbour. 
 
 Thomas Chambers. 
 
 Sworn before 
 Wm. Morris D. Rr. 
 
 ♦'March 19. Court opened by Making Proclamation as 
 usual. Proclamation made for all Claimors to appear & 
 Asert their claims, none appeared. The Libel order & 
 return thereon read, the evidence taken before the regis- 
 
ter also read, the Advocate Gen 1 , then moved for a De- 
 cree, which was pronounced as on file, whereby the said 
 Schooner & Cargo was condemned as Lawfull Prize to 
 the Captors. 
 
 " Court adjourned without Day." 
 
 " April 15 th , 1776. Sundry Goods seized on Board the 
 Schooner Tarter. 
 
 " April 19th, 1776. " Wyndham Bryer being duly 
 Sworne deposeth that he was on Board the Lively a Mid- 
 shipman, that in February last near Cape Ann in New 
 England Captain Bishop Seiz'd the Schooner Tarter, and 
 carried her into Boston. That they found on board about 
 two Hogsheads, one Tierce and thirteen Barrels Sugar, nine 
 Hogshead and one Barrel of Coffee and Six Hogsheads of 
 Cocoa Nutts, all which are now in the Harbour of Halifax, 
 is not positively certain as to the exact number of Casks." 
 
 " Having maturely considered the allegations against 
 sundry Goods and Merchandise seized and taken by 
 Thomas Bishop Esq r , Commander of his Majestys Ship 
 of War the Lively and libelled in this Court by William 
 Nesbitt Esq., his Majestys Advocate General in the 
 said Court for and on behalf as well of said Majesty as of 
 the said Thomas Bishop wherein the said Advocate al- 
 ledges that contrary to an Act of Parliament made & 
 pass'd in the sixteenth year of his present Majestys reign 
 one Benjamin Warren master of a certain schooner called 
 the Tarter was carrying on a Trade with and endeavour- 
 ing to enter the Harbour of some one of the Colonies now 
 in open Rebellion, and that the said Schooner Tarter and 
 some part of her cargo had been condemned in the Court 
 Vice Admiralty at Boston in New England, but that some 
 part of said cargo to wit two hogsheads, one tierce and 
 thirteen barrels of sugar, nine hogsheads and one barrel of 
 coffee and six hogsheads of Cocoa Nutts were not con- 
 demn'd, but are now brought into this Harbour of Halifax 
 and. are within the jurisdiction of this Court and it ap- 
 pearing to us by Papers produc'd and other Evidence sworn 
 and examined in open Court that the said Benjamin War- 
 ren the Master of said Schooner was carrying on a Trade 
 
and Commerce with the Colonies now in open Rebellion 
 Contrary to the Actt of Parliament before mentioned & 
 all persons claiming property in the said two Hogsheads 
 one Tierce & thirteen Barrels of Sugar nine Hogsheads 
 & one Barrel of Coffee & Six Hogsheads of Cocoa part 
 of y e Cargo of y e said Schooner Tarter having been duly 
 notified to appear & assert their claims but no person 
 appearing so to do tho thrice called upon & all matters 
 for a fair & impartial tryal of the Premises haveing been 
 fully attended to we adjudge and decree the said two 
 Hogsheads one Tierce & thirteen Barrels of Sugar nine 
 Hogsheads and one Barrel of Coffee & Six Hogsheads of 
 Cocoa Nutts to be lawfull Prize to y e Captors thereof & 
 do condemn the same as such accordingly and do order 
 the same to be deliver'd to y e Agent or Agents for the said 
 Thomas Bishop his Officers and Crew to be divided in such 
 Proportions & after such Manner as his Majesty by his 
 Royal Proclamation or Proclamations hereafter to be Is- 
 sued for that purpose shall think fit to order & direct. 
 Given under our hand & the seal of y e said Court this 
 4 th day of May Anno Domini 1776 & in the 16 year of 
 his Majestys reign. 
 
 Rich. Bulkeley 
 Jud. Adm tis " 
 
 • Abigal, schr., Josiah Thatcher, master, South Carolina 
 to some port in Massachusetts Bay, cargo : rice, pitch, tar, 
 indigo, deer skins, etc., captured April 5th, 1778, near 
 George's Banks, by H. M. S. Scarborough. 
 
 Active, brigantine, a recapture. Taken by H. M. S. 
 Amazon off the coast of Nova Scotia about July 19th, 
 1777, from the Rebels, who had taken her on her passage 
 from Quebec to England, and were proceeding to Boston. 
 "Enoch Taylor being duly Sworne Deposeth, that he be- 
 longed to the Schooner Speedwell, a Privateer fitted out 
 from Boston, New England, commanded by one Jonathan 
 Greley, mounting 8 four pounders, 8 swivels, & had 
 thirteen hands Men and Boys on Board, that on or about 
 
the 20th June last being on a Cruize in said Privateer, they 
 fell in with a Brig called the Active, being then to the 
 Eastward of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland & in 
 the Latitude 48° which Brig they took and found she had 
 been at Quebec last fall with Provisions, & was when 
 taken Bound to Liverpool in England one — Clark master 
 of her, that she had 8 four pounders 8 swivels, a chest of 
 small arms, 10 barrels of Powder, the best part of a Suit 
 of Sails, which he the Deponant understood was for the 
 Brig, some Balls, Cartridges, Pistols & Cutlasses, all which 
 they put on Board the Privateer, that they also took out 
 the Master, Mate and all the hands, except three lads, that 
 one Thomas Smith was put on Board Prize Master, who 
 had orders from the Captain of the Privateer to proceed to 
 Boston with said Brig or any other Port in New England 
 he could get into, that on or about the 20th July Inst, be- 
 ing off Cape Sables, they fell in with a ship called the 
 Amazon Commanded by Capt. Jacobs who retook the 
 said Brig & brought her into this Port, and the Deponant 
 further Deposeth that he understood said Brig was a hired 
 vessel, that he does not know what became of the Papers, 
 but supposes the Captain of the Privateer took them." The 
 Active was sold to pay captors one-eighth, sundry expen- 
 ses, and leaving for the owners £186. 18. 8^. 
 
 Active, schr., about 85 tons, two sets of papers found on 
 board, by one the vessel was cleared out from Canso, in 
 N. S., and the other from Salem. The captors were in- 
 formed that she belonged to Salem. Captured Oct. 4th, 
 1782, in Boston Bay, by the Sloop of War Savage. 
 
 Adventure, schr., cargo of — Libel September 11th, 
 1782, by armed brigantine Meriam. 
 
 Adventure, snow, a recapture. " Anthony Roiz being 
 duly sworne deposeth that he shipp'd himself on Board the 
 snow Adventure, Thomas Brown master at New York 9th 
 May last Bound for Newfoundland, Loaded with Salt, Gen- 
 ena, Chocolate, Coffee, Tar, Turpentine, & sundry other 
 articles, that he was taken near St. John's Harbour, New 
 foundland, by a Yanky Privateer, that he was on Board- 
 
said Privateer 32 days, that on or about the 7th July last, 
 they were retaken by the Resolution privateer, Thomas 
 Ross Commander, and brought into this port, that Cap- 
 tain Brown (he believes) was part owner." An eighth of 
 the salt was decreed to the recaptors and the vessel and 
 other goods forfeited to his Majesty. The rebel privateer's 
 crew were carrying the prize to Salem. 
 
 Adventurer, brigantine, bound for the West Indies 
 loaded with lumber,captured near Frenchman's Bay, N. E., 
 about Dec. 6th, 1778, by H. M. S. Rainbow's tender, True 
 Blue. 
 
 Ajax, brigantine, Thomas Workman, master, a recap- 
 ture. Depositions referred to " as on file.'' The only 
 information to be gathered from the record is that the 
 Ajax was recaptured previous to Oct. 17th, 1778, the date 
 of libel. 
 
 Albion, brigantine, John Birket, master, a recapture. 
 June 20th, 1781, "James Butlar, masters mate of His 
 Majesty's Ship of War the Charlestown being duly sworn 
 deposeth that being on a cruize on the 18th of June Inst, 
 they fell in with a Brig on the Coast of Nova Scotia, which 
 they took, that she was then when retaken in the Posses- 
 sion of the Rebels, that she is loaded with Rum, Sugar 
 and Puminto as the Deponant was Informed, & was 
 originally Bound from Jamaica to England when taken 
 by the Americans, that she is now brought safe into this 
 Port by the Charlestown, & that the papers now pro- 
 duced by the agent for the Captors marked No. 1 a 12 are 
 the papers found on Board the said Brigantine, without 
 fraud, subduction, or Embezzlement, & that they are 
 all the papers found & Received from on board the said 
 Brigantine, except some letters directed to Persons in 
 England which have not been opened." 
 
 Amazone, brig, in ballast from Cyan to New York, cap- 
 tured off Sandy Hook April 18th or 19th, 1776, by a ten- 
 der belonging to H. M. S. Phenix. 
 
Amsterdam, brig, James McGee, master, Masdrant in 
 Sweden to Boston, cargo : dry goods, captured Oct. 19th, 
 1791, off Cape Ann, by H. M. S. Amphytrite. 
 
 Ann, brigantine, a recapture, Charles Webster, master. 
 June 18th, 1781. "Francis Harrison, mate of the Brig- 
 antine Ann of London being duly sworn deposeth that he 
 shipped on Board the said brig at London for New York 
 that afterwards on their voyage from New York to Lisbon 
 they were chased by a Rebel privateer about four Glasses 
 when they came up with the Brig & took her on about 
 the 8th June Inst, off of Block Island near Rhode Island, 
 that she was called the Neptune, one Smith Commander 
 belonging to Boston mounting, Sixteen Six pounders, and 
 sixty men, that after Exchanging Hands they were preced- 
 ing with the Brig for Boston that on or about the 10th 
 June Inst., near the Nantucket Shoals they fell in with 
 His Majesty's ship the America Thomson Commander 
 who retook them and sent them into this Port under the 
 convoy of His Majesty's ship of War the Royal Oak, that 
 the master of the Brig, Charles Webster, was kept on. 
 Board the Privateer, & that the said Master had all the 
 Papers belonging to the Brig in his Chest with him on; 
 Board said Privateer." 
 
 Ann, schr., a recapture. Nov. 6th, 1781. " Charles 
 Milford, Midshipman on board His Majesty's Ship As- 
 surance, being duly sworn deposeth that they were in 
 Lat. 41°, 10," Long. 62° when they fell in with a Schooner 
 which they chased about 8 hours and took her, and found 
 she was from Cork bound to New York, called the Ann, and 
 on her passage had been taken by a Rebel Privateer, called 
 the Thorn & was when taken by the Assurance in the 
 Possession of the Rebels, that the Deponant was put on 
 board as Prize Master, & was making the best of his 
 way for the Port of Halifax, when on the 22d October he 
 fell in with His Majesty's Ship Charlestown who ordered 
 the Deponant to keep company with her, being off Jed- 
 dore to the Eastward of Halifax the wind being to the 
 Westward, they endeavour'd to work up, but the Schooner 
 being a bad sailor fell to Leeward, the Charlestown being 
 
at some distance we saw a sail coming out of Jeddore, 
 who chased the Schooner, Charlestown discovering that 
 bore away, but before the Charlestown could come up the 
 Privateer was alongside & took the Deponent, the Pri- 
 vateer being apprehensive of the Charlestown coming up 
 with her, kept ahead of the schooner Ann, & ordered the 
 Deponant to steer after her. As soon as the Deponant 
 thought he was out of Shot of the Privateer, he brought 
 too and waited for the Charlestown. When she came up 
 she hoisted out her cutter, & Sent her on board, & im- 
 mediately made sail after the Privateer, which they took, 
 and the next morning joined the schooner Ann, & or- 
 der'd the Deponent to stand to the Westward, & make 
 all the sail he possibly could, the next day they made 
 Cape L Have, being short of water, they proposed going 
 in, which they were prevented from doing by a gale of 
 wind which came on and drove them to the westward, as 
 far as Port Mutton, then they endeavour'd to get in, 
 hoisted the Union Jack and fired a gun, as a signal of Dis- 
 tress, no relief coming they hoisted out their boat and one 
 of the Rebel Prisoners and the Deponent rowed into the 
 Harbour, just as they entered the Harbour a Privateer 
 bore down upon them and took them on board, & went 
 out to the schooner which they boarded, and took out all 
 the Rebel Prisoners that were on board and plundered the 
 vessel of Sundry articles, that on seeing two sail to the 
 Leward & one to Windward, they quitted the schooner 
 and left the Deponent with three men and a boy in pos- 
 session of her, that one of the sail to Leward gave chase 
 to the Deponent, and being but weakly mann'd & in 
 want of water the deponent bore down to her, that she 
 fired two guns at the schooner Ann and hoisted American 
 colors after they were alongside the schooner about a 
 quarter of an hour the Brig hoisted English Colors, sent a 
 boat on board the schooner with three men and a Prize 
 Master, that he understood she was called the Sir Andrew 
 and Hamond Peter Henderkin commander, and went in 
 chase of the sail to Windward, which they took, and then 
 took the Deponent, & one of his Men out of the schooner 
 Ann, and sent her into this Port." The salvage was divided 
 between Assurance and the Sir Andrew Hamond. 
 
Argus, ship, a recapture. " Thomas Robinson Mariner 
 on Board the Ship Argus being duly Sworne Deposeth 
 that on or about the 12th day of July last, on their pas- 
 sage from Barbados to Quebec they fell in with a Priva- 
 teer Sloop called the Trumbull, commanded by one Henry 
 Billings & Mounting 12 Carriage Guns & about 70 
 men, that after they Boarded the Ship Argus they ex- 
 changed Hands put a Prize Master on Board, & then 
 Shaped their Course for Boston, that about 19 Days after- 
 wards they were Chased by a Man of War who retook the 
 Ship Argus being then to the northward of Cape Anne 
 off of Piscataqua River, which Man of War they found to 
 be the Amazon Commanded by Maximilian Jacobs, who 
 took Possession of said Ship & sent her into this Port of 
 Halifax where she now is." 
 
 Francis Sandford, of the Trumbull, who was brought 
 to Halifax on the brig Betsey, also made a deposition in 
 this case. 
 
 Atlanta, sloop of war, a recapture. July 21st, 1781, 
 " Hezekiah Welsh second Lieutenant on Board the Alli- 
 ance being duly sworn Deposeth that being on a Cruize- 
 in said ship on or about the 30th May last in Lat. 42° 
 Long, 60° they fell in with His Majesty's Sloop of War the 
 Atalanta, which they took after engaging her 3 Hours and 
 a Half, that the Captain of the Alliance, ordered the Dep* 
 to take possession of the Atalanta and proceed with her to 
 Boston, New England, that on their passage thither the 
 7th June last, being near Cape Cod, they fell in with His 
 Majesty's ships of War the Assurance, Charlestown, Am- 
 phy trite and Vulture, which retook the said sloop Atalan- 
 ta, put a British officer & Seamen on board her & sent 
 her safe into this Port of Halifax." 
 
 " Francis Downing being duly sworn Deposeth, that he 
 belonged to the Sloop of War the Atalanta and was Ser- 
 vant to the Doctor of her, that being on a cruize from St. 
 John's in Newfoundland on or about the 28th day of May 
 last they fell in with an American Frigate called the Alli- 
 ance, which they engaged 7 Glasses & a half that the 
 Alliance being greatly superior in Force to the Atalanta 
 
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 having Forty Guns, sixes, nines & twelves, the Atalanta 
 after losing Twenty-four men killed & wounded was 
 obliged to strike, that after the Alliance had shifted Hands 
 with the Atalanta, she ordered the Atalanta for Boston in 
 New England & shaped her Course for Philadelphia, that 
 three days after parting company with the Alliance, the 
 Atalanta fell in with the Assurance, Charlestown, Amphy- 
 trite & Vulture, which ships retook the Atalanta, & 
 sent her into this port." 
 
 The prisoners taken by the Alliance were put on a 
 brigantine taken at Newfoundland, and sent into Halifax. 
 
 Baltimore, sloop, William Clesby, master, loaded with 
 one hogshead molasses and about 100 lbs. coffee, with no 
 register or other papers, except a few letters got out of a 
 passenger's chest, bound from the East Passage near Cape 
 Sable to a place called Narrow Guerres near Mechias, 
 captured about forty leagues westward of Seal Islands, 
 Aug. 13th, 1776, by the armed sloop Gage. 
 
 Bell, brig, recaptured from the rebels Aug. 4th, 1780, 
 off Halifax light house, by William Gill, the owner, and 
 some hands and passengers on the brig, and brought into 
 Halifax Harbour. 
 
 Bell or Bill and Mary, ship, John Burrows, master, 
 owned in Philadelphia by one Mitchell, bound to France, 
 cargo: tobacco; captured April 20th, 1777, off the Capes 
 of Virginia by H. M. S. Phenix, and sent into New York. 
 George Scott, mariner on the ship Bell and Mary, made 
 deposition. Letter signed by Robert Morris, or as in next 
 paragraph, Thomas Morris, dated at Philadelphia, April 
 1st, 1777, read in Court. Reference made to packet di- 
 rected to Dr. Francklin at Paris, France. 
 
 Bellona, schr., Guadelope to Newbury, cargo : rum, 
 coffee and molasses, captured March 7th, 1778, between 
 Cape Sable and George's Banks, by H. M. S. Rainbow's 
 tender, the schooner Arbuthnot. 
 
 Betsey, brig, a recapture. Aug. 6th, 1777. " Henry 
 
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 Trotman, Gentleman, being duly Sworne, Deposeth that 
 on or about the 12th day of July last, about 5 o'clock 
 A. M., in Latitude 42° 26" Long. 50° 30" or thereabouts, 
 The Brig Betsey Bayley Warren Master, Owned in Bar- 
 bados, and Liverpool, Loaded with Rum & Sugar, part 
 the Deponants property the other part consigned to him 
 Bound to Quebec, was Chased, Fired at, & taken, by a 
 Privateer Sloop of 12 guns, & about 70 men, called the 
 Trumbull, Henry Billings Master of New London, all the 
 Crew of the Brig except two men was taken out of the 
 Brig directly, consisting of Six Whites, one Black & 
 the Captain ; and a Prize Master and Seven Men 
 was put on Board the Brig, out of the Privateer, 
 The Deponants Son, said two men & himself remained on 
 Board. The next day in the afternoon Capt. Billings 
 came on Board the Brig with Capt. Warren, & spent some 
 Hours on Board, when said Billings was willing & gave 
 Consent for Capt. Warren to Tarry and remain on Board 
 the Brig, with those that were already left, but the Prize 
 Master & his people rejected & would not consent to it, 
 when Captain Billings ordered several things to be taken 
 out of the Brig, such as a small Cask of Spirit a Bar, 
 Sugar, Limes, Cordage & c & after Consenting to Exchange 
 one of the men that was left on Board for one that was 
 taken out the Evening before Capt. Billings & Capt. War- 
 ren left the Brig, Wishing us all well and safe in Boston, 
 The Deponants Son and himself remained Prisoners, & 
 the two men did their Duty as Seamen on Board under 
 the Command of Caleb Trapp the Prize Master, who did 
 all he could to get to Boston New England until the 21st 
 of the same month about 9 oClock in the evening, when 
 the two men that was left on Board, & the Deponant and 
 Son (having previously agreed to it) Surprized the 
 Watch on Deck, Confined them retook the Vessel, then 
 called up the other Watch & Confined them, except one 
 man who offered to Ship in the Deponants Service, they 
 then got the Vessel about, the Prize Master being below 
 asleep knew nothing of it until about 2 oClock next morn- 
 ing when he wanted to come upon Deck but could not the 
 compa. being Shut, as soon as the Vessel was about the 
 
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 Deponant bad the men unbound, & they went to Sleep in 
 the Boat, the next Day be shipp'd another of their Crew, 
 set the Prisoners some Bounds, & suffered them on Deck 
 occasionally, & proceeded directly for Halifax, Nova 
 Scotia, where he arrived on the 2d Day of this present 
 Month August, after a Disagreeable time from Bad Wea- 
 ther, & further saith not." 
 
 " Francis Sandford a Seaman on Board the Privateer 
 called the Trumbull, being duly Sworne Deposeth that the 
 said Sloop was fitted out at New London, Commanded by 
 one Henry Billings, & mounting Twelve Carriage Guns, 
 Twelve Swivels, & Seventy five men, that being on a 
 Cruize to the Eastward of the Banks of New London, on 
 or about the 12 Day of July last, they fell in with the 
 Brigantine Betsey, Bayley Warren Master, which Brig 
 they fired at and took, and took out the Master and all the 
 Seamen, except two and two Passengers M r Trotman & 
 Son & put on Board the Brig out of the Privateer a Prize 
 Master Mate & Six hands, & then shaped their Course for 
 Boston New England, that 7 or 8 Days afterwards on their 
 said Passage to Boston, about 9 oClock in the evening M r 
 Trotman and Son and the two Seamen belonging to the 
 Brig rose upon them and retook the said Brig from them 
 & then shaped their Course for Halifax." 
 
 Betsey, brigantine, Edward Davis, master, Boston to 
 Amsterdam, cargo: mahogany and logwood, captured Aug. 
 2d, 1781, off Nova Scotia by the Letter of Marque Schoon- 
 er Betsey. Edward Davis of the brigantine Betsey, made 
 deposition. 
 
 Betsey, brigantine, George Knowles master, a recapture. 
 " George Knowles, master of the Brigantine Betsey being 
 duly Sworn Deposeth that he sailed from St. Johns in 
 East Florida the 18 th July last loaded with pitch & Tar, 
 Bound to Jamaica that they fell in with two Rebel Letter 
 of Marque Brigs, who chased the Deponent from 4 in the 
 morning till 2 in the afternoon of the 27 th July, when they 
 came up with the Brig Betsey & took & manned her with 
 four seamen, & two Prize Masters, & took out 4 of the 
 
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 Brig's Hands, leaving only the Deponant, 2 d mate & a 
 negro man & then made for Salem, that on the 8 th of 
 August Inst, they fell in with the Warwick & Garland off 
 of Nantucket Island, who retook the said Brig, & sent her 
 into this port, that they (the Rebels) took out a Spy Glass, 
 an English Jack and nothing else to the Deponant's know- 
 ledge." 
 
 Betsey, schr., Henry White, master, " was going into 
 some one Port or place in some one of his Majestys Colo- 
 nies now in open Rebellion, to trade," captured previous 
 to April 27 th 1776, by H. M. Armed Brig the Hope. 
 
 Betsey, schr., Ross, master, Cape Porpois to the West 
 Indies, cargo: lumber, captured December 5 th , 1777, in 
 Boston Bay, by H. M. S. Milford. 
 
 Betsey, ship, a recapture. " William Dowdoll late sea- 
 man on board the ship Betsey Thomas Jarrold late Mas- 
 ter Bound from the Isle of White to this Port of Halifax 
 being duly sworne Deposeth that on or about the 2 Day of 
 November Instant they fell in with & was taken about 40 
 Leagues to the Eastward of the Grand Bank of Newfound- 
 land, by a Brigantine called the Washington* Commanded 
 by one Elias Smith mounting Twelve Carriage Guns, and 
 a number of Swivels, that when they were taken, the 
 Rebels put about Eleven Hands out of the Privateer on 
 Board the Ship Betsey, and took the Master, Thos. Jarrold, 
 & five Hands out & then shaped their course for Cape 
 Anne. That Sunday morning the 17 th Inst, the ship Bet- 
 sey fell in with Capt. Dawson Commander of his Majesty's 
 Brig the Hope, who retook the Ship Betsey & brought her 
 into this Port of Halifax." 
 
 Betsey, sloop, captured August 13 th , 1777, at Machias 
 River, with no one on board and no papers to be found, by 
 H. M. S. Rainbow and Mermaid. The Betsey was a square 
 stern sloop, and had on board about 5,000 feet of boards. 
 
 Betsey, sloop, Edward Millikin, master, Piscataqua to 
 
 •Brigt. Washington, Capt. Elias Smith, was owned in Beverly. 
 
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 Cape Porpoise, cargo: apples, cider, corn, sheep and other 
 stores, captured October 23d, 1780, on the coast of New- 
 England, by the armed schooner David, and carried into 
 the harbour of Fort George. The prisoners were sent to 
 Boston in a cartel, 4 in number. 
 
 Betsey and Risque, shallops, a recapture. July 27 th , 
 1779, " Nehemiah Adams late belonging to the Privateer 
 called the Hibernia out of Newbury being duly sworne on 
 the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, Deposeth that being 
 on a Cruize, & falling in near a Point called Point Dugall 
 or Du gal on the Coast of Newfoundland they fell in with 
 a large new Shallop, & three or four people on Board who 
 informed the Deponant the Shallop was loaded with Pro- 
 visions taken out of a ship cast away on the Bank of said 
 Point, & that the ship was called the John and Thomas, 
 the Shallop's name he does not know that when they took 
 Possession of her the People on Board her left her, & the 
 Deponant was put on Board as Prize Master, & that he 
 was proceeding with her for Newbury or any Port on the 
 Coast of New England he could get into, that about 10 
 days ago being off of Cape Negro about 2 Leagues they 
 fell in with the Howe Captain Fawson, & the Snake, Cap- 
 tain Young who took them & brought them into this Port." 
 
 " Thomas Bedford late Seaman belonging to the Priva- 
 teer called the Bodwine out of Salem being duly sworne 
 Deposeth that they were at a Place called St. Lawrence in 
 Newfoundland, that they found there an old Shallop which 
 they took Possession of no People being on Board her that 
 she was loaded with about 120 Quintals of Codfish, that 
 the Deponant was put on Board her as Prize Master & that 
 he was proceeding with her for Salem or any Port on the 
 Coast of New England he could get into when on or about 
 the 8 th of July inst. near Cape Negro they fell in with 
 a Brig & a Sloop commanded as he found afterwards by 
 one Fawson & one Young that they took Possession of the 
 Shallop & brought her into this Harbour that he does 
 not know the name of the Shallop, or who the owners were, 
 & further saith not." 
 
 Betty, schr., libel filed December 7 th , 1782, on behalf 
 of the schooner Buckram and brig Howe. 
 
Blaze Castle, armed sloop, of Providence, 18 six 
 pounders, 4 howitzers, " besides swivels," about 150 men, 
 returning from a cruize, bound to Dartmouth, captured 
 June 11th, 1778, on George's Banks, by H. M. S. Uni- 
 corn. The Blaze Castle was claimed by John Butler, Esq,, 
 and ordered to be delivered to him, with merchandise on 
 board taken from the brig Maria, upon his paying the 8th 
 and giving security to restore the same to the lawful own- 
 ers, and the stores, guns and provisions were condemned 
 as lawful prize. Some depositions are referred to " as on 
 file," which probably proved the ship to rightly belong to 
 a British subject. 
 
 Brayton, brigantine, John Harrison, master, a recapture. 
 «' Lancelot Thomson being duly sworn deposeth, that he 
 belonged to the Brigantine Brayton, John Harrison mas- 
 ter, that he was an apprentice to said master, that they 
 sailed from Cork in said Brig last Spring bound to Que- 
 bec, that they sailed in company with the fleet Bound 
 there, that after they had been at sea six weeks, they 
 parted in a gale of wind, that about 3 days after they 
 parted with the Fleet they fell in with a ship, which 
 proved to be a privateer called the Grand Turk, belonging 
 to Salem, New England, that the ship chased them about 
 two hours, when they came up with the Brig & took her, 
 the ship having 26 nine pounders & a copper bottom, 
 that after they had taken out & shifted Hands & put a 
 Prize Master on Board they were ordered by the Com- 
 mander of the Ship for Salem, to which place they were 
 steering as this Deponant was informed, when about 5 
 days after they fell in with His Majesty's ship the Assur- 
 ance, who Retook them, that before the Assurance came 
 up with the Brig the Americans all made their escape be- 
 ing 8 in nnmber, that the Brig is loaded with Salt, & 
 about 30 Tirces of Pork, that the Privateer's people took 
 out everything they could come at in the Cabin, viz*., 
 bread, butter, flour, the Mate's quadrant, & sundry other 
 articles, that they also took 2 studding sails, a foresail & 
 3 boat sails, & every coil of rope they could find on board 
 the Brig, & 4 bundles of canvas, 15 fathoms of the Sheet 
 
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 cable, the greater part of a Box of Tobacco, and sundry 
 other stores, that the Brig is now in this Harbour, that 
 the Master, Mate, three men & two boys were taken on 
 board the privateer." 
 
 "John Lamb, Midshipman on Board the Assurance, be- 
 ing duly sworn Deposeth, that when they were coming 
 out of Spanish River in the Island of Cape Breton, they 
 discovered a Brig a little to the Eastward & northward 
 which they gave chase to for about 4 Hours, when they 
 came up with and took her, on or about the 19th Augt. 
 Inst, that before the Assurance's boat could get a Board 
 her they hoisted out the Prize's Longboat, & being in with 
 the Shore they made their escape all except 4 Boys who 
 all belonged to the Brig, & who informed the Deponant 
 that the people who had made their escape were all Amer 
 icans, that this Deponant was put in charge of said Brig 
 as Prize Master, & that she is now in this Harbour." 
 
 Brlttania, sloop, John Gray, master, cargo : wood, 
 " found trading or on a pretended voyage to one of the 
 said Rebellious Colonies without any Papers on Board," 
 captured previous to April 27th, 1776, by H. M. S. Mil- 
 ford. 
 
 Brittania, sloop, loaded with wood, bound for Boston 
 captured off Cape Ann about July 16th, 1776, by H. M. S. 
 Milford. 
 
 Brothers, brigantine, a recapture. "Joseph Malls being 
 duly sworne deposeth, that he belonged to the Privateer 
 Brig called the Speedwell mounting 10 Carriage Guns, 46 
 Men, Commanded by Captain Cane, that the said Brig be- 
 longed to Boston, that being on a Cruize in said Brig they 
 fell in with a Brigantine called the Brothers, and took her 
 being then in the Latitude of New York, and about three 
 Degrees from New York, that they found the said Brig 
 was from Madeira, Bound to New York, that they had got 
 near to Casco Bay with the Brig Brothers, when they fell 
 in with the Blond Frigate last Saturday in the morning, 
 that the Blond took them and brought said Brig Brothers 
 into this Port, that the Rebels had the Said Brig in their 
 
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 Possession 15 Days, that the Rebel Prize Master Tied all 
 the Papers of the Brig to the Tin Poker & threw them 
 over Board." 
 
 " Jeremiah Stevens Boatswain of the Brigantine 
 Brothers being duly sworne deposeth that he shipped on 
 Board said Brig at New York in June last by Capt. Dan- 
 iel Bruce, the master for a voyage to Madeira, that they 
 went to Madeira & there loaded with Wines & Boxes 
 of Citron & some Cordage, that some time in the latter 
 end of November last on their return to New York in the 
 Latitude about 37° & Long. 73 they fell in with a Brig 
 Privateer called the Speedwell, mounting 10 Carriage 
 Guns, 40 men from Boston, that the Privateers People 
 Boarded & took possession of the Brig Brothers, took out 
 the Master, Mate & all the Hands, except the Deponant, 
 another man and a Boy, that they also took all the Pa- 
 pers, & then mann'd the Brig Brothers with a Prize 
 Master & a Crew from the Privateer & gave them orders 
 to steer for Boston, & that they were proceeding with said 
 Brie: for Boston, that on or about the 13th December Inst, 
 being then as they imagined off of Cape Anne they fell in 
 with a man of war, who chaced them the best part of a 
 day and a night till they got near Casco Bay, where they 
 were retaken by said man of war & sent into this Port, 
 That while she was in the Rebels Possession, they took out 
 3 Kegs of Cordial belonging to the Captain, a Cask of 
 Lemons and two Casks of Onions, several Boxes of Cit- 
 ron, drank out one Pipe of Wine, & Broached several 
 others & wasted it about the Cabin, that they took away 
 a coil of 2 Inch Cordage, & cut some others to use 
 aboard the Brig Brothers, that when the Man of War's 
 boat was coming on Board they Pulled the spikes out of 
 the Wine on Broach, & let it out about the Cabin, that 
 there was also one or two down the Hold on Broach but 
 does not know how much was out, that he understood 
 from the Captain of the Brig Brothers that the Cargo was 
 consigned to Colo 1 Sherriff & one M r . Vandam of New 
 York. That the Rebels used several Boxes of Citron & 
 3 Casks of onions, while the Brig was in their Posses- 
 sion." 
 
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 Cabot, privateer, brigantine. "Thomas Stone master 
 of his Majesty's ship of War the Milford commanded by 
 Andrew Barkley, Esq., being duly sworne Deposeth, that 
 on Sunday the 23 March about 5 o'clock in the Evening, 
 Cape Anne then bearing West about 5 Leagues distant 
 they fell in with a Privateer Brigantine called the Cabot y 
 who was in company with two others which they took to 
 be Privateers also, that they gave chace to all three till 
 Monday afternoon, the Cabot being Nearest & the others 
 far to Windward they gave chace to the Cabot only till 
 Tuesda}' - evening, when the said Brig Cabot run ashore 
 near Jaboque, & there the crew of the Brig Quitted 
 her immediately, and took all the small arms with them 
 that the Milfords people took possession of her, & that by 
 papers found on Board they understood the Brig belonged 
 to the Continental Congress." 
 
 Carboneek, brig, a recapture. " Charles Hornsby (Prize 
 Master on Board the Cutter Revenge Augustus Cunning- 
 ham Commander, an American Privateer fitted out by the 
 Congress, mounting 14 Guns, & navigated with 120 men) 
 being duly sworne Deposeth, that being on a Cruize in 
 Lat. 37 N. Long 7° 35 W. on or about the 17 th of April 
 last they fell in with a Brig & took her & found she was 
 from Trapoli in the Island of Sicilly Bound to Carboneer 
 in Newfoundland loaded with Salt, the Capt. name was 
 Phabian Street, the Brig was called the Carboneer, that the 
 Capt. of the Privateer took out the Master, & all the 
 Hands belonging to the Brig, & put the Deponant & 7 men 
 on Board her, & ordered them to steer for the first Port 
 they could fetch in America, that on or about the 11 Inst. 
 being about 1 League to the Southward of Halifax Light 
 House they fell in with the Ambuscade Ship of War, who 
 retook the said Brig & sent her into this Port." 
 
 Chance, ship, Thomas Rose, master, "found trading on 
 a pretended voyage from one of his Majestys Colonies now 
 in open Rebellion," captured previous to April 27th, 1777, 
 by H. M. S. Roebuck. 
 
 Chance, sloop, libel filed October 24 th , 1777. Captured 
 by H. M. S. Juno. All papers referred to " as on file." 
 
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 Charles, brigantine, a recapture. " Peter Martin Mid- 
 shipman on Board his Majesty's Ship of War the Mer- 
 maid, being duly Sworne Deposeth that some time in May 
 last, being then to the Southward of Port Rosamay on the 
 Coast of Nova Scotia, the said Ship Mermaid fell in with 
 the Brigantine Charles, one Jeffery Tapley Master, which 
 Brig they Boarded and found she was in the Possession of 
 the Rebells who were proceeding with her to the first Port 
 they could make in the Rebellions Colonies, that Capt. 
 Hawker took Possession of her, took out the Rebells, & 
 manned her with his own People, & sent her into this Port 
 where she now is." 
 
 " Jefferey Tapley Master of the Brig Charles, being duly 
 Sworne deposeth, that on the 11 th day of May last, being 
 at anchor on the Banks of Newfoundland, a Privateer 
 Schooner called the Lee, John Skinner, Master, Mounting 
 10 Carriage Guns & 18 Swivels, & 4 Cohorns, took the 
 Said Brig and took out of her 10 men, and then mann'd 
 her with the Rebells, and shap'd their course for Boston in 
 New England, that on the 23d day of May they fell in 
 with the Mermaid Man of War, who retook the said Brig 
 and brought her safe into this Port of Halifax." 
 
 Charming Polly, sloop, laden with rye and Indian corn, 
 captured March 4 th , 1776, off Cape Cod by the transport 
 Pacific, Captain James Dunn, and delivered to Commodore 
 Banks, H. M. S. Renown. The Charming Polly had no 
 papers on board. 
 
 Comet, armed schr., six swivels mounted on sliding car- 
 riages, and two cohorns, captured Apr. 26 th , 1781, after a 
 chase during which the Comet fired two guns under a 
 rebel pendant, at a place called false LaHave, Nova Scotia, 
 by the armed schooner Buckram. The captain and men 
 of the Comet escaped in their boat. 
 
 Concorde, alias Viper, brigantine, George Gyet, alias 
 McGuire, master, libel filed June 29 th , 1782, evidence 
 taken as on file, claim of William Abbot filed, settlement 
 of salvage and charges made. 
 
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 Count D'Estang, brigantine, captured, after being 
 driven ashore near Cape Cod about June 27 th , 1777, by 
 H. M. S. Amazon and Orpheus. From Martinico, loaded 
 with powder, arms, duck and salt. James Walker deposed 
 that he was taken prisoner at the Isle of Sables by the 
 rebels, being cast away in a gale of wind, that they carried 
 him to Boston, and from there to Cape Cod, that the people 
 and the brig belonged to New England, and that they un- 
 loaded all the powder, arms and duck when she was driven 
 ashore before the men of war's people took possession of her. 
 
 Davis, brigantine, John Pepard, master, a recapture. 
 " John Pepard, Master of the Brig Davis, being Duly 
 Sworne Deposeth, that he sail'd from London on the 7 th 
 of May last Bound to Halifax loaded with Provisions for 
 the Army, that on his Passage to Halifax, being about 20 
 Leagues to the Westward of Cape Pine, the first, August 
 Inst, he fell in with an American Brig, called the Hornet, 
 mounting 10 Carriage Guns, & navigated with 40 men, 
 Commanded by one John Sillers, which Chased them 
 about 6 Hours, and came up with & took them, took out 
 5 of the Deponant's Hands, and put on Board the Brig 
 Davis 9 Rebells and a Prize Master, & Ordered them to 
 make the best of their way for Salem, New England, that 
 afterwards on or about the 13 th Inst, being then off Cape 
 Sables in this Province they fell in with the Arm'd Sloop 
 Howe, who retook them & sent Said Brig Davis, into Hal- 
 ifax Harbour, and the Deponant further Deposeth, that 
 the said Brig is own'd by Thomas Scutt Merchant, in Lon- 
 don, & is about 190 Tons Burthen." 
 
 Defence, brigantine, a recapture. Libel filed Nov. 11th, 
 1782, by His Majesty's Frigate Jason. His Majesty's 
 Naval Store Keeper claimed the Defence, alias Trepassy, 
 Sloop of War. The cargo, being proved American prop- 
 erty, was condemned as prize, and one-eighth of the De- 
 fence to the captors. 
 
 Defence, ship, Bilboato Beverly, cargo : brandy, steel, 
 silks and blankets, captured Oct. 2d, 1781, in Boston Bay, 
 by H. M. S. Chatham. 
 
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 Diamond, schr., one Drew, master, from Plymouth, 
 bound on a fishing voyage, owned by one Winslow of 
 Plymouth, captured about June 20th, 1780, off Cape Cod, 
 by the Letter of Marque Schooner Lucy, of Liverpool, to 
 which port the prize was taken. 
 
 Diana, brigantine, one Caseby, master. A recapture. 
 Libel, Aug. 19th, 1780. Recaptured by Letter of Marque 
 Dispatch. 
 
 Diana, brigantine, Hugh Chisholm, commander, built 
 at Dover on Piscataqua River about four months previous 
 to capture, owned by M r . Martin, M r . Wentworth and 
 others in Portsmouth, bound on a cruise in the Gulf of St. 
 Lawrence and Banks of Newfoundland, captured July 21st 
 1781, by H. M. S. Danse after a chase of ten hours. Hugh 
 Chisholm made deposition. 
 
 Diana, brigantine, a recapture. " Hey len v May berry 
 Master of the Brigantine Diana being duly sworne De- 
 poseth, that he was taken in the said Brig the beginning of 
 August by an Arm'd sloop called the Rover in the lati- 
 tude 38°, 42 Long. 46°, 30" that the said sloop carried 
 14 guns, & had 95 men on board, that they chaced him 
 from four o'clock in the morning till 12 at noon when they 
 boarded the Brig & took Possession of her and then 
 shap'd their Course for Salem, New England, that 
 the Rebels told him the Sloop belong'd to Salem, that in 
 
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 about 3 weeks after they were taken they made Cape Ann 
 and got into a place called Braces Cove, & there Capt. 
 Burr in the Milford Man of War came and cut the said 
 Brig out under the fire of the Rebels who fir'd upon him 
 the whole time, that the said Brig & Cargo belongs to 
 Messrs. Charles Morris & John Church, Merchants in 
 Cork." 
 
 Diana, ship, William Andrews, master, libel filed 
 April 4th, 1783, on behalf of the brigantines Howe and 
 Shark. Decree pronounced as on file whereby the ship 
 Diana and cargo was decreed to be restored to the claim- 
 ant, from which M r . Nesbitt Advocate General in behalf of 
 the captors moved for an appeal. 
 
 Diligence, brig, loaded with cyder, cotton, molasses 
 and salt, bound to Elizabethtown, New Jersey, captured 
 off Sandy Hook, about March 27th, 1776, by H. M. S. 
 Phenix and Asia. 
 
 Dinah, brigantine, a recapture. " James Robert Mosse, 
 Lieut, of his Majesty's ship Juno, being Duly Sworne 
 Deposeth as follows — that on or about the 6th of Octo- 
 ber Instant, being on a cruise off Cape Sables they fell in 
 with and retook the Brigantine Dinah, that they found 
 she was loaded with Provisions, that they found no papers 
 on board except a Charter Part} r between John Wilkinson 
 owner of the Brig Dinah and the Commissioners for Vic- 
 tualling his Majesty's Navy and a Mediterenean pass and 
 copy of a Commission given to John Lee Commander of 
 the schooner Hawke by the Congress signed by John 
 Hancock, President, which schooner was from Newbury- 
 Port in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay that they 
 found none of the hands on board the Brig that were first 
 ship'd for the voyage that she was entirely in the Hands 
 of the Re bells that they were proceeding with her to New- 
 bury Port." 
 
 "Robert Clark late Mariner of the ship Nancy mount- 
 ing 14 Carriage Guns one Cowen Master bound from 
 Cork to Quebec Deposeth that the said ship Nancy was 
 taken by a Rebel Privateer call'd the Hawke Commanded 
 
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 by John Lee in the month of Sept. last in the Latitude 46, 
 that the deponant was left on board said ship Nancy, 
 with 14 of the Privateers men that about 14 days after- 
 wards they fell in with the Brig Dinah in the Lattitude 42 
 which Brig they took and put the deponant on board to- 
 gether with three of the Rebel Privateersmen, that after- 
 wards on or about the sixth of October Instant, they fell 
 in with his Majesty's ship Juno who retook the Brig. 
 Dinah." 
 
 DoLPHiN,brig, of Falmouth, loaded and bound from there 
 to the West Indies, cargo : boards, shingles, staves and 
 hoops. Captured about Nov. 19th 1776, to the south- 
 ward of George's Banks, by H. M. S. Unicorn. The peo- 
 ple of the Brig fired upon the boats from the Unicorn. 
 William Roberts, seaman on board the Dolphin, made de- 
 position. 
 
 Dolphin, brigantine, David Felt, master. Libel filed Oct. 
 4th, 1782, on behalf of H. M. S. Chatham and Charlestown. 
 Evidence as on file. 
 
 Dolphin, schr., Aaron Burnham, master, registered at 
 Gloucester, Apl. 16th, 1779, bill of sale of said schr. made 
 William Jones to Daniel Collis, dated Newbury Port, Apl. 
 14th, 1779, exhibited, also a receipt from Seth Barns of 
 Yarmouth, N. S., for 58 barrels of tar and turpentine. 
 Seized by Jonathan Binney, Deputy Collector of H. M. 
 Customs for contraband trading, and condemned as for- 
 feited, May, 1779. 
 
 Dolphin, schr., John Collyer, master, Dominico for Mar- 
 blehead, cargo: rum, sugar and coffee, lost her rudder and 
 got into Port Mutton, N. S., where Colonel Perkins, com- 
 manding the Militia at Liverpool, and others, captured her 
 about the beginning of March, 1780, and took her to Liv- 
 erpool, and probably afterwards to Halifax to be sold. 
 Thomas Ctfrtis, mate of the Dolphin made deposition. 
 
 Dolphin, schr., Joseph Clark, master, on a fishing cruise, 
 last from Piscataqua, captured July 21st, 1777, at Passa- 
 maquoddy by armed brig Hope, and taken to Windsor. 
 
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 All papers found on her, except one, produced. That 
 one, the prize master deposed he understood was a pas- 
 sage from the Committee of Safety at Passamaquoddy for 
 the said schooner to pass and repass unmolested, & was 
 found in a house at Passamaqoddy. 
 
 Dolphin, schr., loaded with flour, bound to Martinico, 
 captured off Cape Charles in Virginia about June 17th, 
 1776, by H. M. S. Otter. 
 
 Dolphin, schr. alias Two Brothers and Betsey sloop. 
 Libel Sept. 11th, 1782, by armed brigantine Meriam. 
 
 Dolphin and Dispatch, schrs., privateers. " Lemuel 
 Goddard, Midshipman of the Brig Observer, John Crymes 
 Esq., commander, being duly sworne deposeth, That on or 
 about the first of September last being off LaHave, they 
 Discovered Two Small Armed sch rs , That The Observer 
 gave Chase to them, and they Run into false LaHave and 
 Run the Vessels Ashore, that the people belonging to 
 them all made their escape, that they found no papers, 
 one Schooner had seven Swivels on the Comings of the 
 Hatchways, and the other had 5 fixed in the same man- 
 ner, that Captain Crymes ordered them to Liverpool, that 
 one was about 18 tons, the other about 12 or 13 tons." 
 
 Don Quixot, sloop, Newbury to the eastward after a 
 load of wood. Had on board a small quantity of molasses, 
 sugar, cotton and coffee, captured in the fall, 1780, off Cape 
 Porpoise, by Letter of Marque schooner Mowatt. 
 
 Dove, sloop. " Moses Dolsby, late Seaman on board the 
 Sloop Dove, being duly sworn Deposith that he sailed 
 from Cherristown, in Virginia in Sept r last and was 
 Bound taken by a ship called the Peggy, belonging to 
 Thomas Cochran of Halifax, and afterwards was retaken 
 by an American Privateer called the Pilgrim, and a little 
 time after was taken again by the Chatham, that he was 
 taken out of the sloop and kept on Board the Chatham, 
 that he never saw the Sloop afterwards until he came 
 into this Harbour, and further Deposeth that the said sloop 
 
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 Dove & Cargo, Did belong to John Kindall & Henry 
 Harman in Virginia, that she is partly loaded with tobac- 
 
 CO. 
 
 " Jeremiah Farnan Seaman on Board His Majesty's 
 Ship Charlestown, being duly Sworn Deposeth that he 
 was on a Cruize in Said Ship in Boston Bay the 15th 
 October Inst, when they fell in with a Sloop which they 
 Chaised about Four Hours and took her and found she 
 was in the possession of the Rebels, Loaded with Tobacco 
 Bound to Boston, that Capt. George put the Deponant on 
 Board as Prize Master as Brought her safe into this Port, 
 that there was no papers found on Board her." 
 
 Dreadnatjght, privateer schr. Libel filed Sept. 24 th , 
 1782, on behalf of the armed brigantine Observer. Evi- 
 dence of Amos Potter and Lemuel Goddart taken as on 
 file. 
 
 Eagle, brigantine, Seth Storer, master, Salem to the 
 West Indies, cargo: fish and lumber, captured Oct. 8 th , 
 1781, in Boston Bay, by H. M. S. Chatham. Seth Storer 
 made deposition. 
 
 Earl of Glencairne, ship, Alexander McCall, master, 
 a recapture. " James Karr being duly sworne deposeth 
 that he belonged to a Privateer Schooner out of New York, 
 that on the 5 or 6 th of this month [Aug. 1779] he was 
 taken by the Boston & Dean Frigates & was put on board 
 the Boston, that on the 9 th of August they fell in with the 
 Ship Glencairne which the}^ took, that the Deponent was 
 put on Board the Ship Glencairne after she was taken, 
 that he saw the Rebel Boats pass & Repass near an Hour 
 and a half before he was put on Board the Ship Glencairne, 
 he saw several Trunks & Blankets filled with Pieces of 
 Chuk & other things carried from the Ship by the Ameri- 
 cans, & that he also saw four or five Deale Boxes about 14 
 Inches long & 8 or 9 Inches wide which had been Broke 
 open & things taken out but what they Contained he does 
 not know, that he saw several Bundles of Silk Stockings & 
 Pieces of Chuk delivered the Rebel Prize Master by the 
 Rebel Seamen, that afterwards on or about the 23d of 
 
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 August Inst, they fell in with the Romulus, Captain Gay- 
 ton, who retook the ship Earl Grlencairne & brought her 
 safe into this Port." The Earl of Grlencairne was bound 
 from Greenock to New York, and was taken on Nantucket 
 Shoals by the Dean and Boston, who took out the captain, 
 passengers, and all the crew with the exception of two sea- 
 men. 
 
 Elizabeth, brigantine, Thos. Howe, master, Bordeaux 
 to New York, cargo : wine and brandy, captured May 2d, 
 1778, off Cape Anne, by H. M. S. Rainbow. The master, 
 Thos. Howe, made deposition, and claimed the brig* but 
 failed in his claim. 
 
 Elizabeth, brigantine, a recapture. " Thomas Perry 
 mate of the Brigantine Elizabeth William Garnett late 
 Master being duly sworn deposeth that on his Passage to 
 Antigua, from Liverpool on the thirteenth day of January 
 last [1777] they were taken in the Lattitude 17.14 North 
 and Longitude 36.30 West by a Sloop call'd the Lion com- 
 manded by one Timothy Shaler from Connecticut, that the 
 said Sloop chas'd them three hours, and that they fired 
 two Broadsides and three Guns before the Brig Struck to 
 them, that after they Struck the Privateers people came 
 on board and took out of the Brig eight People besides 
 two Gentlemen Passengers, that they left only an old man 
 and a boy and the Deponent on board the Brig, that they 
 took out of the Sloop a Prize Master and Seven hands, and 
 put on board the Brig and then steerd for Egg Harbour 
 near Philadelphia, that on the 23d day of February last in 
 Longitude 61 : 58. Latt. 35 : 29, they fell in with the Mil- 
 ford Man of War Commanded by Captain Barkley, who 
 retook the said Brigantine the 24 th and sent her into this 
 Port. That before the said Brig was taken by the Mil- 
 ford, the Rebels had Plundered her of many valuable ar- 
 ticles ; that the Papers from number one to ten were all 
 the Papers the Rebels left on board the Brig, that be- 
 longed to her." 
 
 Elizabeth, brigantine, loaded with powder, arms and 
 dry goods, no papers on board, bound to New York, cap- 
 
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 tured the beginning of June, off Long Island, by H. M. S. 
 Cerberus. 
 
 Elizabeth, sloop. The Advocate General filed the de- 
 position of Thomas Prestland, taken before Joseph Win- 
 niet. Cause : James Hawker, commander of H. M. Ship 
 of War the Mermaid vs. Sloop Elizabeth & cargo, dated 
 July 11 th , 1777. 
 
 Emerald, brig, retraxit. 
 
 Endeavour, brigantine, a recapture, from Greenock in 
 Scotland to Halifax, James Robertson, then master, cargo : 
 beef, pork, soap, candles and butter, taken Aug. 21st, 
 1781, off Isle of Sables, by the privateer brig Swift, com- 
 manded by John Fittle, of Salem, 14 guns, and course 
 shaped for Salem, recaptured about Aug. 31st, 1781, off 
 Cape Ann, by the Gen. Monk, and taken to Penobscott. 
 
 Enterprise, ship, a recapture. " Alexander Francis 
 Landsman on the Ship Enterprize, being Sworn Deposeth 
 that he shipp'd on Board said vessel last spring, Captain 
 Winter, bound on a Cruize, that she mounted 22 Guns and 
 navigated with 140 men, owned by Thomas Eason & Co. 
 of Bristol, that the latter end of July last being near the 
 Landsend, they fell in with a Rebel Ship, which Chased 
 them about three days and came up with the Enterprize, 
 that she mounted 16 Guns, that she Engaged them four 
 Glasses & an half when the Enterprize struck to her 
 having four men killed and two wounded, that she was 
 called the Franklin, that they took out all the men belong- 
 ing to the Enterprize but six, and were carrying her to Sa- 
 lem, that the latter end of August they fell in with His 
 Majesty's Ship Amphytrite who retook the Ship Enterprize 
 and sent her safe into Penobscott." 
 
 Esther, schr. of Georgia River. Goods seized on board 
 the schooner Esther. The Esther was captured in Georgia 
 River about the latter end of February, 1776, with no 
 papers on board, by H. M. S. Scarborough. They took 
 the goods out of her and she was afterwards burnt. The 
 goods were put on board the ship Rittenhouse and brought 
 to Halifax. 
 
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 Esther, schr. understood to be owned in Cape Anne, 
 from Carolina to Cape Anne, cargo: rice and tar, captured 
 April 29 th 1777, about four leagues from Cape Anne, by 
 H. M. S. Scarborough. 
 
 Eunice, brigantine, Ebenezer Peck, master, from the 
 West Indies to New Haven, where she was built and 
 owned by Chipman Todd and Ebenezer Peck, cargo : salt, 
 rum and sugar, carried six six pounders and one four 
 pounder, had three passengers and thirty-four hands, mas- 
 ter included, captured previous to Jan. 8 th , 1783, by H. 
 M. S. Garland. 
 
 Europia, sloop, a recapture. From the West Indies 
 for Halifax, with rum and fruit, captured Oct. 19 th , 1781, 
 by the ship Minerva, American Letter of Marque, from 
 Amsterdam to Newburyport, and recaptured the next day 
 in Lat. 42° N., Long. 66° W., by H. M. S. Assurance. The 
 Europia was owned by Mr. Cochran of Halifax. 
 
 Fair American, brigantine, privateer, Hugh Ches- 
 holmn, commander. Libelled Oct. 4 th , 1781, by H. M. 
 sloop of war the Vulture. " The evidence of Hugh Ches- 
 holmn taken as on file." 
 
 Fair Play, schr., bound for West Indies, loaded with 
 lumber, captured early in December, 1778, near French- 
 man's Bay, by the True Blue. 
 
 Falmouth Packet, schr., libelled by armed schooner 
 David, Feb. 20 th , 1781, all evidence and decree referred 
 to " as on file," giving absolutely no information. 
 
 Fanny, brigantine, Samuel Tucker, master, from Gra- 
 nada to Salem, cargo : rum, captured Oct. 18 th , 1781, near 
 Brown's Banks, by H. M. S. Charlestown. 
 
 Fanny, sloop, William Britton, master, loaded with 
 flour, tobacco and lumber, detained and brought to port 
 by the brig that brought the Hessian troops, seized by H. 
 M. S. Niger, as forfeited. Date of libel, June 29 th , 1776. 
 The master of the Fanny made deposition, 
 
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 Fanny, brigantine, a recapture. " James Spence mate 
 of the Brigantine Fanny being duly sworne deposeth, that 
 the said Brigantine was Bound on a Voyage from Fal- 
 mouth in England to Quebec, loaded with Wines, that on 
 or about the 8 th of July last they fell in with a Rebel 
 Privateer Schooner of 10 Carriage Guns, call'd the True 
 Blue, that the Rebels Boarded & took Possession of said 
 Brig being in the Latitude 45° N. Long. 33. That the 
 Rebels took out the master John Wood, & all the hands 
 except the Depon* & a Boy, & also took out all the Papers 
 except the Register & Bill of Sale of the Vessel, which 
 are in the Attorney Genls. Hands, that they put on Board 
 said Biig 7 men and a Prize Master & stood to the West- 
 ward for Marblehead, that on the 29 th of August last 
 being near the Seal Islands in this Province they fell in 
 with his Majestys Ship of War the Mermaid, James 
 Hawker Esq r Commander who retook the said Brig Fanny 
 & sent her Safe into this Port of Halifax, that when the 
 Mermaid took possession of the Brig* the Rebels made 
 their escape in the Boat & the Boy with them." 
 
 Flying Fish, John Gavett, commander, fitted out at 
 Salem, bound on a cruize on the Banks of Newfoundland, 
 owned by William Rankling & Co. of Salem, captured 
 about June 18 th , 1781, by H. M. S. Charlestown. John 
 Gavett, made deposition. 
 
 Fortune, brigantine, a recapture. " March 27 th , 1 781. 
 George Sutter part owner & Super Cargo of the Brigan- 
 tine Fortune Thomas Blanche master, being duly sworne 
 deposeth that on his passage from New York to Newfound- 
 land, being off Block Is d on the 11 th day of March Inst. 
 they fell in with a privateer about 10 o'clock at night, 
 which chased them all night & at 8 o'clock next morning 
 the privateer came up with the Brig, & took her, that the 
 Privateer's people took out sundry Sales & Stores & per 
 account now filed, that after shifting Hands and putting a 
 prize master on Board they steered for New London, that 
 on the 16 th of the same month as they were steering for New 
 London they fell in with the schooner Success, one Bennat 
 Ireloan Commander, a privateer Bound from Halifax to 
 
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 New York, who chased the Brig the whole day when they 
 came up with & Retook the Brig & sent her into this port 
 where she now is, that the Master & the papers belonging 
 to the Brig were taken & kept on Board the privateer." 
 
 " Elias Swann Seaman on Board the privateer called 
 the Marquis LeFiat being duly sworn deposeth that the 
 said privateer was fitted out at New London, owned by 
 one Mumford, that they had been out 3 days when they 
 captured the Brig Fortune, Thomas Blanche Master, that 
 they were carrying her into New London." 
 
 Fortune, schr., Rebel privateer, commanded by An- 
 drew Palmer, who was commissioned by the Continental 
 Congress, captured off New London, Feby. 3d, 1777, by 
 H. M. S. Amazon. She had six carriage guns mounted 
 and some in tbe hold. The captors took possession and 
 sent her to New York. 
 
 Fox, privateer schooner, a recapture. Libel filed July 
 16 th , 1782. " Thomas Freeman being duly sworn, depos- 
 eth that he was at Penobscott with M r Sherlock and saw 
 the schooner then call'd the Hawk, that he has been on 
 board the Fox, a schooner brought in here by the Ceres 
 and Perseverance, Frigates, and examined her and knows 
 her to be the same vessel sold to James Ryder Momatt of 
 Penobscott last fall." The vessel was ordered to be re- 
 stored to the claimant, he paying an eighth salvage, and 
 articles returned as American property condemned as for 
 feited. 
 
 Fox, sloop, privateer, David Allen, master, libelled Oct. 
 10 th , 1781, by H. M. S. Chatham. 
 
 Friend, schooner, of Boston, Lawrence, commander, 
 10 swivels, 20 men captured October 18 th , 1777, about a 
 mile and a half above the falls of the river St. John, by 
 the armed schooner Nova Scotia. The Friend was fitted 
 out by the Congress. 
 
 Friendship, brigantine, libel filed June 24 th , 1782, by 
 H. M. S. Albany. 
 
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 Friendship, brigantine, Nathaniel Brimblecomb, mas- 
 ter, Marblehead to Williamsburg in Virginia, in ballast, 
 captured April 9 th , 1778, near George's Banks, by H. M. 
 S. Orpheus. 
 
 Friendship, schr., James Holliday, master, captured 
 near the end of May, 1779, by H. M. S. Blond. « Thomas 
 Talbot mate of the Schooner Friendship, being sworne de- 
 poseth that they sailed from Bermudas the 30 th of April 
 last Bound to Annapolis Royal in this Province Loaded 
 with Salt, that on the 16 th May they made the Land at 
 Townsend, that next day they went into Townsend to 
 get Provisions, the Master, James Holliday went ashore 
 & got a Calf, Half Bushel of Potatoes & some meal, they 
 were to come out again the next day, "but two men came 
 on Board & Demanded their papers, the Captain gave the 
 papers up to them, & these two men told the Captain his 
 vessel was liable to be made a Prize of, the Captain then 
 demanded his papers from them, that they would not nor 
 did they deliver them. He then immediately set out for 
 Boston, & Returned again in 9 or 10 days, the Judge of 
 the Admiralty came with him, & the vessel & papers were 
 delivered to Captain Holliday, that they landed one hun- 
 dred & odd Bushels of Salt at Townsend for Provisions, 
 that the 3d day after they left Townsend they fell in with 
 a Fleet which they took for an English Fleet, that when 
 they came near them they saw they had French colours, 
 they bore down to them & found the Headmost ship was 
 the Blond." 
 
 Friendship, schr., John Shelber, master, a recapture. 
 " John Shelber Master of the Schooner called the Friend- 
 ship being duly examined declares that he was bound from 
 St. Christophus to Salem Loaded with Rum and Salt, that 
 the Vessel & Cargo was owned in Salem by William 
 Shelber, John Tucker & others. That she had Twelve men 
 on Board in all & one gun, that they were taken by the 
 Halifax Packet in Latt. 40. 41. on Wednesday, after a 
 chase of six hours, that she is about one Hundred Tons 
 Burthen. That he understands she had been taken on her 
 passage from New York to Penobscott in Ballast & carried 
 into Salem as Prize." 
 
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 " William Currie late of New York being duly Sworne 
 Deposeth, that he has been on Board the Schooner Friend- 
 ship lately brought into this Port, by the Brigantine Hali- 
 fax Packet and has examined her, that he saw the same 
 schooner at New York, the 18 th of June last, that he then 
 shipped on Board her as Mate, that she was then owned 
 by William Pagan & Company, that one Thomas Brown 
 was then Master, that they were bound for Penobscott in 
 company with the Ship Thomas, that he was taken in Pe- 
 nobscott Bay by the Thrasher, that they put him with the 
 Captain and all the Crew on Shore and carried the vessel 
 and Cargo into Salem." Dec. 17 th , 1782, the cargo was 
 condemned as lawful Prize and the schooner to pay an 
 eighth. 
 
 Friendship, schr., from Cape Anne in ballast, captured 
 October 23d, 1780, off Casco Bay, by armed schooner 
 David. The people of the Friendship took to their boats 
 and got ashore, all but a small boy left on board. She 
 was carried into Penobscott, Fort George. 
 
 Friendship, schr., from Plymouth on a fishing voyage 
 all summer, had about 40 quintals of green fish, captured 
 Sept. 8 th , 1782, off Cape Sable, by the Prince William 
 Henry, and Howe, Briggs and Buckram, schr. and brought 
 into Halifax. Eli Cartes of Scituate, belonging to the 
 Friendship made deposition. 
 
 Friendship, sloop, Newbury to Martinico, cargo, lum- 
 ber, hoisted French colours, crew all Frenchmen, that the 
 prize master, deponant, saw, captured about June 23 d , 
 1777, in the passage from Rhode Island to the Bay of 
 Fundy, by H. M. S. Flora. 
 
 Friendship, snow, a recapture, ''Gideon Ellis com- 
 mander of the Arm'd schooner Shark, being duly sworn 
 deposeth that on his passage from this Port to the Island 
 of Bermuda on Sunday the eighteenth of August Instant 
 being then about fifteen leagues to the Southward of the 
 Light they fell in with a snow which they chased about 
 four hours when they came up with her, and boarded her, 
 that she was then in the possession of the Americans who 
 
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 informed the Deponent, that they had been captured by 
 an American privateer Ship called the Grand Turk mount- 
 ing 18 Carriage Guns on one deck, that they said the 
 Captain of the Snow and all her hands were carried on 
 board the Grand Turk, that there was no papers on board 
 her, except the copy of the Grand Turk's Commission now 
 produced, that she had seven barrels of beef or pork and 
 about eight bags of bread, that she has ten carriage Guns, 
 threes and fours, that she is Square sterned, a woman's 
 head, a white bottom, sheathed, and double deck'd, that 
 she is now safe at anchor in this Harbour, the Prize Mas- 
 ter and five men the prisoners are now on board the Prison 
 Ship in this Harbour." 
 
 Friendship, snow, a recapture. " James Ferrah, mate 
 of the Snow call'd the Friendship being duly sworne de- 
 poseth that on his Passage from Quebec to Barcelona, they 
 fell in with a Rebel Privateer Brig call'd the Washington* 
 Commanded by one Elias Smith mounting 12 Carriage 
 and 4 Swivel Guns. That on the 6 th November last in the 
 Lat. 42 . 22 Long. 37. 3 the said Privateer took the said 
 Snow, & took out the Captain, two Hands, & two boys & 
 put on Board the said Snow 7 of the Privateer's Men, & 
 then shaped their course for Cape Ann, that on or about 
 the 26 of Nov. last, they were retaken by a schooner call'd 
 the Loyal Nova Scotian, John Alexander, Commander, 
 who brought the said Snow into this Port." 
 
 Gaff Fish, schooner, one Yeaton or Eaton, master. 
 May 28 th 1781. " John Matthewson of Penobscott Fort 
 George being duly sworn deposeth, that he was at Penob- 
 scott when the schooner Graff Fish was brought into that 
 port by the tender belonging to the Allegiance, that he 
 saw the Captain of her one Yeaton or Eaton who inform'd 
 the deponant that the said schooner Graff Fish belonged to 
 Casco Bay, that he was the owner, & that this was the 
 first time he had been taken during the War, & that he 
 had destroyed the papers belonging to her before he was 
 taken, & that he had two other large schooners, which he 
 had rather should have been taken than this one, because 
 
 •Owned in Beverly. 
 
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 she was such a Lucky Vessel & Sailed so well, that he the 
 deponent saw said Eaton at another time, when he told 
 him the deponant he wished he would make application to 
 get his watch again, that he did not regret the taking of 
 his Vessel was so much as his watch, for he knew his 
 Vessel was a Lawful Prize, & further that said Eaton was 
 paroled as a Prisoner of War, & that he went off from 
 Penobscott in a Boat to Camden on the Rebel side." The 
 Gaff Fish was condemned, being then in Halifax harbor. 
 
 General Gates, sloop, Joseph Dority, master, Balti- 
 more to St. Eustatia, cargo : tobacco and staves, 8 carriage 
 guns, 2 swivels, and 17 men, captured May 2d, 1779, in 
 Lat. 23°, Long. 64° 30" by H. M. S. Hope. 
 
 General Green, brigantine, Edward Bacon, master, 
 Amsterdam to Philadelphia, cargo : dry goods and teas, 
 captured Oct. 7 th , 1782, on the western part of George's 
 Banks, by H. M. S. Renown. Edward Bacon made de- 
 position, stating the brigantine was owned in Amsterdam 
 by Peter Le Poole and the cargo was consigned to Mr. 
 Hazelhurt in Philadelphia. His own home was Barnsta- 
 ble, near Cape Cod. He had three gentlemen passengers 
 and their servants. The whole number of seamen and all, 
 consisted of nineteen persons. 
 
 General McDugal, ship, a recapture. " Thomas 
 Leuwelling a mariner on Board His Majesty's Ship the 
 Diamond being duly Sworn Deposeth, that being on a 
 Cruize in said Ship the latter end of May last they fell in 
 with a Ship near George's Banks, that they Chased her for 
 7 or 8 Hours when they came up with her, she Hoisted 
 American Colours & Hauled them down again immediate- 
 ly, that Capt. Fielding sent an officer on Board her, & 
 found she was from Boston, four days out, that she had 
 only 2 or 3 Casks of Sugar on Board, that she was bound 
 to South Carolina, that the people on Board had told the 
 Deponant she was a Ship that belonged to Liverpool in 
 Great Britain, that she had been taken by the Americans 
 three or four months before & fitted out by them, that 
 she had 8 four pounders, 6 swivels & 2 Cohorns & 24 
 
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 men & is between three or 400 Tons Burthen, that they 
 called her the General McDugal that the said ship is now 
 in this Harbour." 
 
 "Isaac Taylor late Seaman on Board the Ship now 
 called the Greneral McDugal being Sworne deposeth that 
 he was Born in Warrington in Great Britain, that he was 
 an apprentice to Jonathan Blundle of Liverpool in Great 
 Britain who was the owner of said Ship, that he sailed in 
 said Ship from Liverpool Bound to New York Loaded 
 with Coals in November last, that the Ship's name was the 
 Jonathan, that on his Passage they had two Engagements, 
 one was with an American Schooner, the other with the 
 Brig Genl. Washington who took them being then near 
 the Island of Bermuda, that they took out all the Hands 
 except the Captain (James Townsend) William Sampson 
 & the Deponant who were wounded, that they carried the 
 Ship into Boston N. E. where they stripp'd her & Dis- 
 charged the Cargo." 
 
 General Stark, privateer ship. William Coas, master, 
 of Cape Ann, 24 carriage guns and 90 men, on a cruize, 
 captured Oct. 8 th , 1781, in Boston Bay, by H. M. S. 
 Chatham. Wm. Coas made deposition. 
 
 George, brigantine, a recapture. " Richard Raggate 
 midshipman on Board his Majesty's Ship of War the Or- 
 pheus being duly Sworne Deposeth, that on the 17 th June 
 being on a Cruize in Boston Bay they fell in with the 
 Brigantine George one George Williams Master, that they 
 gave chace to the said Brig, & Boarded her & found she 
 was then in possession of the Rebels, & that she was from 
 Tobago, partly loaded with Rum & a few Bricks & Bound 
 to Boston, that the papers filed by the Advocate General 
 were found on Board her, that the Juno, & Amazon were 
 in Company when they took Possession of said Brig George 
 and that Captain Hudson of the Orpheus, made the Depo- 
 nant Prize Master of said Brig & sent him with her into 
 this Port, where she now is." 
 
 « 29 th June 1777. Charles Frederick Charlson a Swede 
 born at Stockholm, Seaman on Board the Brigantine George 
 George Williams Master, being duly Sworne Deposeth, 
 
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 that he was ship'd at Barbadoes & proceeded with said 
 Brig to the Island of Tobago, that about one month ago, 
 being about 3 English miles from a Harbour on the West 
 end of said Island of Tobago, which Harbour they were 
 going into, they fell in with an American Privateer Sloop 
 carrying 12 Guns & 75 men, that the said Privateer took 
 Possession of the said Brig, & took out the Master & all 
 the hands (except the Deponant) Broke everything in the 
 Cabin & took out one Hogshead of Rum & sundry Pro- 
 visions, that they then manned the Brig with Rebels & 
 shaped their course for Boston New England, that on the 
 17 th June being in Boston Bay, they fell in with three 
 English men of War, that they sent a boat from each Ship 
 and took Possession of said Brig George, & sent her safe 
 into this Port where she now is, & that he the Deponant 
 was shipped by Captain Williams the first day of March 
 last at the monthly wages of Four pounds p month, Bar- 
 badoes Currency." 
 
 The Rebel Privateer which captured the George was the 
 Trumbull, Henry Billings, master, which is ascertained 
 from copies of papers filed in the case, & which are in- 
 cluded in this particular record. 
 
 Good Intent, schr., Willmot Wass, master, condemned 
 Feby. 22d, 1780 as lawful prize to the captors, H. M. S. 
 Albany. 
 
 Greyhound, brigantine, Clifford Byrne, master, a re- 
 capture, Nov. 2d, 1778. " John Gellen mate of the Brig- 
 antine Greyhound being duly Sworne Deposeth, that he 
 was shipp'd on board said Brig at St. Johns, Newfoundland, 
 by Clifford Byrne the Master, Bound to Jamaica Loaded 
 with dry Fish, that they sailed from St. Johns the 27 th of 
 September last, that on the 7 of October in the Lat. 40° 
 Long 52° W. they fell in with a ship Carrying 18 Guns & 
 95 men, that the Ship Chased them 8 Hours, came up with 
 & took the Brig, that the Ship was from Piecataqua Com- 
 manded by Thomas Darling, that they took out the Master 
 of the Brig & Six Hands, & put on Board her a Prize 
 Master and Seven Hands & Ordered him the Prize Mas- 
 ter to Carry the Brig to Piscataqua, that afterwards on the 
 
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 19 th of October being then about 30 Leagues S. W. from 
 Cape Sable they fell in with the Schooner True Blue [the 
 Rainbow's tender] who Chased the Brig 12 Hours when 
 they came up with & took her & brought said Brig safe 
 into this Port." 
 
 Greyhound, privateer schooner, from Salem on a 
 cruize and returning home again, captured Aug. 11 th , 1781, 
 off George's Banks, by H. M. S. Warwick and Garland. 
 
 Greyhound, privateer sloop, one Stacey, commander, 
 captured Sept. 20 th , 1781, 30 leagues to the westward of 
 Halifax, by H. M. S. Assurance. The Greyhound came 
 from Portsmouth, N. H. Samuel Stacey made deposition. 
 
 Halifax, brigantine, a recapture. "■ Peter Robinson, 
 midshipman of the Serberus [sic] being duly sworne de- 
 poseth that he was prize Master of the Brig call'd ye 
 Joseph, a Prize taken by the Cerberus, that on his Passage 
 to Halifax with the said Prize he fell in with & was taken 
 by a Schooner call'd the Gen 1 Putnam a Privateer fitted 
 out by some of the Colonies now in Rebellion mounting 6 
 Carriage Guns, that they put the Deponant and all the 
 People of the said Brig Joseph on board the Privateer, that 
 in the Lattitude about 37° and Long 57 on the 22 d Septem- 
 ber last the said Privateer fell in with and took the Brig- 
 antine Halifax, Richard Hinckly Master that afterwards 
 in the Lattitude 43 Long 66 on or about the beginning of 
 October Instant the Deponant being on board the Brig 
 Halifax they fell in with the Milford Man of War John 
 Burr Commander who retook the Brigantine Halifax 
 aforesaid and brought her into this Port of Halifax." 
 
 Hammon, schr., 12 swivel guns and small arms, and 
 28 men, run ashore at L'Have, all hands but six got away, 
 captured by H. M. S. Rainbow's tender. Deposition made 
 April 13 th , 1778. 
 
 Hannah, brigantine, owned in Newbury, New England, 
 by Nathaniel Tracey, from Newbury for Guadelope, cargo : 
 chiefly lumber, captured about April 30 th , 1777, near 
 Georges Banks, by H. M. S. Diamond. Caleb Turner, 
 seaman on the Hannah made deposition. 
 
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 Hannah, scbr., James Clinton, master, libel filed April 
 17 th , 1779, evidence as taken at Annapolis, N. S., read. 
 Captured by scbooner Liverpool, Letter of Marque. 
 
 Hannah, schr., John Askin, master, Piscataqua to 
 Damascotti, with only the vessel's stores on board. Cap- 
 tured Dec. 29 th , 1780, on the coast of New England, by 
 armed schooner David, & taken to Penobscott. All the 
 crew escaped, except one man, John Barker, who made 
 deposition, and said the schr. was owned in Damascotti by 
 one Prince Barker. 
 
 Hannah, schr., Philip Hodgkins, master. Libel filed 
 Nov. 27 th , 1782 by Dreadnaught. Evidence taken at 
 Liverpool read. 
 
 Hannah, schr., Cape Anne to Kennebek, with some 
 cider and rum on board, captured in October, 1780, off 
 Casco Bay, by armed schooner David, and carried into 
 Fort George Harbour, at Penobscott. The crew escaped 
 in boats during the chase. 
 
 Hannah, schr., Marblehead to New Meadow, cargo: 
 apples, cider and cattle, captured in October, 1780, near 
 Cape Porpoise by schooner Halifax Adventure, a priva- 
 teer. The prisoners were sent to Boston in a cartel from 
 Penobscott. 
 
 Hannah, sloop, Charles L e Ballister, master, Marblehead 
 for Fort George at Penobscott with 14 prisoners, which 
 were delivered at Penobscott, after remaining there three 
 days, sailed for Broad Bay where the vessel was loaded 
 with cord wood and boards, sailed for Boston, captured 
 April 27 th , 1781, off Cape Porpois by the Letter of 
 Marque Schooner Halifax Bob. William Clark, appren- 
 tice to the master of the Hannah, made deposition. 
 
 Hannah, sloop, owned by James Howard of the West 
 Jerseys, cargo : molasses and brandy, bound to the West 
 Jerseys, captured April 4 th , 1776, off Egg Harbour by H. 
 M. S. Phenix and Asia. 
 
 Hannah, sloop, libel filed June 24 th , 1782, by H. M. 
 Sloop of War the Albany. 
 
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 Harriet, brigantine. Montgomery, master, a recap- 
 ture. Recaptured from the Americans who had taken her 
 six days before, July 5 th , 1782, off Cape Sable, by . H. M. 
 Frigates Perseverance and Ceres. She was from Jamaica 
 to Halifax loaded with rum and molasses. The American 
 privateer which took her was called the Dispatch. 
 
 Hawke, schr., loaded with arms, powder, dry goods, gin, 
 rum, etc., had no papers, understood to be bound to New 
 York, captured off Long Island the beginning of June, 
 1776, by H. M. S. Cerberus. 
 
 Henrica Sophia, brig, a recapture. "Peter Heldt 
 Master of the Brigantine Henrica Sophia being duly 
 Sworne Deposeth that the said Brigantine is owned in 
 Stockholm in Sweden, that he was Bound on a Voyage in 
 said Brig from London to Teneriffe, that in the latter end 
 of May last being in Lat. 40° & Long. 3 2 from London 
 they fell in with an American Privateer called the Revenge 
 mounting 14 Guns & had 60 men, that the Privateer fired 
 a shot at the Brig and brought her too, & ordered the De- 
 ponant to put out his Boat & bring his papers on Board 
 the Privateer which the Deponantdid, that afterwards they 
 Sent an officer, & examined the Letters and papers, that 
 the Capt. of the Privateer one Cunningham then told the 
 Deponant the Cargo was English property & therefore was 
 a Prize, that he took out the Deponant's mate & 7 Hands 
 & put on Board the Brig a Prize Master & 8 Hands from 
 the Privateer, & then ordered the Prize Master to make 
 the best of his way with the Brig for Newbury, Piscataqua 
 or Casco Bay whichever they could get into, that the Mas- 
 ter of the Privateer told the Deponant he should have his 
 Brig again and Freight for the Cargo Six Hundred Pounds 
 Sterling, that before this 2 Days in the Lat. 42° 50" 
 another Privateer fired a shott under striped Colours, 
 brought them too, sent his officer on Board the Brig 
 opened Several Chests & Boxes looking for papers, after 
 examining the papers, told the deponant he might proceed 
 his voyage, and the deponant further deposeth that on 
 their Passage towards America as aforesaid on the 7 th July 
 Inst, being then off the Seal Islands near Cape Sables in 
 
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 this Province they fell in with an Arm'd Schooner called 
 the True Blue [the Diamond's tender] who retook the said 
 Brig and brought her into this Port of Halifax." 
 
 Hero, privateer brig, Silas Smith, commander, eleven 
 carriage guns, captured in or near the Gut of Canso, July 
 4 th , 1781, by H. M. S. Charlestown, all the men of the 
 Hero escaped ashore in boats, and the brig herself was 
 aground. The first lieutenant of the Charlestown fired 
 his piece at the shore, and the fire was returned. 
 
 Hero, sloop, libel filed October 24 th , 1777. Captured 
 by H. M. S. Juno. All papers referred to "as on file." 
 
 Hester, ship, a recapture. " David Crombie, master 
 of the ship Hester being duly Sworne Deposeth as fol- 
 lows that on or about the 28 th of August last Lattitude 
 39° 40" Longitude 48° 45" he was taken by a Rebel Pri- 
 vateer from some of the Colonies now in Rebellion call'd 
 the Collumbus whereof was Master one Abraham Whipple 
 mounting 28 Carriage Guns, that they took out all of his 
 People and put on board 14 of the Privateer's men, that 
 they then shap'd their course for some Port in New Eng- 
 land, that on or about the 21 8t of September the Deponant 
 fell in with Capt. Henry Bellew of his Majesty's Ship 
 Liverpool on Georges Banks who retook the said ship 
 Hester and bought her into this Port of Halifax." 
 
 Hitty, sloop, Salter, master, from Charlestown, North 
 Carolina, cargo : chiefly provisions, captured off the Cape 
 of Virginia by Phenix some time in May, 1777. The Hitty 
 was at anchor, & cut or slipped her cable & was taken 
 after a three hours' chase. 
 
 Hope, brigantine, David Ross, commander, a recapture. 
 "Richard Pugh, masters mate of His Majesty's Sloop of 
 War Atalanta being duly sworn deposeth that being on a 
 Cruize in said Sloop of War they fell in with a Brigantine 
 off of Cape Negro, on the Coast of Nova Scotia call'd the 
 Hope on or about the fifth day of December last, which 
 they took about two O'Clock in the morning of the sixth, 
 and when they took possession of her found only — man 
 
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 on board a passenger, who informed the Deponant that 
 she had been taken a few hours before by an American 
 privateer Brig, and that the Americans had quitted her, 
 and took to the boat and carried off a Cable, and Plunder 
 as much as they could carry in the Boat, that after Cap- 
 tain Britt had put the Deponent on Board as Prize Mas- 
 ter, with hands sufficient to Navigate the Brig* he order'd 
 the Deponent to follow the Atalanta, that about one 
 O'Clock P. M. the same day Captain Britt took the Brig 
 Taw & endeavour'd to get into Liverpool, the wind at 
 E. S. E. and Hazy Thick Weather, that about five O'Clock 
 they came to anchor in Liverpool Harbour, that the next 
 morning the wind came on to blow very fresh and in- 
 creased, and the Brig having but one cable she parted it 
 and was forced ashore by the force of the wind and sea, 
 and altho every effort was made to save her she was lost, 
 that she was loaded with Rum & Sugar, that Captain 
 Britt with his people immediately gave every assistance 
 to save what they could of the cargo and did save about 
 thirty-two casks of Rum, which he brought to Halifax in 
 the Atalanta, that they found no papers on board, that he 
 understood the Master of her was on board the Rebel Pri- 
 vateer, that his name was David Ross." An eighth of 
 the value of the salved cargo was paid to the captors. 
 
 Hope, brigantine, a recapture. " John Bell, Master of 
 the Brigantine Hope being Duly Sworne Deposeth that on 
 or about the 30 th of October last in the Lattitude 42 & 
 Longitude W & some odd he was taken in the said Brig- 
 antine by a Rebell Privateer Schooner call'd the Hawke 
 one John Lee Master, that they took the Deponant & kept 
 him on Board the Privateer 48 Hours, they then put him 
 on Board his own Brig again & took out the Mate of the 
 Brig & two men, & put on Board the Brig five men & a 
 Boy besides the Prize master, that after this was done they 
 made the best of their way for Newbury Port in New Eng- 
 land, that afterwards on or about the 11 th Instant Dec r near 
 Georges Banks they fell in with the Lizard Man of War 
 Capt. McKenzie Commander who retook the said Brig 
 and sent her safe into this Port of Halifax. That the 
 
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 said Brig was Bound from Iarow in Portugal to Dublin 
 loaded with Fruit Principally." 
 
 Humbug, schr., libelled Nov. 3d, 1781, by the letter 
 of marque schr. David, and condemned. 
 
 Hyder Ally, schr., Will m Baldwin, commander, of 
 Salem, eleven three pounders, forty-three men, about 55 
 tons burthen, captured Oct. 31st, 1782, on Georges Banks, 
 by H. M. S. Chatham. 
 
 Independance, ship, Joseph Olney, commander, built 
 and launched three months previous to capture, in Provi- 
 dence, owned by Captain Creed and Robert Taylor, out 
 about three weeks cruizing on the Banks of Newfoundland, 
 captured July 17 th , 1781, after a three hours chase, by 
 H. M. S. Dana?. Joseph Olney made deposition. 
 
 Industry, brigantine, Arthur McClelan, master, bound 
 to St. Lucas, loaded with lumber, captured December 4 th , 
 1777, in Lat. 41°, Long. 65°, by H. M. S. Milford. 
 
 Innis, schr., Smith, master, Broad Bay to Marblehead, 
 cargo : lumber, captured some time in November, 1777, 
 near Townsend on the coast of New England, by H. M. S. 
 Rainbow's tender. 
 
 Jack, ship, privateer, David Ropes, commander from 
 Salem, 15 guns, 9 and 6 pounders, 58 men, 12 of which were 
 killed at the capture and nine wounded, captured May 28 th , 
 1782, to the westward of Halifax, by the armed brigantine, 
 Observer, after an engagement of two hours. " Lucas John- 
 stone, midshipman on board His Majesty's Ship Charles- 
 town being sworne declares that in the latter end of July 
 last on their passage from Halifax to Spanish River in 
 company with the Allegiance, Vulture and Jack and some 
 transports under their convoy, being off of Spanish River 
 Seeing two French Frigates L'Astrea & Hermionne to 
 Leward, Captain Evans who then commanded the Charles- 
 town, order'd the Deponent on board the Jack with orders 
 to Captain Tonge, that sometime after they engaged, that 
 the Jack was obliged to strike to the French Frigates, and 
 the Deponent and the whole crew belonging to the Jack, 
 
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 were made prisoners and carried into Boston, that the Jack 
 at that time carried ten nine pounders and four sixes, and 
 was manned with sixty seven men, Richard Peter Tonge 
 Commander, that the Deponent has seen the ship called 
 the Jack (taken by Captain Crymes) now laying in this 
 Harbour & knows her to be the same ship taken by the 
 L'Astrea & Hermionne as above mentioned, and further 
 that when he was on board the Jack in July last he saw 
 her log book wherein was mentioned that she belonged to 
 the Province of Quebec, and was call'd His Majesty's 
 Arm'd ship Jack." 
 
 William Gray, first lieutenant of the Jack (American) 
 made deposition. 
 
 James, schr., cargo : dry goods, spirits and flour, cap- 
 tured by H. M. S. Asia and Phoenix in East River above 
 New York. Date of libel, May 20 th , 1776. 
 
 James, sloop, Richard Priller, master, captured previous 
 to April 27 th , 1776, by H. M. S. Chatham. 
 
 Janus, ship, 150 tons, Bordeaux to Boston, cargo : 
 brandy and bale goods, thirty-five men, 12 carriage guns, 
 four pounders, captured Oct. 10 th , 1782, off Cape Cod, 
 by H. M. S. Chatham, which hoisted French colours and 
 the Janus came up to her. 
 
 John, brig, a recapture, Casco Bay to Boston, cargo : 
 lumber, captured Sept. 6* , 1781, near Cape Porpoise, by 
 the armed sloop Howe and schooner Buckram. The 
 people on board escaped to the shore in a boat. 
 
 John, schr., John Hews, master. Libel filed Oct. 2d 
 1782, on behalf of H. M. S. Renown. 
 
 John, ship, a recapture. " John Hunter, master of the 
 ship John being duly sworne deposeth that he was taken 
 in the said ship on his passage from Quebec to England 
 30 th August last by the Schooner Independence John Gill 
 
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 Master being an arm'd vessel having 6 carriage guns 8 
 swivels & 50 men, that they were taken 30 leagues S. S. 
 E. from Cape Race, that they the said Rebels were proceed, 
 ing with the said ship to Boston when Capt. John Burr in 
 the Milford came in sight & gave chace to them six hours 
 & took them 8 th Sept 1 " instant about 30 leagues to the 
 Eastward of Cape Ann, that the schooner Independence 
 was own'd in Boston, New England. " Capt. Hunter offered 
 to pay the one-eighth salvage to the captors, so his ship 
 could proceed in the service of His Majesty agreeable to 
 her charter party. 
 
 John, sloop, William Chace, master, cargo : bread and 
 flour, " found on a trading voyage with the Colonies now 
 in Rebellion," captured previous to April 24 th , 1776, by 
 H. M. S. Nautilus. 
 
 John and Mary, brigantine, Daniel Haw, master, a re- 
 capture. " Samuel Ranney a Boy on Board the Brigantine 
 John and Mary of Lawfull age, being duly sworne depo- 
 seth that they sailed from St. Johns East Floriday on the 
 16 th day of Aug 1 Bound for London, Loaded with Tur- 
 pentine, that on the 23 d Aug. they fell in with an Ameri- 
 can Privateer which took them & were Carrying them to 
 Boston, that on the 2 d day of Segt. they fell in with the 
 Delight & other ships which retook the said Brigantine, & 
 brought her into this Port, that the rebels before they fell 
 in with the men of war had taken out of the Brig, 2 or 3 
 coils of Cordage, some new sails, 3 casks of Beef, 3 of 
 Bread, all the Cabin Furniture, some water Casks & all 
 the Colours to wit, a Burgee Pendant, a Long Pendant, an 
 English Ensign & Jack, & a French Jack, & took all the 
 Hammocks, 4 Brass Blunderbuses, 4 Brass Pistols, 2 
 Pocket Pistols, & a Hanger, & further saith not." 
 
 Joseph, brigantine. No particulars recorded. The 
 Joseph was captured by H. M. S. Rainbow, and libel filed 
 Sept. 11 th , 1777. 
 
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 Jeanie, snow, a recapture. Kennedy Deane Midship- 
 man on Board His Majesty's Ship Assurance being duly 
 Sworn Deposeth that on or about the tenth day of Sep- 
 tember last, being about fifteen Leagues to the Southward 
 & Westward of Cape Sables they fell in with a Snow 
 which they gave chase to and took her and found she was 
 in the possession of the Rebels and that she had been taken 
 by a Rebel Privateer called the Porgas one Armstrong 
 Commander, that the Prize master informed the Deponant 
 they were Bound to Boston with Her, after exchanging 
 Hands Captain Swiney ordered the Snow for this Port, 
 that the same evening it being dark & Foggy and Blowing 
 very Hard they fell in with the Rock called the Gannet 
 Rock to the northward of Cape Sable, that the Amagins 
 [szc-probably " he imagines "] they were forced to the 
 Northward by the strong flood Tide then running into the 
 Bay of Funday which M r Pitts the Prize Master was un- 
 acquainted with & had no pilate, that they got out a Kedg e 
 anchor (the others being too heavy for the people to get 
 over the Bows), the Kedge brought Her up, that after she 
 was brought up they got out a Deep Sea Line and Sent 
 the Boat a Shore with all the Hands but two made the line 
 fast to a hauser and hailed it Shore and made it fast a 
 Roack and Sent the Hands on Board again & Rowseed the 
 Hauser taught which moored Her, where lay safe between 
 Two of the Tusket Islands, that they lay there Two days 
 till the Weather Cleared up, that the third morning she 
 
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 got under way but before they got under way she got one 
 of the anchors of the Bows, that going thro the Passage of 
 the Tuskets Island the wind died away and the Tides took 
 her upon the Bow and forced her Shore before they had 
 time to let the anchor go the tide running 6 or 8 nots, 
 that four schooners which were outside the Islands, came 
 in to them But having no Boats sufficient to carry out an 
 anchor the Snow's boat being thrown over Board in a Gale 
 of Wind before the Assurance took her, and being no 
 wind when she floated, they got a hauser a Shore & made 
 to a Rock, that about Twelve oClk at night she fell upon 
 a C and about six in the morning she found the Hole half 
 full of water, threw the Lee Guns overboard and Hawled 
 one of the Schooners a long Side and Loaded her with 73 
 Barrels Tarpentine what provisions that could be saved 
 and some sails, M r Pitts went with them to Yarmouth & 
 Delivered them to the care of M r Barnard, that the Depo- 
 nant was left with the Rest of the men to Load the other 
 Schooners which he did one Fifty five Barrels and the 
 other with Fifty and sent them to Yarmouth and Two 
 other Schooners came, that he loaded one of them with 51 
 Barrels and sent to Yarmouth and a Fifth schr. they put 
 Eighty Barrels on Board, and then hauled another Schoon- 
 er along Side and had got in Six Barrels a Trysail & 
 Maintopsail of the Snow's, that while they were loading 
 this last schooner Two Rebel Privateer Shallops came with 
 Twenty-five men each arm'd, that they took M r Pitts com- 
 ing down from Town with Flour in a Schooner, the 
 Schooner with Trysail &c. got away But that they took 
 four or five of those Schooners that had been employed in 
 saving the cargo of the Snow, and also took possession of 
 her & took out all the remaining cargo and then set her 
 afire, that they then went to Yarmouth and took several 
 other small vessels and Shallops with Six Barrels Turpen- 
 tine that was on the Wharf, that they said they were going 
 to carry it to Salem — that M r Pitts and four men are at 
 Yarmouth taking care of the Terpentine &c. saved being 
 Two Hundred & Thirty Two Barrels." 
 
 " Samuel Midshipman on Board the Assurance being 
 duly sworn and hearing the evidence of Kennedy Deane 
 
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 read to him cenfirms the same, & further Deposeth that 
 about a week after M r Kennedy left the Deponant, a Rebel 
 Privateer Schooner, 8 Guns commanded by one Jese 
 Obrien from New England came to Yarmouth and took 
 all the Terpentine that was left and sent it New England 
 and there is now not any part of the cargo of the Snow 
 Janie or of her materials remaining to this Deponants 
 knowledge, that he came here a prisoner on Parole." 
 
 Joseph, ship, a recapture. Recaptured by armed ves- 
 sels Howe and Buckram, June 3d, 1679, between Monhe- 
 gan and Damascotti, all on board escaping in a boat. 
 "Halifax, July 6 th , 1779. George Davis late seaman be- 
 longing to the Ship Joseph Libelled in this court by Jones 
 Fawson and Arch. Allardice being duly sworne on the 
 Holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth that he was 
 born in Wareham about eight miles from Pool in Great 
 Britain, that he shippd himself on Board said ship at New- 
 foundland in Trinity Harbour by signing a contract with 
 John Jenkins the master to proceed on a voyage from 
 thence to St. John, & to Cadiz where they lay all winter, 
 thence to Newfoundland, that she was loaded with salt & 
 three small Casks of Wine for the Owners, that on their 
 Passage to Newfoundland they fell in with a ship called 
 the Black Prince on or about the 12 th day of May last 
 which Chased them about two hours came up with & took 
 them about 9 o'clock at night, the Privateer ship carried 
 18 Guns & about 45 men then on Board, that she belonged 
 to Salem, New England, commanded by one West, & had 
 taken about Eleven Prizes, that after shifting hands they 
 made the best of their way for Portsmouth, that Captain 
 Jenkins was sent to Boston, & put on Board the Guard 
 Ship, that the Deponent made his Escape in a Boat with 
 some other Europeans, that he has been on Board the ship 
 Joseph since he came here, & knows her to be the same 
 ship . . . and further deposeth that there are three 
 owners all living in Pool in Great Britain, their names 
 Jeffreys, Randle and Street." 
 
 Joseph, sloop, Isaac Green Heason, master, of Newbury. 
 Cargo : a few boxes of Spermaceti Candles, Shook Hogs- 
 
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 head Staves, &c. Captured on or about Nov. 16 th 1776, 
 off Seguire Island near Kennebeck, by H. M. S. Juno. 
 
 Juno, brigantine, William Keith, master, bound for 
 Philadelphia, carrying 24 hogsheads Salt Petre, 1 2 barrels 
 Sulphur and 20 barrels gunpowder, captured February 
 28 th 1776, near the Cape of Delaware, by H. M. S. King 
 Fisher, and taken into Hampton Road. The gunpowder 
 was put on board the Roebuck, the sulphur and Salt Petre 
 was brought to Halifax. 
 
 Juno, sloop, owned in Old York, New England, by 
 Joseph Harris and Col. Dunnel, bound from Old York to 
 Santa Cruse, cargo : lumber, captured about April 30 th 
 1777, being on the south eastern part of Georges Banks, 
 by H. M. S. Diamond. Francis Lewis, seaman on the 
 Juno, made deposition. 
 
 Kitty, brig*, John Palmer, master, entered Le Have 
 flying signal of distress, being much battered, sent a boat 
 ashore with four men, who were taken prisoners by the 
 Le Have people, who later went on board the brig and 
 found she had already been surrendered to one Thomas 
 Harrington and others. Later the Militia of Lunenburg 
 took possession and had the Kitty taken to Lunenburg 
 with some difficulty. Owing to the disabled condition of 
 the brig, she was ordered to be sold at Lunenburg. Date 
 of libel Mar. 18, 1780. 
 
 Lady Gage, ship, captured March 27 th or 28 th , 1776, 
 by H. M. S. Asia and a boat from the Phoenix in the river 
 Am boy the cargo all discharged, and no papers or persons 
 on board but the mate. James Downie being sworne says 
 the ship belonged to the Franklins in New York and two 
 gentlemen in London. 
 
 Lark and Betsey, schrs., libel filed July 8 th , 1782, 
 evidence sent from Penobscott as on file, claims of Rich- 
 ard Meagher filed. Record of this case left unfinished.* 
 
 * It may be that all these cases of " evidence taken as on file " refer to prizes 
 taken into Penobscot, which might account for the meagre record at Halifax. 
 
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 Le Levriek, schr., Elicane (or Etienne) Morin, master, 
 Boston to Cape Francois, two six pound guns, thirty-five 
 men including officers, captured previous to July 13 th , 
 1782, near George's Banks, by H. M. Frigates Persever- 
 ance and Ceres. 
 
 Liberty, brigantine, captured by H. M. S. Cerberus. 
 Papers exhibited and filed in court by H. M. Advocate 
 General August 2d, 1777, were : " Liberty's Clearance 
 from New Haven to Martinico & her Permit to Pass Fort 
 Trumbull, which Papers and the Oath of Jno. Townsend 
 taken before Henry Barry D. Judge Advocate proving 
 them to be found on Board as also the Oath of Samuel 
 Thomson proving the capture of said Brig." 
 
 Little Joe, schr., Giles Latham, master, libelled Feby. 
 15 th , 1780, captured by the Privateer schooner Lucy. 
 
 Little Tom, schr., Richard Adams, master, owned in 
 Newbury, cargo : boards and shingles, captured June 3d, 
 1779, off Damascotti on the coast of New England, by 
 armed sloop Howe and schooner Buckram. Richard 
 Adams, master of the schr., made deposition. 
 
 Lively, schr., of Salem, David Ropes, commander, 13 
 swivel guns, 16 men, a commission from the Congress, 
 captured Nov. 10 th , 1778, off Jeddore, N. S., after being 
 chased about 2 1-2 hours by the armed Sloop Howe. 
 
 Lively, ship, Letter of Marque, Nathaniel Goodwin, 
 master. Captured by H. M. S. Pandora. Libel filed April 
 18 th , 1782. " Evidence of John Little, master's mate on 
 board the ship Pandora, and that of Nathaniel Goodwin 
 taken as on file." 
 
 Lively, sloop, John Augustus Dunn, master, 8 carriage 
 guns, two and three pounders, deserted by her people on 
 the approach of the captors. Captured May 8 th , 1782, in 
 Annapolis Basin, by the armed schooner Buckram. 
 
 Lively, snow, a recapture. " Jno Carter master of the 
 Snow Lively being duly sworne deposeth that on their 
 
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 passage from this place to Bristol on the 30 th of August 
 last they were Chased, fired at and taken by a Rebel Pri 
 vateer the Lee Commanded by one Jno. Skinner, being 
 then in the Latitude 47. 42. W. Long. 45° 49" W. that 
 afterwards on or about the 23d of September following 
 being then about 15 Leagues off Boston, they fell in with 
 Captain Fieldings Tender called the Buckram, who retook 
 the said Snow Lively & brought her safe into this Port of 
 Halifax where she now is." 
 
 Lockart Ross, ship, John Cobb, master, a recapture. 
 On a voyage from Quebec to Placentia in Newfoundland, 
 captured by two French war ships July 20 th , 1781, and 
 was being taken to Boston. The next day the Danae and 
 Surprise recaptured the ship and sent her to Halifax. 
 
 Lord Dungannon, brigantine, a recapture. " Charles 
 Kirby, master of the Brig the Lord Dungannon being duly 
 sworne deposeth that on his Passage from Cork to Antigua 
 in the Lat. 17. 10. Long. 60. 30. on the 5 of March last 
 they fell in with two American privateers called the Cum- 
 berland and Fanny, the Cumberland was a 20 Gun ship, 
 & had upwards of a Hundred men, the other 16 Guns, 80 
 or 90 men, that they Chased him about four Hours when 
 the Privateers came up with & Boarded the said Brig, 
 took out all the men, except the Deponant & a Boy, & 
 then put on Board a Prize Master and 8 men, gave the 
 Prize Master orders to make the best of his way for any 
 Port near Boston, New England, that on the 6 h of April 
 Inst, being in the Latitude 42° 12. Long 67, they fell in 
 with the Blond Man of War who retook the said Brig & 
 brought her into this Port of Halifax, that the Privateers 
 people took out Sundry articles of the Cargo while the 
 said Brig was in their possession." 
 
 Lovely Lass, schr., Abram Toppan, master, Newbury, 
 to some of the French West India Islands, cargo : fish 
 and Lumber, captured October 8 th , 1777, 70 leagues to the 
 eastward of Cape Ann, by H. M. S. Flora. 
 
 Lucy, brigantine, a recapture. " Nicholas Watson, 
 master of the Brigantine called the Lucy being duly 
 
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 Sworne Deposeth that he was Bound from Cork to Quebec 
 with Provisions for the use of his Majestys Forces there, 
 that on the 19 th May last being off of the Island of St. 
 Peters they fell in with a Rebel Privateer Sloop called 
 the Providence, one George Pitcher Commander, having 
 14 Carriage Guns, 14 Swivels, and. about 130 men from 
 Providence, that the said Privateer Engaged the Brig 
 Lucy about 5 Hours in which time the Deponant had 3 
 men wounded, & the Rigging & Sails of the Brig so much 
 Damaged he was obliged to give up the said Brig to the 
 Rebels who Boarded and took Possession of her & then 
 Shaped their course for Boston, that on the 5 th June Inst, 
 being about 12 Leagues from Cape Cod they fell in with 
 the Orpheus, Amazon, & Juno, men of war, who Retook 
 the said Brigantine & sent her under this Deponants Care 
 into the Port of Halifax, where she now is." 
 
 Lucy, schr., one Holmes, master. Dartmouth to Ply- 
 mouth in ballast, owned by Alexander Watson of Ply- 
 mouth, captured about June 20 th , 1780, off Cape Cod, by 
 the Letter of Marque schooner Lucy of Liverpool, to 
 which port the prize was taken. 
 
 Lucy, schr., Seth Smith, master, Plymouth to Cape 
 Francis, cargo : fish and lumber, captured December 16 th , 
 1778, off St. George's Banks, by the Armed Sloop York. 
 
 Lucy, schr., Nathaniel Thare, master, South Carolina 
 to Boston, cargo : rice, captured October 12 th , 1777, 32 
 Leagues from Cape Sable, by H. M. S. Scarborough and 
 Lark. The Lucy was owned in Boston by one Job 
 Prince. 
 
 Lucy, sloop, loaded with cordwood and lumber, cap- 
 tured August 28 th 1777, off Seguin Island, by H. M. S. 
 Rainbow's tender the Spitfire. The master and people 
 were put on shore. 
 
 Lydia, brigantine, understood to be owned in Salem, 
 Joshua Grafton, master, " from Hispaniola, Capt. Nichola 
 Mold, Bound to Salem in New England," cargo: molasses, 
 
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 coffee, brandy, canvas, etc., 4 three pounder guns and 8 
 swivel guns, about 12 stands of arms, captured April 6 th , 
 1778, off George's Banks to the southward, by H. M. S. 
 Diamond. 
 
 Lydia, schr., loaded with staves and fish, bound for 
 the West Indies, captured seven leagues from Cape Ann, 
 previous to June 24 th , 1776, (date of libel) by H. M. S. 
 Lively, Milford and Hope. 
 
 Lydia [or Lady], schr., loaded with lumber, outward 
 bound, captured in Nantasket Road previous to June 27th, 
 (date of libel) by H. M. S. Renown. 
 
 Lyon, brigantine, Henry Potbury, master, a recapture. 
 Libel Sept. 21 st 1780, " Henry Potbury master of the Brigan- 
 tine Lyon being examined, declares that he got over 
 Aveiro Bar the 16th July last Bound for Trepassey in 
 Newfoundland, Loaded with Fifty tons of Salt and there- 
 abouts, & some Brandy, Wine & Oil, that on the 3 d day 
 of Aug. being Lat. 44° 30" long. 35°, 30" they fell in 
 with a ship which chased them about 2 Hours, that they 
 came up with the Declarent & Brought them too, that she 
 proved to be a ship from Salem a Letter of Marque, that 
 they took possession of the Brig Lyon & Exchanged hands, 
 and then ordered the Brig to Salem, that on or about the 
 25 th day of August last, being then off Cape Sable, they 
 fell in with the Schooner Halifax Rover, Thomas Freeman, 
 Commander, who retook the Brig Lyon, carried her into 
 Annapolis in this province where she remains, that the pa- 
 pers No. 1,2, 3, 5 & 6 did belong to the Brig Lyon when he 
 was Master, No. 4 he believes is a copy of the Ships Com- 
 mission that took him." 
 
 Lyon, Schr., Moses Barlow, master, bound to Long Is- 
 land, cargo : Arms, powder, sulphur, flints, steel, salt and 
 molasses, captured May 1st, 1776, twenty leagues to the 
 eastward of Long Island by H. M. S. Cerberus. 
 
 Lyon, ship, William Tuck, master, a former British 
 ship called the George, captured off Newfoundland three 
 
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 years previously, by the American privateer Ranger, taken 
 into Beverly, purchased by the Cabots of that place altered 
 and fitted out as a mast ship, and was a letter of Marque 
 carrying 20 guns, 14 nine pounders, 4 sixes and 2 twelves, 
 and had 50 men. Sailed from Salem, early in May, 1782, 
 loaded with masts and naval stores, in company with oth- 
 ers, for Hispanola, captured May 6th, 1782, off Cape Ann, 
 by H. M. S. Blonde. Benjamin Flemming, of the Lyon, 
 and other Americans, made depositions. 
 
 McPherson, brigantine, Benjamin Rogers, master 
 Newbury to Suranam, cargo: lumber and fish, captured 
 June 21st, 1777, on the coast of New England, by H. M. S. 
 Scarborough. 
 
 Margaret Christiana, ship, a recapture. " David 
 Anderson, Super Cargo of the Ship Margaret Christiana, 
 Benj. Cole late master being duly sworne deposeth that in 
 his passage from London to Quebec on the 9 th day of July 
 Inst, being off of St. Mary's, Newfoundland, they fell in 
 with a Privateer Ship about 4 o'clock in the morning, 
 which Chaced them about four Hours when the Priva- 
 teer came up with them, that the Privateer Hoisted Amer- 
 ican Colours & fired at the Ship Margaret Christiana, that 
 the Privateer being a Ship of 20 Guns, six pounders, and 
 having 120 men they were obliged to strike to the Priva- 
 teer, that they then boarded them, that she proved to be a 
 Rebel Privateer Ship called the Essex, from Boston or Sa- 
 lem, Commanded by one John Cathcart, who put two Prize 
 Masters on Board with 10 or 12 Hands, and ordered her 
 to Boston, Beverly or Salem, that they took out Captain 
 Cole, his mate and all his Hands except four, that before 
 they parted, two boats were employed by the Privateers 
 people in Carrying Provisions and Goods from the Ship 
 Christiana to the Rebel Privateer, that they carried off 
 barrels of Beef, Flour, Porter, some Trunks and Boxes 
 of Merchandise &c, but what quantity can't say as it was 
 done in a great hurry & Confusion, that the next day 
 the said Privateer fell in with them again, & took 
 out other articles, that after this as they were proceeding 
 with the Ship for Beverly, Boston or Salem, they fell in 
 
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 with His Majesty's Ship the Surprize, who retook the ship 
 Margaret Christiana, on the 14 th July last, [1780] & 
 brought her into the port of Halifax, where she arrived 
 on the 24th July last, that the four hands left with the 
 deponant by the Rebels were pressed into His Majesty's 
 service after the ship's arrival in Halifax." 
 
 Maria., sloop, a recapture, Sept. 28 th , 1781. Evidences 
 taken at Penobscot, Fort George, filed. 
 
 Marquis of Kildare, brig, 1777. " Registers Office 
 May 7th. Deposition of John Anson Atkinson, taken as 
 on tile, Jonathan Pason, a Passenger on Board the Brig- 
 antine Kildare being duly Sworne confirms the Deposition 
 of John Anson Atkinson, & further says that the cargo 
 of Brig was owned by Jonathan Jones & Company of New 
 England, & the Brig was chartered by them for the voy- 
 age mentioned in Atkinson's Deposition, & that she was 
 taken on the Shoals of Georges Banks on or about the 24 
 day of April last by the Hearlem." 
 
 Mary, brigantine, 100 tons burthen and upwards, 
 loaded with rum, bound for New York, captured near 
 New York some time in March, 1776, by H. M. S. Phenix' 
 tender. The master of the brigantine deserted her and 
 went ashore on Long Island. 
 
 Mary, schr., George Todd, master, libel, Aug. 7th, 
 1781, evidences, etc., taken at Annapolis, N. S., filed. 
 Captured by the Letter of Marque schooner Adventure. 
 
 Mary, sloop, Salem to Casco Bay, cargo : apples and 
 cider, captured in October, 1780, near Cape Elizabeth, 
 by schooner Halifax Adventure, a privateer. 
 
 Mead, brigantine, Thomas Archdeacon, master, a re- 
 capture. The armed vessels Howe, Buckram and Snake 
 on June 14 th 1779, gave chace in Chebucto Bay to a Pri- 
 vateer Brig, which had captured the Mead, but finding the 
 Privateer outsail them, they bore away for the Prize, 
 which they boarded, found the Rebels had deserted her, 
 and the wind being high, she ran ashore in Halibut Bay, 
 
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 and was wrecked. Cargo was salved. The privateer put 
 Capt. and hands of the Mead ashore at Prospect. 
 
 Mercury and Fortune, sloops. Libel. Oct. 10 th 
 1780. Captured by H. M. Ships, Blond, Albany, Nautil- 
 lus, North and brig Hope. 
 
 Minerva, brigantine, John Bolton, master, a recap- 
 ture Oct. 2d, 1781. "John Seagrove Gunner of the 
 Sloop of War General Monk, being duly Sworn Deposeth, 
 that they fell in with the Brig off of Cape Elizabeth near 
 Casco Bay, on or about the 17th September, last, that they 
 chased about three Hours, came up with and took her, 
 and found she was in Possession of the Rebels, with a 
 Rebel Prize Master, that they found no papers on Board 
 except some, that was in the possession of an Officer that 
 was on Board the Brig, that after they had exchanged 
 Hands, the brig was ordered for Penobscott, Fort George, 
 that she was loaded with Tobacco and called the Minerva, 
 that she is about one hundred tons." The Minerva was 
 afterwards taken to Annapolis, N. S. 
 
 Minerva, brigantine, one Gaspar, master, a recapture, 
 London to Quebec, loaded with wine, porter and ball 
 goods, , sugar and iron, taken near Newfoundland by a 
 rebel privateer brig called the Cato, who took out the Cap- 
 tain and all hands except a Portugese seaman, and shaped 
 her course for Salem. Recaptured in Boston Bay three 
 weeks later by H. M. S. Orpheus. Date of libel, Aug. 
 14 th 1781. 
 
 Molly, schr., loaded with corn and oats, bound to 
 Saute Cruise, captured near Philadelphia, May 24 th 1776, 
 by H. M. S. Mercury. The rudder of the schooner gave 
 way, and they took the cargo out of her and brought the 
 same to Halifax. 
 
 Montgomery, ship, Rundeau, master, Boston to Mar- 
 tinico, cargo : lumber, chiefly, captured the beginning of 
 September, 1777, in sight of Boston Harbour by H M. S. 
 Diamond. The master and most of the men were French. 
 "Captain Fielding put a Prize Master and Hands on 
 
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 Board & sent the Ship Montgomery with all her papers to 
 Rhode Island." John LeGar, a passenger on the Mont- 
 gomery, made deposition that he understood Captain Run- 
 deau had given 18 six pounders in part payment for his 
 cargo in Boston. The Captain was asked if he would 
 claim the ship Montgomery but said he had no money to 
 pay the charges, and the ship and cargo were condemned. 
 
 Morning Star, brigantine. Several depositions re- 
 ferred to " as on file," but not recorded. Sept. 26 th, 
 1777. " Rich d . Gibbons Esq. Proctor Exhibited the 
 claims of Charles Hill in behalf of the owners which was 
 read as on file, & order made thereon. The Advocate 
 General moved that the Claimant should produce some 
 proof to the Court that the owners were in Obedience to 
 the King & under his protection. The Proctor for the 
 Claimant moved the Court the Brigantine Morning Star 
 might be taken into the Custody of the Marshall of this 
 Court, alledging that she had been robbed of sundry of 
 her rigging & Furniture. Ordered that the Marshall of 
 this Court do take the said Brigantine into his Custody, 
 & her safe keep untill she shall be either Condemned or 
 ordered to be restored to the said Claimant for the Own- 
 ers by the definite sentence of this Court in the premises. 
 Court adjourned to the 1 of October at Eleven o'clock 
 A. M. Oct. 1. Court opened by making proclamation as 
 usual. Warrant of survey and return thereon read, the 
 Advocate General moved for a Decree, which was pro- 
 nounced as on file, whereby the Brigantine Morning Star 
 was ordered to be restored and delivered up to Charles 
 Hill the Claimant (on his paying an Eighth & Charges) 
 also another decree whereby the Cargo of said Brig was 
 condemned as Lawful Prize to the Captors." H. M. S. 
 Diamond captured the Morning Star. 
 
 Nancy, brigantine, Peter Joliff, master, a recapture, 
 bound from Carbonear in Newfoundland for Lisbon, with 
 dry cod fish, captured the second day out, July 20th, 
 1782, by an American privateer ship, the Junius Brutus, 
 and ordered for Salem, recaptured August 6 th in Lat. 44° 
 12" by the Frigate Cyclops, and brought to Halifax. 
 
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 Nancy, schr., Edw. Freeman, master, owned in Boston 
 by Samuel Paine Somes & Wales, South Carolina to 
 Boston, cargo : rice, indigo and deer skins, captured March 
 1st, 1778, within George's Banks, by H. M. S. Orpheus. 
 
 Nancy, armed schr. George Leach, master. Six sur- 
 vels mounted on carriages. Captured previous to March 
 27 th 1781, to the eastward of Halifax, by the tender to 
 H. M. S. Albany. 
 
 Nancy, sloop, John Humphrey, master. Evidence 
 brought from Liverpool. The Nancy was condemned. 
 
 Nancy, sloop, a recapture. Casco Bay to Boston, car- 
 go: lumber, captured Sept. 6 th , 1781, near Cape Porpoise; 
 by the Armed Sloop Howe and Schooner Buckram. The 
 people on board deserted before the captors came up. 
 
 Nathaniel, brigantine, James Ferry, master, a recap- 
 ture. " John Bennat, mate of the Brigantine Nathaniel 
 being duly sworne deposeth as follows, viz : that he 
 shipp'd on Board the said Brig at London the 17th day 
 of March last, bound on a voyage from thence to Quebec, 
 that they lost their convoy and met with repeated Heavy 
 Gales of wind which obliged them to Bear away for Hali- 
 fax as did all the Fleet, that on or about the 30 th of Octo- 
 ber being off Halifax Light House they fell in with a 
 schooner, & it being almost calm they rowed up under 
 the Brig's stern and Haled the Brig & asked where they 
 were from, that they ans d from Portsmouth, that the Brig 
 then Hailed the schooner & the Schooner answered from 
 Halifax & had an English Jack at masthead at the same 
 time, that while the ^schooner lay on the Brig's starboard 
 quarter, they kept up such a constant fire with small arms 
 from the Schooner, that the People of the Brig could not 
 keep the Deck, not having it in their power to bring one 
 of the Brig's guns to bear on the Schooner, that they 
 boarded the Brig and took Possession of the Brig, that 
 the schooner had six carriage guns, 4 swivels, & between 
 20 & 30 men, that they exchanged Hands, put a Prize 
 Master on Board, & ordered her to Boston, that on the 
 
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 first of November being off of Cape Sable they fell in 
 with the Savage Sloop of War Thomas Graves, Esq., 
 Commander, who retook the said Brig and Brought her 
 safe into this Port where she now remains Loaded with 
 Beef, Pork, Flour & Pease." 
 
 Necessity, brigantine. " Thomas Ozard Midshipman 
 on Board His Majesty's Sloop of War the Vulture, being 
 duly sworne deposeth that being at Passamaquoddy some 
 time in the Month of October last they took a Brigantine 
 loaded with Lumber Bound to Bermudas, that the Cap. 
 of the Brig told the deponant he had been taken by the 
 Rebels and Carried into Maderias where the Vessel was 
 Cleared out & sent to Passamaquoddy for a load of Lum- 
 ber that Capt. Teatus ordered the Deponant to take pos- 
 session of said Brig & follow the Ship to St. John's, that 
 the said Brig is a Bermudian Built Vessel, that there was 
 no papers on Board." 
 
 Neptune, schr., loaded with lemons and bale goods, 
 bound in to Philadelphia, captured off the mouth of Dele- 
 ware River, about June 3d, 1776, by H. M. S. Liverpool. 
 
 Neptune, snow, Nathaniel Swaney, master, Bilboa to 
 Newbury, cargo, fruit, iron and salt, captured in March, 
 1778, by H. M. S. Rainbow's tender. The owners of the 
 snow lived one in Boston and one in Newbury, the Cap- 
 tain belonged to Marblehead, 4 besides the master were 
 English and 10 Spaniards. John Young 15 years of age, 
 of the Neptune, made deposition. 
 
 New York Packet. Cause dated May 11th, 1776, 
 relates to two hundred and ninety-one bars of iron found 
 in the New York Packet, which iron was condemned as 
 lawful prize to the captors thereof, H. M. S. the Tamar. 
 
 Olive, schr., John Bulkeley, master, fitted out from 
 Connecticut River, loaded with salt, captured about March 
 13 t,l777, by H. M. S. Amazon. 
 
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 Olive, sloop, William Nicholson, master, libel filed 
 Apl. 17 th , 1779, evidence as taken at Annapolis, N. S., 
 read, captured by schooner Liverpool, Letter of Marque. 
 
 Olive, sloop, Manor Wilbur, master, captured April 
 20 th , 1777, by Mr. Knight in the Armed Sloop Hearlem. 
 The Olive was owned in Dartmouth, New England. Wil- 
 bur made deposition, from which above information is 
 taken, and in it he refers to deposition of John Anson 
 Atkinson (which is not recorded) as being true as relates 
 to the said sloop. 
 
 Otter, brigantine, Edward Smith, jr., master, Salem to 
 Guadaloupe, cargo: fish and lumber, owned by Joseph 
 Lambert of Salem, about 120 tons, no guns, nine men, 
 libelled by the private ship of war Lord Cornwall is, Nov. 
 28 th , 1781. Captured in Boston Bay. 
 
 Paco Bob, schr., Solomon Coit, master, libel filed 
 June 24 th , 1782, by H. M. Sloop of War the Albany. 
 Claim of Alexander Brymer filed July 18 th . "M r . 
 Gibbons Proctor for Alexander Brymer exhibited Let- 
 ters and papers from M r . Brymer's Attorney at Penobscott, 
 which were read as on file. M r . Gibbons then moved the 
 Court that as the schooner Saco Bob (by the Evidence 
 produced in the course of the trial) had been clearly 
 prov'd to be the property of Alexander Brymer Esquire, 
 and that she was the Identical Vessel for which he had 
 obtained a Commission out of this Court, by the name of 
 the Halifax Bob, that the Captor's should by Decree of 
 this Court be made to account with him the said Alexan- 
 der Brymer for the said Vessel agreeable to an Estima- 
 tion made at Penobscott being One Hundred and ninety 
 pounds by persons nominated by the parties for that pur- 
 pose, deducting, only the eighth to be allowed them 
 agreeable to act of Parliament." Decree was pronounced 
 in accordance. 
 
 Patty, sloop, loaded with wood and bark, captured 
 July 5 th , 1780, off Sheepscutt River by the Mermaid, 
 tender to the Albany, the crew all escaping in boats. De- 
 
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 ponant states he had seen the Patty before, that she be- 
 longed to Townsend, owned by one David Rudd. She 
 was carried into Penobscott, Fort George. 
 
 Peacock, schr., Salem to Newburyport, cargo : salt and 
 ash timber, captured September 6 th 1781, off Cape Por- 
 pois, by the Sloop Home and Schooner Buckram, and 
 taken to Penobscott, Fort George. 
 
 Peggy, schr., Ray, master, Nothing on board but some 
 green fish, a hogshead of salt and fishing craft, captured 
 July 23d, 1779, near Cranberry Island, off Goldsborough 
 River, by the schooner Rachael. 
 
 Polly, brig, a recapture, Sept. 10th, 1778. " Benja- 
 min Stone being Duly Sworne Deposeth, that he was at 
 Harbour Briton, the latter end of August last, when a 
 Privateer Sloop call'd the Bodin, Mounting 10 Carriage 
 Guns, & Had about 30 men, commanded by one Thomas 
 Stevens, came in there & cut out the Brig Polly, Capt n . 
 Newman, and mann'd her with 6 Rebels & a Prize Mas- 
 ter and the Deponant, and Order'd them to make ye best 
 of their way for Salem in New England, that afterwards 
 on or about the latter end of August last, being then off 
 Cape Lee Have they were chased by the Buckram, Let- 
 ter of Marque who retoook them and sent the said Brig 
 into this Harbour, that she is loaded Principally with 
 Fish, Oil and Salt, which the Rebels plundered from the 
 Stores on Shore, that when the Rebel Privateer came into 
 Harbour Briton, there was no Person on Board the Brig 
 except the Master, the Hands having all Deserted the 
 Day before." 
 
 Polly, letter of marque ship, Joseph Forster, Master, 
 14 guns, 35 men, Cape Ann to Guadaloupe, Cargo : fish 
 and lumber, captured July 4 th , 1782, near George's Banks, 
 by H. M. Frigate Ceres. Joseph Forster, captain of the 
 Polly confirmed the evidence given by the Prize Master. 
 
 Polly, schr., John Carrol, master, Charlestown, S. C, 
 to Boston, cargo : rice, indigo, rum and sugar, captured 
 
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 Sept. 18 th , 1778, off Nantucket Shoals, by H. M. Sloop of 
 "War, the Dispatch. 
 
 Polly, schr., John Dyer, master, understood to be 
 owned in Falmouth, bound to the West Indies, cargo: 
 lumber, captured March 13 th , 1778, off Falmouth, by 
 H. M. S. Rainbow's tender. 
 
 Polly, schr., Peter Hinds, master, captured Jan. 27 th , 
 1781, off Owls Head, by armed schooner David, one 
 Marblehead man and three men from Penobscott on 
 board, one David Dayly put on board as Prize Master, 
 and three other hands from the David, and orders given 
 to beat into the harbour called George's Island Harbour 
 and lay there until the gale then blowing was over. The 
 Polly was by accident cast away and totally lost on 
 George's Island, with the exception of her sails and an- 
 chors, which were saved and carried into Penobscott. 
 
 Polly, schr., Ignatius Webber, master, Farro or 
 Ferro in Portugal, standing in for Boston, the captain 
 told the captors he was bound for Halifax, cargo : salt, 
 captured May 10 th 1778, between George's Banks and 
 Cape Anne, by H. M. S. Rainbow. Samuel Pierson, a 
 passenger on the Polly, made deposition. 
 
 Polly, schr., cleared from Georgetown, South Carolina, 
 April 28 th , 1777, cargo : rice, pitch and turpentine, chassed 
 into Port Rosa way by H. M. S. Mermaid, where the mas- 
 ter and men deserted her, and the Mermaid's people took 
 possession on May 24 th , 1777. 
 
 Polly, schr., of Newburyport, captured July 19 th , 
 1777, westward of Halifax lighthouse, bound for St. 
 Peters, by armed Brig Victor. 
 
 Polly, ship, John Leighton, master, a recapture. The 
 Polly in possession of the Americans, was from Boston to 
 Saco, John Leighton, master, had ten carriage guns which 
 were thrown overboard, no papers found on board, cap- 
 tured near the end of September, 1781, in Boston Bay, 
 H. M. S. Chatham. 
 
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 Polly, sloop, Charles Callaghan, master, owned in Bos- 
 ton by Jonathan Davis and others, from St. Eustatia to 
 Casco Bay, cargo : molasses, rum and salt, captured about 
 April 1st, 1777, on Georges Banks, by H. M. S. Dia- 
 mond and Greyhound. Benjamin Randall, seaman on 
 board the Polly, made deposition. 
 
 Polly, sloop, libel filed July 13 th , 1782, by the Armed 
 Schooner Dispatch, evidence brought from Liverpool, N. S. 
 
 Pompey, sloop, libel filed Nov. 27 th 1782,. on behalf 
 of Joseph Barss, master of the Schooner Dreadnaught. 
 Evidence and papers sent up by Registrar at Liverpool. 
 
 Poole, brigantine, William Whitecomb, master, a re- 
 capture. From Poole to Newfoundland, and from thence 
 to Lisbon with a cargo of fish, taken Sept. 11 th , 1781, by 
 the American Privateer ship called the Franklin, and 
 were steered for Boston, recaptured Oct. ] 2, in Boston 
 Bay, by H. M. S. Assurance, William Stanley, seaman on 
 the Poole, made deposition, and stated the Americans took a 
 new towline, one barrel of pork, and 10 gallons of rum, 
 and cut up an old mainsail and a new mainsail, and the 
 master of the Assurance took a hanging Compass and 
 some small cordage, that the master was kept on the pri- 
 vateer and took all his papers with him. 
 
 Princess Royal, recapture. "George Davis, being 
 duly sworne deposeth that he is a mariner on board the 
 ship called the Princess Royal, that on or about the 10 th 
 of Jury last [1776] off the Island of Bermuda they were 
 chased by an armed schooner, called the Sturdy Beggar, 
 fitted out by some of the Colonies now in Rebellion, that 
 the said schooner fired at and hailed the said ship Princess 
 Royal, and ordered them to hoist out their boat and go 
 aboard the said schooner, that Archibald Duffy, the cap- 
 tain of said ship Princess Royal told them he could not 
 hoist out his Boat, as it was lumbered up, they in the 
 Armed Schooner then hoisted out their own boat and came 
 aboard with Twelve men all armed, took Possession of the 
 ship, and took out the Master, Boatswain, 2 mates, 5 Fore- 
 
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 mast men, a black man Passenger, & a Prentice Boy and 
 then shaped their course for New England, that on the 25 th 
 of July last, Captain John Burr, Esq., Commander of his 
 Majesty's ship the Milf ord, gave chace to the Ship Princess 
 Royal [within about 3 Leagues of Cape Ann, & retook her 
 within about 3 miles of Newbury, & brought the said ship 
 Princess Royal] into this Port of Halifax, and that said ship 
 and Cargo is owned by persons residing in England & 
 some of them in Jamaica." 
 
 Providence, sloop, loaded with lime and cord wood, 
 captured Nov. 18 th 1776, while trying to enter a harbour 
 called Herring Gut, by a boat from H. M. S. Albany. 
 When the boat was approaching all hands on board the 
 sloop deserted, and no papers were found by the captors. 
 
 Race Horse, sloop, Clifford Byrne, master, Cape 
 Francois to Salem, cargo: molasses, captured Sept. 4 th , 
 1780, off Cape Cod, by H. M. Ships Delaware, Delight, 
 Bonetta and the Armed Sloop Howe. 
 
 Rambler, schr., Benjamin Fuller, master, two six 
 pounders, one three pounder, one two pounder and four 
 swivels, 30 men, owned in Newbury, were on a cruize 
 from there, captured while ashore in St. Margaret's Bay, 
 near Halifax, about July 20 th , 1781, by the brigantine 
 Lady Hammond, tender to H. M. S. Charlestown. While 
 they were trying to get the schooner off, the people of her 
 in the bushes ashore fired on the captors and killed one 
 and wounded another. The captors then went ashore and 
 scattered them, capturing one named Robert Kelley, who 
 made deposition aDd stated they had taken six shallops, 
 two belonging to the Frenchmen to the Eastward, and 
 sent them to Newbury. 
 
 Ranger, schr. one McGra or McCra, master. "John 
 McGra being duly sworne deposeth that on the 14 th day of 
 March, inst about sun sett, he arrived in the Harbour of 
 Halifax at Fairbank's wharf, that he was Hailed by the 
 Albany to come alongside, but that he did not understand 
 them, then went into the said wharf, that an officer came 
 
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 from the Albany and threatened the Deponant, and told 
 him he had done for himself because he did not obey the 
 orders in coming under the man of war's stern, that the 
 deponant told the officer he did not understand them, the 
 Deponant thought they asked where they came from, and 
 that was the reason he answered from Falmouth & did 
 not go under the stern of the ship, that the officer staid on 
 board the schooner Ranger about 3 minutes, & returned 
 to the Albany, that he left no person on Board the 
 schooner." 
 
 In answer to a question the Captain stated he had 
 loaded at Boston, proceeded to Piscataqua, and then came 
 to Halifax. The Ranger was seized by a Custom House 
 officer, and there was some dispute as to whether or no 
 the Albany had made the seizure. The schooner was 
 condemned. 
 
 Ranger, schr., probably a recapture, by the Sloop 
 Gage, William Callaghan, master, libel dated Nov. 7 th , 
 1778, but record contains no further information. 
 
 Recovbry, brigantine, loaded with molasses, going into 
 River Delaware, captured off the Capes of Philadelphia 
 June 18th, 1776, by H.M. S. Kingfisher. 
 
 Resolution, schr., privateer, libel filed March 24th, 
 1783, on behalf of the Brigantine Shark. 
 
 Resolution, privateer schr. of Boston. Abel Gore, 
 commander, two carriage guns, one a two pounder, the 
 other a three, eight swivel guns, two cohorns, and part of 
 two half-barrels of powder, captured previous to May 
 11 th , 1779, seven leagues to the westward of Halifax 
 lighthouse, by H. M. S. Blond. 
 
 Restoration, ship, a recapture. "Joseph Toye Gun- 
 ner on Board the Ship Restoration, being duly Sworne 
 deposeth that in his Passage from Quebec to Port in said 
 ship they fell in with a Rebel Privateer near the Western 
 Islands, on or about the 19th day of July last, that the 
 Privateer Chased them from 6 in the Morning till 6 
 
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 o'clock in the Evening, when they Boarded the ship, the 
 Privateer was a 20 Gun Ship fitted o at from New London 
 called the Oliver Cromwell Commanded by one Harding, 
 that they took out the Master, mate and all the hands 
 except the deponant and three boys, & put them on Board 
 the Privateer, manned the Ship Restoration with a Rebel 
 Crew and Prize Master, & then shaped their Course for 
 Boston, New England, that the beginning of this month 
 September, being by their reckoning about one days sail 
 from Boston, they ifell in with the Ambuscade, John Mc- 
 Cartney, Esq r Commander, who retook the said ship Resto- 
 ration and brought her safe into this Port, that the Papers 
 were all taken by the Rebels." 
 
 Revenge, sloop, 11 th July, 1777, Reg r of the sloop 
 Revenge filed by the Advocate General, & proof of its 
 being found on board said sloop taken by Joseph Winuiet, 
 Esq., Justice of Peace for the County of Annapolis also 
 filed. This cause entitled "Sir William Burnaby, com- 
 mander of His Majesty's shipMilford, vs. the Sloop Revenge 
 & Cargo." 
 
 Ricuset or Recusett, schr., Zachariah Murphy, mas- 
 ter. Captured early in August, 1778, by H. M. S. Grey- 
 hound, Blonde, and Dispatch. 
 
 " James Harley being Duly Sworne Deposeth, that he 
 sailed out of Salem, in a Privateer, about two months ago, 
 that they took two Brigs and one Schooner, loaded with 
 Green Fish, that he was put on Board one of these Prizes 
 the Schooner), that about 9 or 10 Days ago, they fell in 
 with a Schooner, near the Isle of Sables, that the Said 
 Schooner Bore down upon them, and asked where they 
 were Bound to, that they answere'd to Salem, that they 
 said they wanted wood and water, and then they ask'd 
 the Prize Master of the Schooner, the Deponant was on 
 Board to let them have a Pilot, to Pilot them into Salem, 
 Newbury, Boston or any Port they could get into, that 
 the Prize Master then sent the Deponant, on Board said 
 Schooner as Pilot, and received a Spaniard in Exchange 
 from ye Aforesaid Schooner, that about three Days after 
 
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 this, they fell in with three Men of War, who took them, 
 and Brought said Schooner into this Port, that one Zacha- 
 riah Murphy was Master of her, that she is about 80 Tons 
 Burthen." Zachariah Murphy also made deposition. 
 The schooner is called the " Rosa " in deposition of John 
 Fox, one of the prize crew. 
 
 Rittenhouse, ship, Ambrose Bartlett, master. Cause 
 dated May 2d, 1776 relates to a sum of money. ,£2000 
 in specie and £800 in Sterling Bills of Exchange, the 
 property of Merchants residing in Philadelphia, being the 
 proceeds of a cargo sold at Lisbon, taken from the ship 
 Rittenhouse, Ambrose Bartlett, master, by Captain Stan- 
 hope of H. M. S. , the Raven. The Rittenhouse was taken 
 off the Cape of Virginia bound from Lisbon to Philadel- 
 phia, and was owned by York and Potts of the latter city. 
 Two q r casks of wine were also taken. The money was 
 condemned as lawful prize to the Captors, but there is no 
 mention of what became of the Rittenhouse. 
 
 Robuste, ship, a recapture, Dec. 4th, 1781. "John 
 Flemming Sailing Master of the Ship Lord Cornwallis, 
 being duly Sworn deposeth, that being on a Cruise in 
 Boston Bay, they fell in with a Ship on the 25 November 
 last, which they Chased about two hours, came up with 
 and took, that she was called the Robust and was from 
 Salem bound to the Havannah loaded with Lumber, Fish, 
 Soap, and Tallow, &c. , that she is about two Hundred 
 Tons Burthen, 14 Guns & 20 men, that they found no 
 papers on board, that the Ship is now in this Harbour, that 
 the prisoners are all on board the Lord Cornwallis." 
 
 "David Black, Seaman, being duely Sworn deposeth that 
 he has seen the Ship Robuste since she came into the 
 Harbour, that he belonged to her when John Noble Esq. 
 of Bristol owned her, that he was gunner of her, that she 
 was a French Snow, and the first Prize brought into Bris- 
 tol this war, that she was then copper'd by M r Noble in 
 his own Dock, and made into a Ship, that the Deponant 
 sailed the first voyage in her after she was made into a 
 ship, and knows her well." The cargo was condemned as 
 
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 prize to the captors, and an eighth of the value of the 
 ship as salvage. 
 
 Royal Bounty, ship, a recapture. "Seth Russel late 
 Seaman on Board the American Privateer called the Tar- 
 tar being duly sworne deposeth that the said Privateer 
 was fitted out from Boston, that one of the Owners names 
 was Macky the other he don't know, that she mounted 24 
 Carriage Guns & had 180 men, that the masters name 
 was John Grimes, that being on a Cruize off Shetland 
 some time in August last they fell in with the Ship Royal 
 Bounty which they took & the next day they took a Brig 
 which belonged to Norway, that they gave this Brig to the 
 Captain of the Ship Royal Bounty, that they put the Cap- 
 tain of the ship Royal Bounty & all his Hands on Board 
 the Brig except seven, that the Captain of the Tartar then 
 gave Orders to the prize Master of the Ship Royal Bounty 
 to proceed immediately for Boston, New England ; that 
 afterwards sometime in September last being then off of 
 Cape Ann they fell in with the Diamonds Tender who 
 retook the said Ship Royal Bounty the Diamond being 
 then in sight, that the said ship Royal Bounty is now in 
 this Harbour." 
 
 "Seth Russel being reexamined further deposeth that 
 they took out of the Brig belonging to Norway & put on 
 Board the Royal Bounty 800 Calve Skins, that after this 
 they Cruized in Company with the Privateer about 3 
 weeks, and in about 14 days they took another Norway 
 Brig strip'd her of all her Tackle & Furniture & put the 
 same on Board the Royal Bounty, & then Burnt said Brig, 
 that a few days after this they took another Brig Loaded 
 with Lumber and 60 Tons of Iron, that they stripped this 
 Brig also of all her tackle and furniture & put on Board 
 the Tartar, & as the Brig was Leaky they scuttled and 
 sunk her, and further Deposeth that before they took the 
 Ship Royal Bounty they took a Brig off of Shetland, that 
 he thinks she was loaded with Lumber and Hides, that 
 they took the Hides (but does not know what quantity) 
 as also the Rigging & Furniture & then Burnt her, that 
 these things are on Board the Royal Bounty. That they 
 
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 also took another Brig and took out about 30 Barrels Tar 
 & put the same on Board the Royal Bounty, & gave said 
 Brig to the Master of her his name he does not know. 
 
 St. David, a recapture, Dec. 11th, 1781. " David 
 Cormick being duly Sworn deposeth that he shipped on 
 board the Ship St. David at St. John's, Newfoundland, as 
 Surgeon one William Price then Master of her, that they 
 were bound from that port to Statia or Jamaica, that they 
 left St. Johns in December, 1780, that about the 15 th Jan r 
 1781 they arrived at Antigua with a Prize they had taken, 
 from that they went to Eustatia, and from thence to Ja- 
 maica, where they loaded the Cargo she has now on 
 board, which was ship'd by McLeans and Moare, consist- 
 ing of Rum, that on the 24th August last they sail'd 
 from Jamaica with convoy for London, that after they 
 had been a month or five weeks out, they met with a heavy 
 gale of wind and parted convoy, that about three weeks 
 after they fell in with a ship call'd the Shambree, that she 
 was in a very distress'd Situation being water Log'd, 
 that they got about 80 Men, Women and Children out of 
 her, that the weather came on so bad they could not take 
 any more out, that they left about twenty-five behind, 
 they did not see the ship again, the next day they saw the 
 ship Lord Howe go down, some days after this they fell 
 in with the thorn Privateer, which was mann'd with 
 Americans, that the Thorn chas'd them a whole night, 
 came up with and engaged the St. David about forty min- 
 utes, when the Captain and live men of the St. David were 
 Kill'd, and fifteen or sixteen wounded, and the wheel be- 
 ing shot away oblig'd the St. David to strike, that the 
 Thorn exchanged hands, took out all the papers and were 
 sending her to Marblehead, that they were a Month all to 
 one day endeavouring for Marblehead, when they fell in 
 with the Brig Sir Andrew Hammond, who retook them 
 and brought said ship St. David safe into this port. " 
 
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 St. Bees, ship or barque, John Williamson, master, a 
 recapture. " James Bishop mate of the Barque St. Bees 
 being duly sworne deposeth that he shipp'd on Board said 
 Barque at New York the 16 th of November last with one 
 John Williamson Master, Bound on a voyage from thence 
 to Lisbon, & from thence back again to New York, that 
 on or about the 8th of August last on their Passage to 
 New York in Lat. about 39° North, Long. 70° West, they 
 fell in with two Brigs which chased them from about 
 8 o'clock in the morning till about 2 when they came up 
 with the Barque & Boarded her, that the Brigs both be- 
 longed to Maryland, that they exchanged Hands put a 
 Prize Master on Board, & ordered the Barque for Phila- 
 delphia, but could not get there. Afterwards they en- 
 deavoured for Boston in New England, that before they 
 parted the Rebels plundered the Barque of sundry valua- 
 ble articles, an account of which the Deponant has made 
 out as on file, that on or about the 1st of Sept. Inst., being 
 then on the Shoals of Cape Cod, they fell in with the De- 
 light & Delaware which retook the Barque & sent her into 
 this Port, that she is loaded with Wine & Fruit, that they 
 arrived here the 13th Inst." 
 
 St. John, brigantinc, James, Lowrie, Master, a recap- 
 ture. "Donald McMullin, Seaman on Board the Brigan- 
 tine called the St. John being duly sworn deposeth that he 
 shipped on Board said Brig the 14th day of June last, 
 at Greenock, in Scotland, bound to St. Johns in New- 
 foundland, one James Lawrie then Master, that she was 
 partly loaded with coals and Dry Goods, at Greenock. 
 
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 Dry Goods consisted of Shirts, Jackets, Trowsers, shoes 
 and other Traps. He believes one Densraore shipped 
 these articles, but is not certain of it, that they took in at 
 Dublin Sixty Hhds. of Molasses, can't tell who shipp'd 
 the Molasses, that they proceeded from Dublin for St. 
 Johns, Newfoundland. Can't tell who she was consigned 
 to them, that on the 28 th of August last near the Banks of 
 Newfoundland they fell in with an American Letter of 
 marque ship called the Cato, who took the Brig and car- 
 ried the Capt. and all the people on Board the ship ex- 
 cept Three. That they took all the Ball Goods out of 
 the Brig, one new cable, all her new rigging, all the best 
 Sails and Sail cloth, some coarse Earthern Ware, 
 and many other Articles, that put on Board the Brig a 
 Prize Master and five Hands, and ordered the Brig to 
 Newbury or the first American Port they could make. 
 That on the 28th of September last they fell in with the 
 Ship Renown, who retook the Brig and brought her into 
 this Port, where she now is." 
 
 Salem Packet, ship, Joseph Cook, Master, Bilboa to 
 Salem, Cargo : Salt and dry goods, captured in August, 
 1781, in Boston Bay, by H. M. S. Amphytrite. 
 
 Sally, brigantine, Moses Fenny, master. " Paulus Bray- 
 zelius of Lunenburg being duly sworn Deposeth that on 
 Friday morning the 25 th feby. Inst, they discovered a 
 Brig at anchor in the Harbour of Lunenburg, that they 
 sent four men ashore for Fresh provisions, that an officer 
 of the Militia went and took them Prisoners, Casper Wool- 
 enhof t commanded the party, that Colonel Creighton asked 
 them where they came from ? y* they (the Prisoners) an- 
 swered, from Guadeloup, Col. Creighton then ordered an 
 alarm Gun to be Fired to alarm the People, & the Brigan- 
 tine also immediately Fired a Gun, & then Col. Creighton 
 sent two Boats full of men to Board her, & they the Peo- 
 ple belonging to the Brigantine resisted, & would not let 
 them come on Board, & Hoisted Rebel Colours, the Fort 
 immediately fired two Guns which both took effect, the 
 Brigantine then immediately struck her Colours, & the 
 
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 two Boats returned & Boarded her took them Prisoners & 
 delivered them over to the Militia." The Sally was appa- 
 rently brought to Halifax to be sold. 
 
 Sally, brigantine, Jno. Holland Rickard, master, from 
 Plymouth, to Frenchman's Bay, then to Charlstown, South 
 Carolina, cargo : lumber, captured June 12 th , 1778, to the 
 westward of Cape Sables, by H. M. S. Blond. Josiah 
 Dunham, mate of the Sally, made deposition that she was 
 built at Newbury 8 years before and had always remained 
 the property of Americans. 
 
 Sally, brigantine, Soloman Saltus, master, a recapture. 
 "Soloman Saltus Master of the Brigantine Sally being duly 
 sworne deposeth that he loaded at St. Michaels with Wine 
 & Fruit & sailed from thence the 6 th of February last, 
 Bound to New York, that on the 27 th March last being in 
 Lat. 37° & about 67 or 68 Long, they fell in with the Gen- 
 eral Stark ship mounting twenty two Guns, an American 
 Privateer Commanded by James Pearson of Cape Anne, 
 that the ship chased them a few Hours, & came up with 
 the Brig, that the Ship Hailed the Brig, & ordered her to 
 Bring too, that the Privateer sent their Boat & Exchanged 
 Hands, that they permitted the Depon* to remain on Board 
 as he declared to them he was owner of the Vessel & Car- 
 go, that after this they steered for Cape Anne, that they 
 met with repeated heavy Gales of Wind, & the first land 
 they made was Cape L'Have which the Prize Master took 
 for Seguin Island & they ran into L'Have the 13 th day of 
 April Inst, in the evening, & came to anchor near Petit 
 Riviere, the next morning seven men came on Board in 
 two different Boats & said they were Militia of Nova Scotia 
 the Rebel Prize Master told them he was from New York 
 bound to Halifax, & offered four shillings a day for two 
 of them to assist him in navigating the Brig to Halifax, 
 that the Deponant hearing this Conversation on Deck 
 thought it might be something in his favour, & tho sick in 
 bed got up to go on Deck, but in his passage was met by 
 the Rebel Prize Master's Mate, who threw his arms around 
 the Deponant & endeavoured to prevent him from going 
 
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 on Deck, that he then told the Prize Masters mate that he 
 would cry murder if he did not let him go on Deck, that 
 he then let the Deponant go, that the Deponant when he 
 o-ot on Deck, asked the Militia how far they were from 
 Halifax, they answered about IT or 20 leagues & that if 
 he was Bound there it was a good time, that the Deponant 
 told them he did not know he was bound to Halifax, he 
 understood they were bound to Cape Anne, but he should 
 be glad to go to Halifax, that he found one M r Brown was 
 overhauling the papers, that the Prize Master insisted he 
 was Bound to Halifax, that the Deponant then took the 
 papers from said Brown, & told him he had been on a 
 voyage Bound to New York, & that the Brig Sally had 
 been captured by the General Starks an American Priva- 
 teer, & that the Prize Master was only deceiving them, 
 that M r Brown then took the papers, & he the said Brown 
 & the other people of the aforesaid Militia agreed to take 
 the Brig to Liverpool, the wind proving contrary they re- 
 turned back to the Folly, a Harbour at Cape L'Have & 
 came to anchor there they lay till 9 o'clock in the morning 
 of the 14 th , that there was great disputes among said Mili- 
 tia about what they should do with the Brig, that the 
 same evening M r Brown gave the papers to one Cavanagh, 
 the next day they made the second attempt for Liverpool, 
 but the wind proving contrary they returned again into 
 the Folly, that the same afternoon of the 15 th there came 
 about 30 men armed from Lunenburg & demanded the 
 papers from Cavanagh, but before they came Cavanagh 
 had given the papers to the Deponant, that one McDonald 
 who said he commanded this party demanded the papers, 
 the deponant refused delivering them up, the same even- 
 ing about 11 o'clock Captain Henderkin Commander of 
 the Brigantine John and Rachael came alongside, that the 
 Deponant heard some of the people on Board tell him to 
 come along side, that at that time the Deponant was in 
 the Cabin, that he heard the noise of Musquets, a Battle 
 ensued which lasted about 8 minutes, that in this skirmish 
 the Captain of the Militia was killed & two of Captain 
 Henderkin's men in the Boat were wounded, & further de- 
 poseth that two of the seven Men that came first on Board 
 
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 about an hour after they came on Board, said they be- 
 longed to the John and Rachael which had a Commission, 
 that after Captain Henderkin came on Board he took the 
 possession of her & declared one William Brown was ap- 
 pointed Prize Master." 
 
 Sally, schr., David Lewis, master, on a fishing voyage 
 from Cape Cod, owned by David Lewis of Barnstable, 
 captured June 20 th , 1780, off Cape Cod by the Letter of 
 Marque Lacy of Liverpool, N. S. where the Sally was 
 then taken. 
 
 Sally, schr., Robert Lieth, master, from one of the 
 Islands in the West Indies for Massachusetts Bay, loaded 
 with molasses and rum, captured near the end of Septem- 
 ber, 1777, off Georges Banks, by H. M. S. Milford. 
 
 Sally, schr., Nicholas Smith, master, on a fishing voyage 
 from Cape Cod, owned by Nathaniel and Laz. Goodwin of 
 Plymouth, captured June 20 th , 1780, off Cape Cod by the 
 Letter of Marque Lucy of Liverpool, where the Sally was 
 then taken. 
 
 Sally, sloop, Ben. Cole, master, libelled Febry. 15 th , 
 1780, captured by the privateer schooner Lucy. 
 
 Sally, sloop, Thomas Martin, master, loaded with wood 
 and staves, captured June 3d, 1779, off Damascotti, the 
 crew escaping in a boat, by the armed vessels Howe and 
 Buckram. 
 
 Sally, sloop, loaded with bale goods from Hamburg, 
 captured off Nantucket shoals about July 27 th 1776, by 
 H. M. S. Liverpool. The sloop was left at Head Quarters 
 near New York, and cargo condemned at Halifax. Thomas 
 Mullock, mate of the Sally deposed that she was bound 
 for New York, but her papers cleared her out for St. Eus- 
 tatia. 
 
 Sally, sloop, loaded with cordwood, captured with no 
 one on board, July 25 th , 1779, in Penobscot Bay, by H. 
 M. S. Albany. The deponant, Richard Pomroy, of the 
 
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 Albany, stated "that she is a Plantation Built Sloop, 
 square sterned, no head, all Black Bottom & sides, that he 
 knows the said Sloop for that he sailed in her formerly 
 out of Casco Bay about seven years ago & that she then 
 belonged to one John Gray." 
 
 Sally, sloop, libel filed June 24 th , 1782, by H. M. 
 Sloop of war the Albany. 
 
 Sally, sloop, libel filed Oct. 14 th , 1782, on behalf of 
 the Sloop Tartar, tender to H. M. S. Allegiance. 
 
 Sandwich, schooner, about 40 tons, with no cargo or 
 papers on board, captured at a wharf in Norfolk, Va., 
 previous to Aug. 28 th 1776 (date of libel) by H. M. S. 
 Otter. 
 
 Savage, schr., Marblehead to Bilboa, cargo: dry fish, 
 captured May 5 th , 1777, on Georges Banks, by H. M. S. 
 Diamond. John Home, seaman on the Savage, made de- 
 position and said he understood the schooner belonged to 
 the Congress. 
 
 Scipio, snow, a recapture. " Samuel Hinkman master 
 of the Snow call'd the Scijno being duly sworne deposeth 
 that the said Snow was Loaded principally with Wine at 
 Teneriff, that he was proceeding with her to London, that 
 on his Passage on the 15 th November last he fell in with 
 two American Privateers, one a ship call'd the Mars of 24 
 Guns & 90 men, the other a Brig call'd the Fanny of 1 8 
 Guns & 90 men, that they carried English Colours, the 
 deponant crowded all the sail he could make, that they 
 chaced him 5 Hours before they came up with the Snow, 
 that they fired at the Snow, & ordered them to Haul down 
 their Colours & bring too, that they came on Board and 
 took out all the Hands, except one man a Boy & the De- 
 ponant, & put on Board the Snow nine of the Rebels with 
 a Prize Master amongst which were 3 Frenchmen, & one 
 Indian, that the Rebels plundered the Snow of Wine, 
 Fruit, & Sundry other articles, also about one thousand 
 dollars in specie, that after they had taken these things 
 
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 out of the Snow they gave directions to the Prize Master 
 to proceed with her for Dartmouth or any other Port they 
 could get into in America. That on the 23d December 
 last being in the Lat. 41° 30" Long 64° 40" being near 
 the South end of Georges Banks, they fell in with the 
 Greyhound Man of War Archibald Dixon Commander 
 who retook the said Snow from the Rebels, & brought her 
 into this Port of Halifax. The deponant further deposeth 
 that the said Snow is owned by Mess 18 Paul Graves in 
 North Yarmouth in Great Britain, that the Cargo is owned 
 by sundry Persons subjects of & residing in Great Britain, 
 that the Rebels took the Snows register, Invoices, Bills of 
 Loading, Mediterranean Pass & sundry other papers & that 
 the Rebels drank & destroyed Great quantities of Wine, 
 exclusive of what the Privateers people took." 
 
 Sea Duck, schr., John Bohannan, master, captured in 
 Minas Basin, May 2d, 1777, by Thomas Dickson and party 
 on a Barge belonging to Government, under orders from 
 Capt. Collet. Was taken into Cornwall is River and after- 
 wards to Windsor. Cause entitled 4< Hyde Parker, Esq r 
 Commander of His Majesty's Ship Phenix vs. Schooner 
 Sea Duck and Cargo," but there is no information as to 
 who Capt. Collet was, who gave the orders, vide deposition 
 by Thos. Dickson. 
 
 Sea Flower, schr., Jacob Clarke, master, Gaudelope 
 to Salem, cargo : molasses and ram, captured June 8 th , 
 1778, in Buzzard's Bay, by H. M. S. Unicorn. Jacob 
 Clarke master of the Sea Flower made deposition that the 
 vessel and cargo were owned by Joseph White, Joseph 
 Lambert, Miles Greenwood, and Henry White, all of 
 Salem. 
 
 Shamby, sloop, John Fraiser, master, Portsmouth, New 
 England, to Grenada, cargo : staves and heading, captured 
 January 2d, 1782, off Cape Ann, by the private ship of 
 War Lord Cornwallis. 
 
 The Sharnby was condemned as lawful prize, but in 
 March following a claim was filed to the Shaunbouy, the 
 name evidently being wrongly spelt in the libel. The 
 
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 claimant, William Abbot, sought to prove that the Shaun- 
 bouy was owned in Waterford, Ireland, and had been taken 
 as a prize by the Americans some time previously. The 
 claim was, however, dismissed, and the evidence proved 
 that the sloop was owned by Walter McFarling and Dan- 
 iel Higgin of Berwick, New England, at the time of her 
 capture by the Lord Cornwallis. Edward Loude, of the 
 Shamby gave evidence in the libel case, and Walter Mc- 
 Farling, owner, in the Claim. 
 
 Snake, brigantine, a recapture. The private ship of 
 war, Revenge, captured the Snake, June 2d, 1779, in Bos- 
 ton Bay. The Snake had 14 carriage guns, 6 swivel guns 
 and 12 men, commanded by Luke Matthewman. Samuel 
 Greenwood, mast-maker, and others, proved that the Snake 
 was in Halifax Harbour a year previous, being then called 
 the Loyalist, James Morris, master. The Snake was 
 claimed in behalf of Alex r Dover and others of St. Johns 
 in Antiqua, and an eighth of her value paid to the recap- 
 tors, after sale. 
 
 Sophia, brigantine, a recapture. " James Bizzet Cook on 
 Board the Brigantine Sophia being duly sworne deposeth 
 that on their passage from Granada to London, on the 23 d 
 of August last, being then in the Lat. 37° 53" Long. 54° 
 59" they fell in with a Rebel Privateer Sloop called the 
 Black Snake fitted from Salem, John Coulton, mast r that 
 they Chased the Brig from 11 in the morn g to 3 oclock in 
 the afternoon firing at each other the whole time, that the 
 Rebels Boarded the Brig about 3 oclock took out the Capt. 
 & all the hands, except the mate, a Boy & the deponant & 
 manned her with Rebels, & then Shaped their Course for 
 Cape Cod, that afterwards they fell in with the Mermaid 
 Capt. Hawker Commander who took them & sent the Brig 
 into this Port of Halifax." 
 
 Extract from deposition of David Wishart, mate of the 
 Sophia. " manned her with a Rebel Prize Master, Wil- 
 liam Monday, & seamen from the Rebel Privateer & gave 
 orders to make the best of their way to Salem, that after- 
 wards on or about the 4 th day of September Inst, being 
 
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 then off Barrington a Ground Capt. Hawker of the Mer- 
 maid sent his Boat on Board & took possession of her. . ." 
 
 Speed, brigantine, Benjamin Cox, master, Port au Prince 
 to Salem, cargo : molasses and cotton, captured Sept. 3d, 
 1780, between Cape Cod and George's Banks, by H. M. 
 Ships Delaware, Delight, Bonetta and the armed sloop 
 Howe. 
 
 Speedwell, brigantine, Benjamin Cox, master, a recap- 
 ture. " The evidence of William James Peugh carpenter 
 on board the Ship Renown sworn and examined as on file. 
 The Register of the Brig and the Clearance, being the 
 only papers found on board, Lodged with the Advocate 
 General, by which it appears the Brigantine Speedwell was 
 Built two years ago, in the Massachusetts Bay Govern- 
 ment, and owned in Boston." 
 
 " Benjamin Cox, Master of the Brigantine Speedwell, 
 being duly Sworne deposeth, That he sailed from Salem 
 on or about the 12 th Instant [Oct. 12 th , 1782] bound to 
 Hespanolia Loaded with Lumber and Fish, that on the 
 19 th of October Instant, he fell in with the Ship Renown, 
 That the Renown chased them Three Hours, when they 
 came up with the Brig and took her and sent her into this 
 port and further Deposeth That she was built at Rhode 
 Island about the year 1775, one Captain Mason of Salem 
 owns the Brig & Cargo, That he has owned the Brig two 
 years, that he heard she had been taken from the Ameri- 
 cans and carried into N. York, that he cant tell who 
 Bought her at New York, that she was afterwards Re- 
 taken by the Americans, He believes about 3 years ago — 
 that she is square sterned no Head Two 4 pounders & 4 
 swivels & nine men in all." The Speedwell was claimed, 
 and one eighth salvage and the whole of the cargo decreed 
 to the captors. 
 
 Stanislaus, ship, Jean Equillon, master. Brest to Bos- 
 ton or Rhode Island, cargo : wine, brandy, flour and cloth- 
 ing, captured June 9 th , 1781, in Boston Bay, by H. M. S. 
 Charlestown. This ship was apparently French. 
 
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 Storke, brigantine, owned in Newbury, Philip Aubin, 
 master, Martinico to Newbury, cargo : molasses, captured 
 April 9 th , 1778, on George's Banks, by H. M. S. Centurion. 
 
 Success, brig, Fran* Harriman, master, a recapture. 
 " John De Ste. Croix, Mate of the Brigantine Success 
 being duly sworne deposeth that he shipp'd on Board 
 said Brig at London in March last as mate Bound on a 
 Voyage from thence to Mirimichi in Nova Scotia Loaded 
 with Salt, Beef, Pork, Bread, Flower, and Dry Goods, 
 that on or about the 22d June last being then off of the 
 Magdalene Islands they fell in with an American Priva- 
 teer called the Viper, Commanded by one Benj. Chapman 
 mounting 14 swivels on the Coming of her Hatches, had 
 30 men, that she belonged to Salem in New England, that 
 the Privateer chased them near four Hours, when it fell 
 calm, & they rowed up to the Brig & fired at them & 
 Ordered them to Bring too & come along side the Priva- 
 teer that it being calm they could not manage the Brig so 
 as to Bring a Gun to Bear on the Privateer, that the Priv- 
 ateers People then came on Board, took out the Capt. & 
 2 Hands, & put on Board the Brig a Prize Master & 7 
 Hands & Ordered them to make the best of their way for 
 Salem, that they were making the best of their way for 
 Salem, when they fell in with the Rainbow and her Ten- 
 der the True Blue being then about 25 Leagues from 
 Salem, that the True Blue brought them too, & Sir George 
 Collier sent a Prize Master & Hands on Board said Brig 
 & sent her into this Port." 
 
 Success, schr., Benj. Cole, Master. " Malcolm Mac- 
 Intyer Pilot on Board the Brig Mermaid being duly 
 sworne deposeth that on their Passage from Halifax to 
 Liverpool on or about the 28 th of August last they fell in 
 with a Schooner called the Success in Herring Cove a place 
 near Liverpool, that they Boarded said Schooner & the 
 People all deserted her, that there was no papers on 
 Board except a Register, that the Master one Benj. Cole 
 told the deponent that she was a lawfull Prize, & beg'd 
 him to speak to Capt. Browne to let the Schooner go & 
 
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 take the Cargo, that part of the Cargo was taken on Board 
 at Machias viz. some Pitch & Turpentine the other part 
 consisting of Staves at Passamaquoddy, & by the said 
 Benj Cole's own acct. belonged to him, that the said 
 Schooner is a square Sterued Schooner of about 35 Ton 
 New England Built, that she is now in this Harbour of 
 Halifax." 
 
 Sept. 15 th , 1777. "The Claim of Benjamin Valpy 
 read, & the Libellant having agreed to deliver the Schoon- 
 er Success to the Claimant on his paying an 8 th the Court 
 ordered that the same be restored to him accordingly." 
 
 The Brig Mermaid, captor of the schooner Success was 
 a Letter of Marque. 
 
 Success, schr., captured by H. M. S. Cerberus. Papers 
 exhibited and filed in Court by H. M. Advocate General, 
 Aug. 2d, 1777, were "the clearance of the Schooner Suc- 
 cess at Charlestown, South Carolina, and a certificate of 
 her landing a cargo at South Carolina, which papers and 
 the oath of John Townsend, proving them to be found on 
 Board said schooner, as also the oath of Samuel Thomson, 
 proving the capture of said schooner, are on file." 
 
 Success, sloop, Sulpherous Fisher, master, bound to 
 Boston, loaded with wood, captured June 2d, 1777, near 
 Casco Bay, by H. M. S. Ambuscade. 
 
 Success, sloop, over 100 tons, loaded with salt, stand- 
 ing in for Cape Henry, captured off Cape Henry about 
 January 12th 1776, by H. M. S. Kingfisher's tender. 
 
 Sukey, schr., 30 tons burthen, one Proud, master and 
 owner, captured May 23d 1780, about one league to the 
 eastward of Frenchman's Island, near to the mouth of the 
 Damascotti river, by James Ryder Mowatt, Captain in the 
 Corps called the King's Rangers, while on a command in 
 two boats belonging to the Albany. He put two of the 
 prisoners ashore, sent the vessel to Penobscott and then to 
 Windsor, N. S. 
 
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 Susannah, sloop, Edmund Conner, master, a recapture. 
 " Jonathan Glover, Prize Master on Board the Brig Priv- 
 ateer called the Terrible, Robert Richardson, Master, being 
 duly sworne deposeth, that being on a cruize in the said 
 Privateer in Lat. 38° 30" Long. 72 6 th June Inst, they 
 fell in with a Sloop which they chased 3 or 4 Hours when 
 they came up with & took her, & found she was from 
 Cork Bound to Philadelphia, Loaded with Pork, Beef and 
 Butter, that the Sloop was called the Susannah, that the 
 deponent was put on Board as Prize Master of the Sloop 
 & ordered to make the best of his way for Salem, New 
 England, that about 5 Days afterwards they fell in with 
 his Majesty's Ship the Unicorn who retook the said Sloop, 
 & brought her & Cargo into this Port except two or three 
 Hampers of Porter, & Wine, which were taken out by the 
 Privateer's People for the Captain, Mate, & People of the 
 Privateer." 
 
 Swallow, schr., Saml. Dugard, master, anchored in Port 
 Metway, N. S., Feby. 25 th , 1780, asked for assistance to 
 pilot her further in, and stated they were from Halifax. 
 The people discovered the Swallow was from New Eng- 
 land, with rum, molasses, cotton, cocoa and coffee on 
 board, and captured her after some resistance. 
 
 Swallow, schr., And. Woodbury, master, Salem to 
 Guadalope, cargo : fish and lumber, captured June 3d, 1777,. 
 near Casco Bay, by H. M. S. Ambuscade. 
 
 Swallow, schr., Marblehead to Kennebec River for cord 
 wood, captured Feb. 20 th , 1781, by armed schooner Ar- 
 buthnot, tender to the Allegiance, and carried into Penob- 
 scott. The prisoners were put ashore on parole. 
 
 ^ Swallow, schr., libel filed June 24 th , 1782, by H. M. 
 S. Albany. 
 
 Swallow, schr., Libel Nov. 9 th , 1780, captured by Let- 
 ter of Marque Annapolis Rover. 
 
 Swan, sloop, loaded principally with Indian Corn, cap- 
 tured off Cape Cod about August 1st, 1776, by H. M. S. 
 Liverpool. 
 
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 Sweat, schr., privateer, Jesse Fronson, commander. 
 Libel filed Dec. 28 th , 1779, by Martin Minick, master of 
 the Schooner Sally, and James Pirley, Serjeant of the 
 Royal Fensible Americans. The Sweat appears from the 
 record to have been ashore, but no particulars are given, 
 and the last entry in the cause, Sept. 15 th , 1780, shows 
 she had not been got off. 
 
 Sweepstakes, brig, of Portsmouth, 80 tons, privateer, 
 10 guns, 25 men, Timothy Mountfort, commander, cap- 
 tured Oct. 14 th , 1781, by the Letter of Marque Brig « Sir 
 Andrew Hammond." 
 
 Tammy, schr., Zebulon Rust, master, owned iu Boston, 
 bound to Surinam, cargo : dry fish, butter, oil and lumber, 
 captured on or about June 5 th , 1777, southward of Cape 
 Sable and about Q6 Leagues from Cape Sambro, by H. M. 
 S. Syren. 
 
 Tarter, schr., Benjamin Warren, master, captured in 
 February, 1776 near Cape Ann by H. M. S. Lively, and 
 carried into Boston : cargo : sugar, coffee, and cocoa nuts. 
 
 Tarter, ship, a recapture. " William Marchant Bustle 
 master of the Ship call'd the Tartar being Duly Sworne 
 on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth as fol- 
 lows, that on the 24 th of November last having been taken 
 by a Privateer, and finding the Privateer's people had left 
 only four of the Rebells on board said Ship (for the re- 
 mainder of this Deposition vide minute Book, — the claim 
 of Wm. McBustle filed & entered." 
 
 Thimoleon, brigantine. "Henry Higginson, Pilot of 
 the Brigantine Thimoleon being duly sworne deposeth that 
 they were Bound from Bordeaux to Boston or some other 
 part of the Continent of North America, that she is loaded 
 with Brandy, Lead and Bale Goods, that they sailed for 
 Bordeaux the last day of January last, that he was taken 
 about 10 Leagues from Cape Ann on Saturday the 12 of 
 April Inst, by his Majesty's ship the Greyhound, Archibald 
 Dixon Commander, & further saith that he does not know 
 
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 either the owners of the said Brigantine or her cargo, that 
 she was entirely navigated by Frenchmen (except himself) 
 & his Instructions was to carry or Pilot the Vessel into 
 Boston or some other part of the Continent." 
 
 Thomas, brigantine, Thomas Collier, master, libel tiled 
 April 25 th , 1783. Evidence brought from Penobscott. 
 Claim made. Decree pronounced for restoration of the 
 Brig &c. to the owners as on file from which M r Gibbons 
 Proctor for the libellants, commander & crew of the Armed 
 sloop Industry, moved an appeal to the Lords Commis- 
 sioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. 
 
 Thomas & William, Brigantine, a recapture. " James 
 Smith master of the Brig Thomas and William being duly 
 sworne Deposeth; that he was bound from New York to 
 Cork for Provisions, & was on his said Passage met with 
 by a Rebel Privateer Schooner called the Warren,* in Lat. 
 39° 8" Long. 60°. That he the deponant used his utmost 
 Endeavours to get Clear of her, but being attacked by said 
 Privateer & her Prize, who both attacked the said Brig up- 
 on her Quarters at the same time he could not Escape, that 
 they took Possession of said Brig 20 th Nov. last & were 
 carrying her into Beverly New England, as the deponant 
 understood. That afterwards on or about the 27 th of the 
 same month they fell in with Captain Ford in the Unicorn, 
 Cape Anne then being W. S. W. distant about 20 Leagues, 
 that Capt. Ford's Boat Boarded & retook the said Brig, 
 the Rebels making no opposition, & brought her safe into 
 this Port, and the Deponant further Deposeth that when 
 he was taken by the Rebels as aforesaid, that they took 
 him & all his People (the Carpenter & 2 Boys excepted) 
 out of the Brig & then Plundered it, & after that they put 
 the Deponant on Board, & kept all his other hands on 
 Board the Privateer, except the Carpenter & 2 Bovs afore- 
 said." 
 
 Thorn, ship or sloop. Aug. 28 th , 1782, "Richard 
 Cowell commander of the ship Thorn being duly sworn, 
 
 ♦From Beverly, Israel Thomdike, commander. 
 
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 deposeth, That in the year 1779 the Thorn was taken by 
 the Boston and Dean American ships of Warr, That in 
 1780 She was again retaken by the Hind, a Twenty Gun 
 Ship, That she was only Five days in the possession of the 
 English, when they fell in with the Harmoin and Astrea, 
 Two french ships, who took her and sent her into Boston, 
 where she was condemned and Sold, That William Ray- 
 mond Lee Esquire, purchased her, & were sending the 
 Ship Thorn to Lorient, in France, with about Fifteen 
 Thousand Weight of Indigo & with Stores and Provisions 
 for the Voyage, That all the property on Board, Vizt. 
 Guns, Stores, Provisions, Tackle, and apparell, marked 
 with a f or other marks usually made on the King's stores, 
 are not American property, That he left Marble head on 
 the 9 th of August Instant, That on the 19 th Instant, being 
 Lat. 42°, Long. 54° they fell in with the Arethusa, Frigate, 
 who chased the Thorn Twenty-five Hours, when they came 
 up, and took the Thorn and brought her into this Port, 
 that the papers No. 1 & 4 are all the papers belonging to 
 the Thorn, That she had sixty -eight men, and Three Pas- 
 sengers on Board when Taken, That she carried Eighteen 
 Six pounders, That by His Commission paper No. 1, he 
 had full Power and Authority to make Captors and Re- 
 prisals." The first and second Lieutenants of the Thorn 
 also made depositions confirming the above. 
 
 Three Brothers, brigantine, a recapture. " William 
 Boyd, Passenger on Board the Brigantine 3 Brothers being 
 duly Sworne Deposeth that on the 25 th day of July last 
 in the Lat. 40° 30" Long. 46° 17" the said Brigantine three 
 Brothers one Thomas Johnson then Master, Bound from 
 St. Johns Newfoundland to Barbados, was chased by two 
 Schooners, that one of them called the Speedwell came up 
 with the Brig having 10 Carriage Guns, 10 Swivels & 49 
 men, Commanded by one Jonathan Greeley, who fired two 
 Shots at the Brig & ordered the Colours to be hauled 
 down, the other Schooner called the Active one Gardiner 
 Comm. had 10 Carriage Guns, 10 Swivels & 54 men, was 
 then about 2 Leagues off. The wind being very light 
 they rowed & sailed to the Brig in about an hour and a 
 
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 half, when the two Captains Greeley & Gardiner, came on 
 Board the Brig & overhauled her, & took away about 70 
 Fathoms of a new shroud Hawser, one coil of three inch 
 Laniard stuff, one coil of 2 Inch do. one Coil of Rattling 
 stuff a Coil of 3 quarter Inch Rope, a Coil of Inch Rope, 
 a Coil of new Spun Yarn, a Spying Glass, the Colours, 
 some new Canvas & Sewing twine, a number of small ar- 
 ticles, 2 Barrels of Herrings, a Firkin of Barley, a sack of 
 Bread, a Quantity of Dry'd Codfish &c. That they then 
 left one Daniel Drinkwater on Board as Prize Master, with 
 three men from the Privateer, & took out of the Brigan- 
 tine the Master Thos. Johnson, the mate & all the hands 
 except Martin Hicks, Silvester Coleman (a boy) & the De- 
 ponant, & gave the Prize Master orders to shape his course 
 & make the best of his Way for Boston, New England 
 which orders the said Prize Master Endeavored to Comply 
 with until on or about the 20 th of August Inst, when the 
 said Brig was Chased by his Majestys Ship the Rainbow, 
 Sir George Collier, Commander, being then off Mount Des- 
 art Rock near Casco Bay, New England, who retook the 
 said Brig & sent her safe into this Port of Halifax where 
 she now is, that the sails & Rigging are much hurt from 
 the neglect and mismanagement of the Rebels, while in 
 their Possession." 
 
 John Hopkins, mariner on board the Privateer schooner 
 Speedwell, made deposition confirming the above. 
 
 Three Friends, brigantine, captured by H. M. S. Mer- 
 cury. Papers exhibited and filed by H. M. Advocate Gen- 
 eral, Aug. 2d, 1777, were: "Papers found on Board the 
 Brigantine Three Friends, as also the Oath of George But- 
 ler Lieut, of Marines on Board his Majestys Ship the Mer- 
 cury taken before David Matthews Esq. Mayor of New 
 York, Proving the capture of said Brigantine." 
 
 Three Friends, sloop, Benjamin Sison, master. Libel 
 filed October 13 th , 1777, capture made by H. M. S. Or- 
 pheus. All papers in this case referred to " as on file." 
 
 Three Sisters, Robert Browne, master, a recapture, 
 by H. M. S. Falcon, date of libel Aug. 12 th , 1779. Record 
 
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 of case not completed, and no information as to the cap- 
 ture to be had. 
 
 Tom, brigantine, David Smart, master, a recapture, from 
 Antiqua for Halifax, taken in Nov. or Dec, 1781, in the 
 vicinity of Bermuda, by the rebel privateer Marquis La 
 Fyatt and was being taken to Salem or Marblehead, re- 
 captured four days later, by H. M. S. Bellasarius, and was 
 being brought to Halifax, when by severe weather she 
 was driven ashore on Maugers Beach near the mouth of 
 the harbour. Some of the cargo was salved. 
 
 Tom, ship, John Lee, master, a recapture, libel filed July 
 30 th , 1782. "William Briggs supercargo of the ship Tom, 
 John Lee, late master, being duly sworn on the Holy 
 Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth that on the 25 th 
 day of May last he left St. Lucia bound to Liverpool in 
 Great Britain Loaded with Sugar, Coffee and Cotton that 
 he sailed in company with an Arm'd Brig, that on or 
 about the 30 th day of June last in the Lattitude 45° 31" 
 Longitude 35° 53" they fell in with the American privateer 
 Ship Porus of two and twenty guns nine pounders and 
 150 men that they chased the Tom about three hours when 
 they came up with the Tom and took her, that after ex- 
 changing hands the master of the Porus, John Carnes, Or- 
 der'd the Tom for Salem, New England, that they were 
 proceeding for that port when on or about the 26 th July 
 last they fell in with the Sloop of War the Savage, George 
 Oakes, Esquire, commander, being then in Lattitude 42° 
 22" and Longitude 65° 57", that after a short chase the Sav- 
 age came up with the Tom and retook her, and after ex- 
 changing hands Captain Oakes ordered her for this port, 
 where she arrived safe, and the deponent further deposeth 
 that the manifest Cocquets and other papers now produced 
 No. 1 to 8 inclusive are the papers belonging to the Ship 
 Tom, and that they mention and contain all the cargo and 
 private adventures that were on board said ship when she 
 sail'd from St. Lucia aforesaid (except two hogsheads of 
 English Brandy being part of the stores in the last Voy- 
 age) and he the Deponent also further Deposeth that the 
 Americans took out a Hawser and Tow line and nine coils 
 
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 of cordage some barrels of sugar and the greater part of 
 the cabin Furniture, and many other articles, that there 
 was nothing taken by any of the Savages people to this 
 Deponent's knowledge, that every Hatch had been un- 
 locked by the Americans while in their possession which 
 was about twenty seven days, and all that time they made 
 great waste of Sugar and Provisions." 
 
 Triton, schr., loaded with lumber, flour and fish, from 
 Kennebunk river to the West Indies, captured in Massa- 
 chusetts Bay, July 21 st , 1776, by H. M. S. Milford. 
 
 Tkue Blue, schr., of Boston, 10 carriage guns, 12 
 swivel guns, 45 men including officers, captured Jan. 27 th , 
 1778, south of George's Banks by H. M. S. Appollo and 
 Venus, 4 carriage guns thrown overboard during the chase. 
 William Belcher, 2d lieutenant of True Blue made depo- 
 sition. 
 
 Tryal, sloop, Joseph Bass, master. Libel filed Oct. 
 13 th , 1777. Capture made by H. M. S. Orpheus. All 
 papers in this case referred to " as on file. " Evidence in 
 this and the preceding case was taken before a full Court 
 Martial held on board the Orpheus by J. Sansbury, Depu- 
 ty Judge Advocate. 
 
 Tryal, sloop, libel filed June 24 th , 1782, by H. M. 
 Sloop of War the Albany. 
 
 Two Betsys, brig, a recapture. " Henry Botson, own- 
 er of the Brigantine, Two Betsys being duly Sworne, de- 
 poseth, that he was bound from Malina in Gibralter, to 
 London loaded with Fruit Wine & c , that on said Passage, 
 about, the 23 d of April last, Cilley then bearing about N. 
 N. East distant 12 Leagues, he fell in with a Rebell Priv- 
 ateer call'd the Freedom, Commanded by one John Clous- 
 ton belonging to Boston, haveing, 12 Gunns about 60 or 
 70 men, that the Privateers people Boarded the Brig Two 
 Betseys & took possession of her, & then shap'd their 
 Course for Boston, that on the 5 th June Instant, Cape 
 Negro bearing about N. N East distant about 8 Leagues, 
 
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 they fell in with his Majestys Ship Mermaid, James Haw- 
 ker Esq r Commander, who retook the said Brig Two Betsy*, 
 & brought her safe into this Port." 
 
 " Henry Botson being Re examined further Deposeth 
 that when he was taken by the Rebels they had with them 
 two Prizes which they had before taken, that the Rebels 
 threw part of the Cargo of the Brigantine 2 Betseys into 
 the Sea, & took out part of the Cargo of one of the 
 Prizes, being a Brigantine called the Dispatch one Morgan 
 Regan, Master, of Cork viz. four Pipes of Wine, Forty two 
 Quarter Casks full & five Enfpty ones Drank by the Priv- 
 ateers People, or Leaked out by Bad Stoage, Twenty Six 
 half boxes Lemmons, some three fourths out & some full. 
 And out of another vessel which the Deponaut understood 
 from the Rebels they Destroyed some time before, part of 
 two Cables, one Eleven Inch, the other Ten, and four 
 Sails, That he understood by the Rebels this Vessel be- 
 longed to the Gurneys, & that her name was the Gurney, 
 & further Deposeth that the Capt. of the Brigantine from 
 which the Wine was taken, wrote in the Deponants Pock- 
 et Book as follows. " Capt Morgan Regan of the Brig 
 Dispatch to the care of M r Stephen White Mercht. Cork," 
 Please to act for me as for yourself." 
 
 Two Brothers, schr., Philip Ashton, master, Marble- 
 head to Kennebec River in ballast for a load of cordwood, 
 captured Feb. 8 th , 1781, by armed schooner Arbuthnot, 
 tender to the Allegiance, and carried into Penobscott. 
 The people on the Two Brothers were given their liberty 
 on parole. 
 
 Two Brothers, sloop, George Maxwell, master, from 
 Boston to some place near Casco Bay, captured previous 
 to June 9 th 1777, in Massachusetts Bay, with no papers 
 except a register, by H. M. S. Ambuscade. 
 
 Two Brothers, sloop, owned in Boston, bound from 
 Frenchman's Bay to Boston, loaded with cordwood, cap- 
 tured near the end of August, 1777, on the coast of New 
 England, by H. M. S. Rainbow. 
 
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 Two Friends, schr., a recapture. This schooner had 
 been captured by the Neptune, rebel privateer, and was 
 recaptured Oct. 10 th , 1781, in Boston Bay, by H. M. S. 
 Chatham. 
 
 Two Sisters, schooner, Leach, master, from Cape 
 
 Francois to some port in New England, cargo: principally 
 molasses, captured about March 9th, 1777, between Cape 
 Negro and Cape Sable, by H. M. S. Milford. The master, 
 mate and a boy were taken in the Schooner, and four 
 hands who tried to escape were also taken. 
 
 Union, brigantine, Andrew Thorndike, master, a re- 
 capture. Evidence apparently taken at Liverpool. Cargo 
 condemned as lawful prize, and the brigantine to pay an 
 eighth. 
 
 Union, privateer sloop. " Jonas Fauson Commander 
 of the Brig Howe being duly sworne deposeth, that they 
 fell in with a sloop Privateer off of Halifax Light House 
 on Saturday last which they chased into Prospect, that the 
 people on board run her into a narrow Harbour and then 
 made their escape with all the papers as this deponant be- 
 lieves as he found none, that she has six Guns two pound- 
 ers, that the said ship was brought into this Harbour where 
 she now lays, that her name is the Union." The Union 
 was claimed, and ordered to be restored and delivered up 
 to the claimants John Brook, Nathaniel Brown and Thomas 
 Fearson, and libellants and claimants each to pay their 
 own costs. 
 
 Venus, brigantine, a recapture. " Alexander Read 
 Elliot midshipman on Board his Majesty's ship of War 
 the Milford (Henry Mowat at present Commander) being 
 duly sworne Deposeth that on or about the 1st day of 
 November Inst, about 15 Leagues to the Eastward of Cape 
 Ann the said ship Milford fell in with & retook the Brig- 
 antine Venus, whereof one Stanfield was Master, that there 
 was 4 of the hands belonging to the Brig on Board and 
 six Rebels, that they proceeded with said Brig after she 
 was taken by Captain Mowat immediately for this Port of 
 Halifax, where she now is." 
 
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 " James Crawford Super Cargo of the Brigantine Venus 
 being duly sworne Deposeth that on or about the 18 th of 
 September last about 60 leagues to the Westward of Ire- 
 land he was taken by a Privateer Schooner called the 
 Hawke, whereof one John Lee was Master fitted out by 
 some of the Colonies now in open Rebellion mounting 8 
 or 10 Carriage Guns, with Swivels, and about 30 men. 
 That after they took the Brig Venus, they shaped their 
 course for Newbury & were got within about 15 Leagues 
 of Cape Ann, when they fell in with Captain Henry 
 Mowat, Commanding his Majesty's ship Milford, who re- 
 took the said Brigantine Venus, & brought her into this 
 Port of Halifax, where she now is." 
 
 Vencjs, ship, George W. Babcock, commander, built in 
 Weymouth, near Boston in Oct., 1780, owned by Thomas 
 Harris of Boston and John Brown of Providence, bound 
 on a cruize to the Banks of Newfoundland, captured July 
 16 th , 1781, by H. M. S. Danae. George W. Babcock, com- 
 mander, made deposition. 
 
 Warren, schr., carrying eight carriage guns, some 
 swivels, and about forty men, captured to the westward of 
 George's Banks about Aug. 26 th 1776, by H. M. S. Liver- 
 pool. 
 
 Washington, of Boston, Nathaniel Wardell, com- 
 mander, last from Plymouth, bound on a cruise, 12 car- 
 riage guns, threes, fours, and sixes, no cargo other than 
 three months stores, captured May 30 th , 1778, southward 
 of George's Banks, by H. M. S. Blond. 
 
 William, schr., Osborn Serjeant, master, Cape Anne 
 to Bilboa, cargo : rice and tobacco, captured Feb. 19 th , 
 1778, eastward of St. George's Banks, by H. M. S. Rai- 
 sonable. 
 
 William, schr., William Tucker, master, Cape Anne, 
 on a fishing cruize, captured previous to July 11 th , 1781, 
 by the schooner David, and taken into Penobscott. 
 
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 William, schr., loaded with fish, bound to the West 
 Indies, had no papers, captured near Long Island the be- 
 ginning of June, 1776, by H. M. S. Cerberus. 
 
 William and Barbara, sloop, a recapture. "George 
 Harris, Purser of his Majesty's Ship of War the Albanj', 
 being duly Sworn Deposeth, that on their Passage from 
 New York to this Port of Halifax, they fell in with the 
 Sloop William and Barbara on the 29 day of May last, be- 
 ing off of Cape Sables, that Joseph Haines, acting Capt. of 
 the Albany, order'd the Boat out and Boarded said Sloop, 
 & found she was from St. Lucas bound to Perth Loaded 
 with Salt & Wine, that she had been taken about six weeks 
 before by the Rebells, and was then in their Possession, 
 that the former Master & all the Hands, were taken out 
 of her by the Rebells (except a lad) that the said Sloop is 
 now safe in this Port, that the papers now produced by 
 the Advocate Genl. and filed in Court No. 1 to 6 were 
 found on board the said sloop." 
 
 "David Martin, seaman on Board the Sloop William and 
 Barbara, being duly Sworne Deposeth, that he was ship'd 
 on Board said Sloop at Perth in Scotland, that on their 
 Passage from St. Lucas to Perth, being sixteen Leagues 
 to the southward of the Rocks of Silly on the 15 th of April 
 last, they fell in with an American Privateer Brig com- 
 manded by one John Clouston, who boarded and took Pos- 
 session of the said Sloop, took out the Capt. & all the 
 Hands except the Deponant, & mann'd the Sloop with 
 Rebells & then shap'd their course for Marblehead or some 
 Port in the Rebellious Colonies, that on or about the 27 th of 
 May they fell in with the Albany Sloop of War who re- 
 took the said Sloop William & Barbara & brought her 
 safe into this Port." 
 
 Windsor, ship, a recapture. Memorial of John Prince, 
 merchant and owner of the ship Windsor, a recapture, filed 
 Feby. 28 th , 1781. There is no record of the recapture, 
 nor of any libel. 
 
 York, ship, a recapture. April 30 th , 1778, "Thomas 
 Cribben master of the Arm'd Brig Cabot being duly sworne 
 
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 deposeth, that being on a Cruize in said Brig on the coast 
 of Nova Scotia on or about the 25 th of last April they fell 
 in with a Ship which they Chased about 5 Hours, when 
 they came up with & took her being then about 8 or 9 
 Leagues to the Southward of Port Mutton, that they found 
 she was from Martinico, Bound to Boston Loaded with 
 Salt & Molasses, the Captain's name was Barnard, the 
 Capt. told the Deponant the Ship was owned in Martinico, 
 that she was arm'd with 4 carriage Guns & a number of 
 Swivels, mann'd with seventeen men all Americans, the 
 ship was called the York, that she is now in this Harbour, 
 that the papers now produced being No. 1 to 4 were found 
 on Board her, that she was under American Colours when 
 the Cabot took her." 
 
 "Joseph Evans being duly sworne deposeth that he was 
 at Barbados last year about this time, that to the best of 
 his knowledge the Ship York came there from Glasgow & 
 that the master's name was McVie, that he the Depon* took 
 such notice of her that he knew her again as soon as she 
 came into this Harbour, that she had the same name (York) 
 wrote on her stern, & in the same manner as is now & that 
 he verily Believes this is the same ship, & that she belongs 
 to some Person in Glasgow." 
 
 "Alexander Brymer Esq r being duly sworne Deposeth 
 that the Ship York now under Libel in this Court by Capt. 
 Dodd as a Prize was two years ago in this Harbour one 
 McVie Master, that the said ship was then Consigned to 
 the Deponant by Alexander Spurs & Co. in Glasgow the 
 owners of said Ship & the Deponant further Deposeth that 
 he has been Credibly Informed that the said ship on her 
 Passage this Spring from Glasgow Loaded with Herring, 
 Dry Goods, & 18 Horses, Bound to Barbados was taken 
 by an American Privateer Brig called the Washington 
 mounting 1 8 Guns & Carried by them into Martinico, & 
 that the said Privateer was afterwards taken when it ap- 
 peared by the Journal kept by the Privateer that they had 
 taken the Ship York four days before." 
 
 Unknown sloop and cargo, captured off Cape Ann with 
 no papers on board the crew having quitted her before 
 capture, some time in May 1776, by H. M. S. Lively. 
 
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 Two schooners, names unknown, loaded with wood and 
 empty casks, captured off Machias in July, 1776, with no 
 papers to be found, by H. M. S. Viper. 
 
 Unknown brigantine, upwards of 100 tons, loaded with a 
 quantity of molasses, captured off Cape Cod, August 1st, 
 1776, with no one on board and sails and rigging cut to 
 pieces, by H. M. S. Liverpool. 
 
 "28 th June, 1778. Jones Fausenand , Com- 
 manders of the Arm'd Sloops the Howe and Gage vs. the 
 Sloop Packet & Schooner Foxe American Privateers. 
 
 " Libel filed and Entered & Order made thereon as on 
 file. The Evidence and Papers as on file. 17 th July Court 
 opened by making Proclamation as usual, the Libel Order 
 and Return thereon read, the Evidence and Papers read, 
 proclamation made for all Persons claiming property in 
 the Sloop Packet & Schooner Fox and their appurtenances 
 to appear and assert their Claims, & Defend their rights 
 to the same, none appeared. . . . They were both con- 
 demned as Lawful Prize to the Captors." 
 
 Unknown sloop, loaded with molasses, rum, sugar, and 
 cotton, captured March 3d, 1780, in Tenant Harbour, about 
 20 Leagues to the westward of Penobscott, run ashore and 
 deserted, by the privateer schooner Lucy, and taken to 
 Liverpool, N. S. The people of the sloop fired upon the 
 captors from the shore, and the captain said she was Gua- 
 delope to Newbury. 
 
 Unknown schr. belonging to Nantucket in ballast, one 
 Gardner, master; captured about June 20 th , 1780 on the 
 coast of New England, by the Letter of Marque schooner 
 Lucy of Liverpool, to which port the prize was taken. 
 They called her the Nantucket. The Capt. and crew went 
 ashore in a whale boat. 
 
 Two Shallops, names unknown, captured by armed schr. 
 David and libelled March 16 th , 1781. 
 
 A schooner-rigged boat, loaded with tobacco and Rum, 
 captured previous to June 20 th , 1781, by Schooner Adven- 
 ture. 
 
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 Sloop, no name, loaded with lumber, captured with no 
 person on board and no papers, early in June, 1782, in 
 Boston Bay, by H. M. S. Chatham. 
 
 Shallop, no name, libel filed June 29 th , 1782, by H. M. S. 
 of War the Albany. A claim was filed on behalf of Wil- 
 liam Sherlock, and evidence showed that the shallop had 
 been captured and plundered by the Americans, when she 
 was carried into Penobscott. 
 
 A Shallop retaken from the Americans. Libel Sept. 3d, 
 1782, by Henry Vogle, Lieut, of Militia in the County of 
 Lunenburg. 
 
 Sundry Goods taken out of a Brig at Sea, Peter Coffin, 
 master, libel filed April 16 th , 1783, on behalf of the Pri- 
 vateer schooner Dreadnaught. 
 
 Proceedings, etc. upon the Petition of Richard John 
 Uniacke, Esq r , one of the Advocates and Proctors of the 
 said Court in behalf of Isaac Baxter, Roger Perkins and 
 others of the Militia at Liverpool, 2d Jan., 1784. Petition 
 filed and entered and order made thereon as on file. Mon- 
 day 5 th Jan. The Petition, order and return thereon read. 
 The return of the Militia acting in the capture of the 
 schooners Dolphin and Swallow also read. Decree pro- 
 nounced as on file. 
 
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 Proceedings, etc., upon the petition of John Creighton, 
 Esq r , Colonel of the Militia of the County of Lunenburg, 
 in behalf of himself and others of the said Militia, captors 
 of the Brig Kitty, John Palmer, master. May 6 th , 1784. 
 Petition filed, etc. May 10 th , Petition order and return 
 read. The return of the Militia acting in the capture of 
 the Brig Kitty also read. Decree pronounced as on file. 
 
 Proceedings, etc., upon the Petition of John Creighton, 
 Esq r , Colonel of the Militia of the County of Lunenburg 
 in said Province in behalf of himself and others of the said 
 Militia, captors of the Brig Sally, Moses Tinney, master, 
 May 10, 1784. Petition order and return read, the return 
 of the Militia acting in the capture of the Brig Sally also 
 read. Decree pronounced as on tile. 
 
 A small schooner, name unknown. A recapture. 
 " David Munro being duly sworn deposeth that in his 
 Passage from Canso to this place he was taken by the 
 Schooner called the Resolution of Boston on or about the 
 25 th June last, that one Morgan, who commanded this 
 Rebel Privateer, told the Deponant that they had taken a 
 Schooner up the Bay of Chaleure, & that a ship had taken 
 her from them, that the schooner belonged to a Scotchman 
 up the Bay, can't recollect his name, that he the Deponant 
 supposes the schooner brought in by the ship Jack is the 
 same schooner the Rebels had taken, & further that he 
 heard some of the men also on Board said Rebel Privateer 
 say they had taken a schooner in the Bay of Chaleure, & 
 had loaded her out of a store belonging to a Scotchman up 
 the Bay." 
 
 Two Sloops and a Schooner, names unknown, a recap- 
 ture. John McCleod, Fred Bottelier and James Coney, 
 owners. " James Coney master of the Schooner Susannah, 
 being duly sworne deposeth, That on the 21 st of August 
 last he sailed from Lunenburg in said schooner, loaded 
 with boards and Shingles, That the next day, a little be- 
 fore daylight, they saw a Privateer, about 2 Leagues S. S. 
 E. from Halifax Light House, That they Chased the Susan- 
 nah about two hours, when they came up with and took 
 
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 possession of the Schooner, and took out the Deponant, and 
 carried Him on Board the Privateer, and kept Him about 
 half an Hour, That they then returned the Deponant on 
 Board his own Vessell, and took out two of the Privateer's 
 people who had been left on Board, & then ordered the 
 Deponant to make sail, & come alongside the Privateer, 
 which he did, That the Captain of the Privateer then told 
 the Deponant that he had discovered a sail, and told the 
 Deponant to keep in Shore, & that if he saw the Privateer 
 make sail he might make the Best of his way into any Port 
 he pleased, That the Privateer did after that make sail, & 
 the Deponant saw a Brig, Standing for the Privateer, and 
 he then steered in for Prospect with the Susannah, That 
 the next day, be ing the 23 d at Night, Captain Cryines 
 came into Prospect and sent his people and brought the 
 Susannah under His Stern, till he came into Halifax, but 
 put no prize master or any other person on board the 
 schooner, That the two sloops, one owned by John McCleod 
 and the other by Frederick Bottalier & John Wooden were 
 both taken by the same Privateer at the same time the 
 Susannah was, That they were in Prospect and came to 
 Halifax with the Susannah and Brigantine Observer, and 
 the deponant further deposeth that the Privateer's people 
 took nothing out of the Schooner except one pound of 
 chocolate and a little sugar, and the master of the Priva- 
 teer told the Deponant He did not Want His Vessel as she 
 was old and Leaky, That the Two Sloops were taken first." 
 An 8 th was decreed to the captors — the brigantine Observer. 
 
 CAPTURES AND RECAPTURES CONDEMNED DURING THE 
 WAR OF 1812.* 
 
 Abigal (89f), ship, G. Johnson, master, Liverpool to 
 Norfolk, captured Sept. 21, 1812 by Poictiers. Restored 
 on payment of costs. 
 
 *See also Marine Notes at Salem (1812-1815), Essex Institute Hist. 
 Colls., Vol. XXXVI, p. 285, et seq. 
 
 tThis number is the case number of the original file now preserved 
 at Halifax. See Essex Institute Hist. Colls., Vol. XLV, p. 28. 
 
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 Active (399), ship, E. Altberg, master, Gottenburg to 
 Boston, captured Sept. 20, 1813 by Epervier. Cargo : 
 iron. 
 
 Actress (39), sloop (privateer), 48 tons, Geo. Lums- 
 den, master, from Newhaven, cruizing, captured July 18, 
 1812 by Spartan. Cargo: guns, ammunition and provi- 
 sions. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Adeline (103), brig, N. Harding, master, recaptured 
 Aug. 23, 1812 by Statira. 
 
 Adventure (538), schr., 121 tons, J. Martin, master, 
 Hayti to Bristol, R. I., captured June 15, 1814 by Liver- 
 pool Packet (privateer). Cargo : 101 hbds. & 20 bbls. 
 molasses, 70 or 80 thousand weight sugar, 12 thousand 
 weight coffee and 40 hides. Restored. 
 
 jEolus (197), brig, F. Hocquard, master, London to 
 Newf d Land, recaptured Apr. 28, 1813 by La Hogue. 
 Cargo : teas and dry goods. 
 
 Agnes (137), ship, J. Barnet, master, recaptured Jan. 
 27, 1813. 
 
 Albion (633), brig, 133 tons , Edw d Robertson, mas- 
 ter, Lisbon to Bourdeaux, recaptured Sept. 21, 1814 by 
 Jaseur. Cargo : sugar and coffee 
 
 Alert (431), sloop, A. Child, master, captured Oct. 
 19, 1813 by Boxer. Cargo : pitch and molasses. 
 
 Alexander (240), ship, B. Crowninshield, master, 
 20 guns and 130 men, from Salem, cruising, captured Apr. 
 12, 1813 by Rattler and Bream. Taken into New Bruns- 
 wick. 
 
 Alfred (482"), brig (privateer), 216 tons, P. Bessom, 
 master, 16 guns and 94 men, from Salem, cruising, cap- 
 tured Feb. 23, 1814 by Epervier. 
 
 Alianza (395), ship, J. E. Estella, master, captured 
 Sept. 16, 1813 by Shannon, 
 
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 Alicia (93), brig, Geo. Meiers, master, Kennebec to 
 St. Bartholomews, captured Oct. 1, 1812 by Statira. Car- 
 go : lumber, sheep, soap and fish. 
 
 Alligator (349), sloop, 28 tons, S. Hamlen, master, 
 from Barnstable, fishing, captured Aug. 7, 1813 by Matil- 
 da (privateer). Cargo: codfish and stores. 
 
 Amazon (649), ship, 233 tons, Jn° Raines, master, 
 London to Quebec, recaptured Oct. 22, 1814 by Bulwark. 
 Cargo : flour and bread. 
 
 Ambition (107), brig, 139 tons, Benj u Shaw, master, 
 Baltimore to Boston, captured Sept. 12, 1812 by Orpheus 
 and Maidstone. Cargo : 804 bbls. of flour. 
 
 Ambition (411), sloop, C. Vandine, master, captured 
 Sept. 22, 1813 by Statira. 
 
 Amelia (338), sloop, 79 tons, J. Skidmore, master, 
 New Haven to New Brunswick, captured Aug. 5, 1813 by 
 Retrieve (privateer). Cargo: flour and corn, restored. 
 
 Amelia (499), sloop, 49 tons, R. G. Cornwall, mas- 
 ter, New York to Providence, captured May 15, 1814 by 
 Bulwark. Cargo : rye flour, bread, hams and pork. Taken 
 into Liverpool. 
 
 Anita (587), brig, 198 tons, Spanish, Fran 3 Ornes, 
 master, Boston to Havannah, captured Aug. 9, 1814 by 
 Leander. Cargo : ballast. 
 
 Ann (429), brig, 120 tons, J. H. Winther, master, 
 Cape Ann to St. Bartholomews, captured Oct. 20, 1813 by 
 Retrieve (privateer). Cargo : corn, bread, onions and 
 potatoes. 
 
 Ann (36), brig, McDonald, master, recaptured 
 
 , 1812 by Chub. 
 
 Ann (438), brig, W Bartlett, master, recaptured Nov 
 4, 1813 by Jaseur. 
 
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 Ann (207), schr., 142 tons, J. B. Allison, master, 
 from New Orleans, captured May 5, 1813 by Nymphe, 
 Shannon, Tenedos and Emulous. Cargo : cotton, lead and 
 skins. 
 
 Ann (500), sloop, 67 tons, Sam 1 Drinkvvater, master, 
 East Port to Boston, captured May 19, 1814 by Shannon 
 (privateer). Cargo : 200 boxes tin, copperas and hard- 
 ware. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Anna (298), brig, 125 tons, Martinez, master, New 
 
 Haven to La Guira, captured July 13, 1813 by Maidstone, 
 Poictiers and Nimrod. Cargo: 870 bbls. flour, 40 half 
 bbls. beef, 142 firkins lard, 76 firkins butter, 110 boxes 
 soap and 30 bbls. gin. 
 
 Annaconda (385), brig, N. Shaller, master, captured 
 July, 1813 by Sceptre and Squadron. 
 
 Anson (113), schr., 97 tons, John Smith, master, Bos- 
 ton to Baltimore, captured Oct. 19, 1812 by Liverpool 
 Packet (privateer). Cargo : salt, china and vinegar. 
 
 Antelope (561), schr., 73 tons, Elizabeth City, N. C. 
 to Portland, captured July 18, 1814 by Tenedos. Cargo : 
 348 bbls. flour and some tar. 
 
 Apollo (102), ship, Cockwell, master, recap- 
 tured Aug. 13, 1812 by Statira 
 
 Appollo (142), sloop, 54 tons, J. Smith, master, N. 
 Carolina to Boston, captured Mar. 20, 1813 by Sir John 
 Sherbrooke (privateer). Cargo : 2000 bushels of corn. 
 
 Arab (230), schr., 350 tons, D. Fitch, master, from 
 Baltimore, captured Apr. 3, 1813 by San Domingo, Marl- 
 borough, Statira, Maidstone, Fantome and Mohawk. Car- 
 go : flour. 
 
 Argo (121), brig, W. Middleton, master, recaptured 
 Sept. 3, 1812 by Plumper. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
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 Argus (74), schr. (privateer), 21 tons, W. Heath, 
 master from Boston, cruising, captured July 17, 1812 by 
 Indian and Plumper. Cargo : guns, ammunition and pro- 
 visions. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Aristomenus (57), ship, I. W. Brewster, master, from 
 Liverpool, captured Aug. 5, 1812 by Africa, Little Emu- 
 lous, Nymph and Acasta. Restored on payment of costs 
 
 Armistice (527), schr., S. Delano, master, Boston to 
 East Port and Machias, captured June 12, 1814 by Retal- 
 iation (privateer). Cargo : pork, tar, beef, butter, hogs 
 fat, cheese, shoes, chocolate, candles, wine, gin, vinegar, 
 cordials, bitters, cordage, earthen ware, soap, flour meal, 
 leather, cotton cards, ginger, flax, saddle trees, apples, 
 paper, rice, pease, 30 kegs tobacco, 24 bbls. gunpowder, 3 
 boxes ball cartridges, a large chest of medicines and sun- 
 dry other articles. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Armistice (681), schr., 140 tons, John Williams, 
 master, Charlestown to New York, captured Dec. 24, 1814 
 by Junon. Cargo : cotton, rice and copper. 
 
 Atlantic (415), brig, Anderson, master, recap- 
 tured Oct. 11, 1813 by Maidstone and Poictiers. 
 
 Atlas (691), schr., 40 tons, Alexander Livingston, 
 master, Elizabeth City to Newberry Port, captured Feb. 
 9, 1815 by Dove (privateer). Cargo : 150 bbls. flour and 
 12 tierces rice. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Aurora (476), schr., R. McKenzie, master, Mount 
 Desert to Boston, captured Jan. 6, 1814 by Wolverine 
 (privateer). Cargo : cord wood. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Bainbridge (59), ship, R. Gray, master, Liverpool to 
 Philadelphia, captured Aug. 19, 1812 by Belvidera. Re- 
 stored on payment of costs. 
 
 Baltic (418), ship, 262 tons, J. Jameson, master, St. 
 Ubes to Boston, captured Oct. 16, 1813 by LaHogue. 
 Cargo : salt. Restored. 
 
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 Bee (632), schr., 20 tons, Elisha Burnham, master, 
 Halifax to Cape Ann, captured Aug. 28, 1814 by Rifle- 
 man and Peruvian. Cargo : dry goods. Taken into St. 
 John, N. B. 
 
 Bee (544), schr., J. L. Coleby, master, captured July 
 
 3, 1814 by Rolla (privateer). Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Bee (550), schr., captured July 6, 1814 by Nymphe. 
 
 Belfast (169), schr., 124 tons, P. Pendleton, master, 
 for Penobscot, captured Apr. 7, 1813 by Retaliation (pri- 
 vateer). Cargo: ballast. 
 
 Belle (257), schr., 105 tons, F. R. Steinhaven, mas- 
 ter, Madeira to Egg Harbour, captured June 8, 1813 by 
 Spartan, Statira and Martin. Cargo : ballast. 
 
 Bellisle (14), brig, 119 tons, Wm. Brown, master, 
 Havannah to Salem, captured July 15, 1812 by Emulous 
 Cargo : molasses, logwood, sugar and coffee. 
 
 Benj n Fkanklin (122), ship, 270 tons, Ja s Whelan, 
 master, Liverpool to Philadelphia, captured July 9, 1812 
 by the Collector of Halifax. 
 
 Betsy (70), schr., 127 tons, W m One, master, Naples 
 to Boston, captured Aug. 30, 1812 by Acasta. Cargo : 
 brandy. 
 
 Betsy (316), schr., 117 tons, Moses Hall, master, 
 Tortola to Portland, captured July 14, 1813 by Bream. 
 Cargo : 65 punch s rum. Taken into New Brunswick. Re- 
 stored. 
 
 Betsy (520), schr., R. Bears, master, captured June 
 
 4, 1814 by Recruit. Cargo : 100 bbls. flour. 
 
 Betsy (611), sloop, 38 tons, B. Parker, master, from 
 Nantucket, fishing, captured Sept. 2, 1814 by Lively (pri- 
 vateer). Cargo : fish, oil, salt and fishing stores. Taken 
 into Liverpool. 
 
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 Betsy (620), schr., H y Geyar, master, Boston to 
 Machias, captured Sept. 10, 1814 by Alban. Cargo: flour 
 and provisions. 
 
 Betsy (616), ship, 333 tons, W. H. Bennett, master, 
 from Calcutta on a coasting voyage, recaptured Sept. 7, 
 1814 by Py lades. Cargo : pepper and bettle nuts. 
 
 Betsy (159), sloop, 45 tons, J. T. Barney, master, 
 Warren to Havannah, captured Mar. 26, 1813 by Sir Jn 
 Sherbrooke (privateer). Cargo : cheese, tobacco, provi- 
 sions, leather, shoes, lumber, &c. 
 
 Betsy (161), sloop, 45 tons, L. Forsyth, master, Pro- 
 vidence to New London, captured Mar. 31, 1813 by Sir 
 Jn° Sherbrooke (privateer). Cargo : 4 tons hemp and 46 
 bales cotton } T arn. 
 
 Betsy (253), sloop, 93 tons, N. Walton, master, Bos- 
 ton to Waldeborough, captured June 6, 1813 by Retrieve 
 (privateer). Cargo : 50 bushels corn and ballast. 
 
 Betsy (464)., sloop, 98 tons, E. Tibberts, master, 
 Waldeborough to Boston, captured Dec. 10, 1813 by 
 Wolverine (privateer). Cargo : cord wood. Taken into 
 Liverpool. 
 
 Betsy & Jane (428), schr., S. Brown, master, cap- 
 tured Oct. 21, 1813 by Majestic. 
 
 Bird (181), schr., 80 tons, J. Hammond, master, 
 Frenchman's Bay to Spanish Main, captured April 18, 
 1813 by Emulous. Cargo: 3700 hhd. staves and 20,000 
 shingles. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Black Swan (652), brig, 125 tons, Jacob McDaniel, 
 master, Boston to Havannah, captured Oct. 24, 1814 by 
 Maidstone. Cargo : lumber and dry goods. 
 
 Blonde (108), schr., G. H. Gilbert, master, recaptured 
 Oct. 17, 1812 by Acasta. 
 
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 Bolina (47), ship, 260 tons, John Fairfield, master, 
 Gibraltar to Salem, captured Aug. 10, 1812 by Morgiana. 
 Cargo: wines, salt, oil, capers, matts and baskets, anchovies, 
 and $6061 1-2. 
 
 Boxer (549), schr., G. N. Davis, master, captured 
 July 8, 1814 by Rolla (privateer.) 
 
 Branch (223), schr., 78 tons, H. Luskin, master, Bos- 
 ton to Deer Island, captured Apr. 26, 1813 by Bream. 
 Cargo : ballast; Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Brittannia (80), ship, Eddington, master, re- 
 captured Sept. 4, 1812 by Junon. 
 
 Buckskin (76), schr. (privateer), 39 tons, Isaac 
 Bray, master, from Newberry Port, cruising, captured 
 Aug. 8, 1812 by Statira and Colibrie. Cargo : guns, am- 
 munition and provisions. 
 
 Bunker Hill (148), schr., 29 tons, B. Boddely, mas- 
 ter, New Berry to New York, captured Mar. 10, 1813 by 
 Liverpool Packet (privateer). Cargo : 12 tons plaister. 
 50 boxes chocolate, 3 bbls. pork, 10 hhds. rum, 2 boxes & 
 2 cases hats, some shoes & cloth and 100 handspikes. 
 
 Bunker Hill (54), schr. (privateer), 175 tons, Jacob 
 Lewis, master, from New York, cruizing, captured Aug. 
 21, 1812 by Bel vide ra. Cargo : guns, ammunition and 
 provisions. 
 
 Buzi (588), schr., a tender belonging to his Majesty's 
 ship Dragon under the command of Ge° Pierson, act* 
 Lieut, of said ship Dragon, captured June 19, 1814 by Al- 
 bion, Asia, Severn, Loire, Jaseur, St. Lawrence, Regulus, 
 Melphomene, Brune, Manly, Etna and Dragon. Cargo : 
 20 hhds. tobacco capt d in the waters of the Chesapeake 
 11 June by the Dragon, Acasta, Loire, Narcissus, Jaseur, 
 and St. Lawrence being previous to the capture of the 
 Buzi and put on board the said schr. Buzi. 
 
 Caledonia (629), ship, W m Macfarlane, master, 
 Greenock to Montreal, recaptured Sept. 22, 1814 by 
 Nymphe. Cargo : flour, bread and coals. 
 
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 Calmar (473), sloop, D. Maloney, master, captured 
 Dec. 17, 1813 by Curlew. 
 
 Calson (293), schr., J. Alson, master, captured July 
 6, 1813 by Weazel (privateer). 
 
 Camden (389), schr., 105 tons, B. Dowers, master, 
 Boston to Penobscot, captured Aug. 31, 1813 by Dart 
 (privateer). Cargo : ballast. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Candelaria (518), sloop, 92 1-2 tons, Eman 1 Fer- 
 nandez, Havannah to Boston, captured May 19, 1814 by 
 Superb. Cargo: 12 half boxes sugar, 125 casks and 14 
 q r casks molasses. Restored. 
 
 Caravan (332), brig, 110 tons, J. Snow, master, Anti- 
 gua to Portland, captured Aug. 7, 1813 by Retrieve (pri- 
 vateer). Cargo : molasses and some rum. Restored. 
 
 Carl Gcjstaff (306), ship, 374 tons, G. B. Baker, 
 master, New York to Beaufort, N. C, captured June 14, 
 1813 by Statira and Martin. Cargo : ballast. Restored. 
 
 Carlotta (259), brig, J. DeLonza Carvatho Souza, 
 master, Porto Rico to Philadelphia, captured June 22, 
 1813 by Spartan, Statira and Martin. Cargo : some money, 
 48 bbls. rice and 20 bbls. coffee. 
 
 Caroline (171), brig, 195 tons, John Homer, master, 
 Wilmington to Boston, captured Apr. 11, 1813 by La 
 Hogue. Cargo : 1508 bbls. tar, 170 bbls. turpentine, 8 
 bbls. pitch and 10 of rosin. 
 
 Caroline (194), schr., 25 tons, A. Burgess, master, 
 North Carolina to Mass. Bay, captured Apr. 18, 1813 by 
 Sir John Sherbrooke (privateer). Cargo : corn and beans. 
 Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Catalina (497), brig, 160 tons, J. F. Cerrero, master, 
 St. Domingo to New Bedford, captured May 13, 1814 by 
 Superb. Cargo : 245 hhds. molasses and 600 hides. Re- 
 stored. 
 
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 Catalina Patriota (394), ship, J. Riva, master, cap- 
 tured Sept. 16, 1813 by Shannon. 
 
 Catharine (199), brig, C. Hammond, master, St. Bar- 
 tholomew to London, recaptured May 2, 1813 by La- 
 Hogue. Cargo : rum, etc. 
 
 Catharine (470), schr., J. Church, master, captured 
 Dec. 4, 1813 by Majestic and Junon. 
 
 Catharine (29), (letter of marque), 281 tons, F. A. 
 Burnham, master, from Boston, cruising, captured July 26, 
 1812 by Colibrie. Cargo : guns, ammunition and provi- 
 sions. 
 
 Centurion (164), schr., 56 tons, C. Blanchard, mas- 
 ter, Charlestown, S. C. to Providence, R. I., captured Apr. 
 2, 1813 by Atalante. Cargo : 120 bales cotton. 
 
 Ceres (68), ship, S. Webber, master, Liverpool to Bos- 
 ton, captured Aug. 31, 1812 by Spy, store ship. Restored 
 on payment of costs. 
 
 Chance (354), brig, W. Rodgerson, master, Working- 
 ton to Mirimachie, recaptured Aug. 13, 1813 byLaHogue 
 and Tededos. Cargo : ballast. 
 
 Charles (658), brig, 137 tons, J. Everett, master, St. 
 Johns, N. B. to Barbadoes, recaptured Nov. 5, 1814 by 
 Saturn. Cargo : fish and lumber. 
 
 Charles (539), schr., Jn° Brown, master, captured 
 June 26, 1814 by Rolla (privateer). 
 
 Charles (432), sloop, 95 tons, J. Cook, master, Occra- 
 coke to St. Johns, New Brunswick, captured Oct. 4, 1813 
 by Paz. Cargo : 679 bbls. flour. 
 
 Charles (461), sloop, 75 tons, J. Andrews, master, 
 Kennebeck to Boston, captured Dec. 10, 1813 by Wol- 
 verine (privateer). Cargo : 18 ft. timber, 30 ft. boards, 
 and 10 staves. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
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 Cha s Fawcett (83), ship, J. Colburn, master, captured 
 Sept. 6, 1812 by Emulous. Restored on payment of costs. 
 
 Charlotta (419), ship, 208 tons, B. Ellstrom, master, 
 Landscrona to Rhode Island, captured Oct. 11, 1813 by 
 Comet. Cargo : iron, steel, glass, linen and other mer- 
 chandize. Restored. 
 
 Charlotte (606), brig, 176 tons, Ezekiel Allen, mas- 
 ter, Antiqua to Port Glasgow, recaptured Aug. 31, 1814 
 by Wasp. Cargo : 42 punch s , 116 tierces, 27 bbls. sugar, 
 2 hhds. & 17 punch 53 rum, 20 hhds., 33 tierces coffee and 
 20 punch s molasses. 
 
 Chase (125), schr., 98 tons, S. York, master, Portland 
 to Norfolk, captured Dec. 9, 1812 by Liverpool Packet 
 (privateer). Cargo : lumber. 
 
 Chesapeake (241), frigate, [James] Lawrence, master, 
 36 guns and 380 men, from Boston, cruising, captured 
 June 1, 1813 by Shannon. 
 
 Chili (452), ship, 260 tons, R. Gardner, master, Nan- 
 tucket, on her return from a whaling voyage, captured 
 Dec. 2, 1813 by Nimrod and Albion. Cargo : 500 bbls. 
 sperm oil and 500 bbls. flour, the flour was taken out of a 
 sloop by the Nimrod and put on board the Chili. 
 
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 Christiana (246), brig, 132 tons, C. Finlay, master, 
 in possession of a privateer called the Teazer, captured 
 June 16, 1813 by Borer and Wasp. Cargo : lumber. Ves- 
 sel restored. 
 
 Cida de de Leiria (554), brig, 230 tons, J. J. Claudio, 
 master, Lisbon to Boston, captured June 26, 1814 by Fan- 
 tome. Cargo : wool, salt, wine, juniper berries, 25 merino 
 sheep. Taken into St. John's, N. B. Cargo restored. 
 
 Clara (513), schr., J. Newman, master, captured May 
 23, 1814 by Niemen. 
 
 Cod Hook (699), ship, recaptured bet. 1st and 30th 
 Sept., 1814 by a conjunct military & naval force. Taken 
 into Castine. 
 
 Columbia (134), schr., 87 tons, S. T. Wheldon, mas- 
 ter, Richmond to Boston, captured Dec. 18, 1812 by Liver- 
 pool Packet (privateer). Cargo : flour and tobacco. 
 
 Columbia (227), schr., 39 tons, D. Carleton, master, 
 Penobscot to Martinique, captured May 10, 1813 by Rat- 
 tler. Cargo : lumber and potatoes. Taken into New 
 Brunswick. 
 
 Columbia (212), brig, 98 tons, S. Holland, master, 
 Savannah to Boston, captured May 15, 1813 by Sir John 
 Sherbrooke (privateer). Cargo : 173 bales cotton and a 
 quantity of reeds. 
 
 Comet (690), schr., 66 tons, Eben Cushman, master, 
 New Bedford to Elizabeth City, captured Jan. 13, 1815 by 
 Rolla (privateer). Cargo : 1000 bushels salt and 3 boxes 
 merchandize. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Commerce (262), brig, 185 tons, T. Collinck, master, 
 Philadelphia to Gottenburg, captured May 30, 1813 by 
 Spartan, Statira and Martin, Cargo : 498 bales cotton 
 and 3000 staves, 
 
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 Commerce (545), brig, 195 tons, James Ives, master, 
 Liverpool to Halifax, recaptured May 2, 1814 by Superb. 
 Cargo : dry goods, hardware and cordage. 
 
 Commodore Barry (201), sloop, 25 tons, cruising, 
 captured July 19, 1812, by Spartan and Maidstone. Taken 
 into St. Johns, N. B. 
 
 Concordia (55), ship, A. Adams, master, from Liver- 
 pool, captured Aug. 4, 1812, by squadron. Restored on 
 payment of costs. 
 
 Condedos Arcos (601), ship, 210 tons, T. de Mello, 
 master, Bahia to New Haven, captured Aug. 20, 1814, by 
 Saturn, Forth and Loire. Cargo, 100 chests tea, 50 cases 
 sugar, 6000 arabos of fustic, and 90 chests sheet iron. 
 Restored. 
 
 Consolation (178), sloop, 70 tons, David Joy, master, 
 New York to Nantucket, captured April 15, 1813, by Liv- 
 erpool Packet (privateer). Cargo, 200 bbls. flour, 1 pipe 
 gin, 1 hhd. tobacco, 6 d° salt, and 15 bbls. pork. 
 
 Constellation (548) schr., W. Barnes, master, cap- 
 tured July 8, 1814, by Retaliation (privateer). Taken 
 into Liverpool. 
 
 Cordelia (13), brig, 197 tons, Jos' 1 Kilby, master, 
 Figuera to Boston, captured July 16, 1812, by Emulous. 
 
 Cossac (182), schr. (privateer), Jn° Upton, master, 
 from Salem, cruising, captured Apr. 4, 1812, by Emulous. 
 
 Cranberry (187), schr., cut out of Bass Harbour, cap- 
 tured , 1813, by Rattler and Bream. Cargo : beef, 
 
 pork, and other articles taken from on board a vessel that 
 was not seaworthy. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Cuba (245), ship, 176 tons, Ge° Thomas, master, New- 
 haven to Portland, captured June 6, 1813, by Dart (pri- 
 vateer). Cargo : 1600 bbls. flour. Taken into New 
 Brunswick. 
 
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 Curlew (27), brig (privateer), 278 tons, W m Wyer, 
 master, from Boston, cruising, captured July 24, 1812, by 
 Acasta. Cargo: guns, ammunition and provisions. 
 Taken into possession for the use of the King's service. 
 
 Cynthia (675), schr., 95 tons, Sam 1 Cross, master, New 
 York to New Providence, captured Dec. 2, 1814, by Rolla 
 (privateer). Cargo : rye, grain, flour, lumber, cotton 
 wool, juniper berries, &c. 
 
 Daedalus (623), schr., Joseph Myrrick, master, Port 
 au Prince to New York, captured Sept. 18, 1814, by 
 Niemen. Cargo : coffee. 
 
 Dalkarlen (577), brig, 224 tons, Johan Magnus Berg, 
 master, Amsterdam to Boston, captured Aug. 5, 1814, by 
 Leander. Cargo : iron and steel. Restored. 
 
 Dantzic (496), brig, J. Reid, master, Bath to Bermu- 
 da, captured May 9, 1814, by Fantome. Cargo : lumber, 
 boards, staves and shingles, Taken into St. Johns, N. B. 
 
 Dart (356), schr., W. Glover, master, Boston to Port- 
 land, captured Aug. 9, 1813, by Broke (privateer). Cargo: 
 flour, rye, coffee and corn. 
 
 Deborah (390), schr., 41 tons, H. Snow, master, Chassit 
 to Saco, captured Sept. 1, 1813, by Dart (privateer). 
 Cargo : some corn, little salt, and a few apples. Taken 
 into New Brunswick. 
 
 Defiance (184), schr., 113 tons, T. Altham, master, 
 Castine to Boston, captured Mar. 31, 1813, by Bream. 
 Cargo : cordwood. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Defiance (502), schr., S. Marshal, master, captured 
 May 19, 1814, by Shannon (privateer). Taken into Liv- 
 erpool. 
 
 Defiance (172), sloop, 104 tons, T. J. Farrow, master, 
 Wiscasset to New York, captured Apr. 4, 1813, by Liver- 
 pool Packet (privateer). Cargo : spars, oaks, timber and 
 lumber. 
 
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 Defiance (542), sloop, 62 tons, E. Sterling, master, 
 captured June 3, 1814, in a harbour of New Haven by the 
 boats of the Liverpool Packet (privateer). Cargo : 400 
 bbls. flour, 2 doz. chairs and a waggon. 
 
 Defiance (581), sloop, 46 tons, Mulford Howes, mas- 
 ter, Chatham to a fishery, captured Aug. 3, 1814, by Live- 
 ly (privateer). Cargo : salt and fishing stores. Taken 
 into Liverpool. 
 
 Defiance (573), sloop, E. Sterling, master, captured 
 , 1814, by Superb and Sylph. 
 
 Delaware (578), schr., 79 tons, Joseph Merrihew, 
 master, Wilmington to Cuba, captured Aug. 2, 1814, by 
 Acasta and Menelaus. Cargo : 546 bbls. fine flour, 39 
 kegs crackers, 6 half bbls. flour and 60 boxes soap. 
 
 Del Carmen (260), schr., J. Ivinada, master, New 
 York to Havannah, captured June 14, 1813, by Spartan, 
 Statira and Martin. Cargo : 405 boxes soap. Restored. 
 
 Delphin (231), brig. A. C. De Selvia, master, New 
 York to Oporto, captured May 19, 1813, by La Hogue. 
 Cargo : corn, rye, beef, pork and candles. Restored. 
 
 Deslesdernier (536), schr., J. Shackford, master, 
 Boston to St. Andrews, captured June 22, 1814, by Tene- 
 dos. Part of cargo restored. 
 
 Diamond (383), brig, 229 tons, A. McLelland, master, 
 Antigua to Portland, captured Aug. 16, 1813, by Fly 
 (privateer). Cargo : 143 puncheons molasses. Restored. 
 
 Diana (90), ship, A. Wilson, master, Jamaica to Glas- 
 gow, recaptured Sept. 20, 1812, by San Domingo. 
 
 Diana (565), sloop, 69 tons, W m Paynter, master, 
 Philadelphia to Havannah, captured July 19, 1814, by 
 Acasta. Cargo: 480 bbls. flour. 
 
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 Diomede (206), brig, 233 tons, J. Bruce, master, Salem 
 to Manilla, captured May 10, 1813, by Nymphe and La 
 Hogue. Cargo : redwood, indigo, sugar, tea, oil and ships' 
 blocks. 
 
 Diomede (510), schr. (privateer), 150 tons, Jn°Crown- 
 inshield, master, 33 men and 3 long 12 pounders, from 
 Salem, cruising, captured May 28, 1814, by Rifleman. 
 Cargo : 6 or 7 trunks of goods taken out of a British 
 vessel, the Cod Hook. 
 
 Dispatch (175), brig, 168 tons, H. Bancroft, master, 
 Boston to Cadiz, captured Apr. 16, 1813, by La Hogue. 
 Cargo : 5650 bushels corn and 60 bbls. rye flour. Restored. 
 
 Dispatch (430), brig, J. Thompson, master, recaptured 
 Oct. 25, 1813, by Albion. 
 
 Divina Pastora (381), ship, 385 tons, J. G. Colado, 
 master, Havannah to New York, captured Sept. 1, 1813, 
 by Statira. Cargo : hides, sugar, molasses and coffee. 
 
 Dolphin (38), schr. (privateer), 26 tons, John Wood- 
 berry, master, from Portsmouth, cruising, captured Aug. 
 12, 1812, by Earl of Moira. Cargo : guns, ammunition 
 and provisions. 
 
 Dolphin (41), schr. (privateer), 43 tons, W m Dyer, 
 master, from Boston, cruising, captured Aug. 13, 1812, by 
 Colibrie and Maidstone. Cargo : guns, ammunition and 
 provisions, 
 
 Dolphin (362), schr., 67 tons, R. O. Bean, master, 
 Portland to Boston, captured July 29, 1813, by Dart 
 (privateer). Cargo : cord wood. Taken into New Bruns- 
 wick. 
 
 Dolphin (653), schr., 28 tons, Stephen Thomson, mas- 
 ter, Boston to Bath, U. S., captured Oct. 22, 1814, by 
 Lunenburg (privateer) . Cargo : 23 bars iron. Taken 
 into Lunenburg. 
 
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 Dolphin (382), sloop, E. Johnston, master, captured 
 Aug. 16, 1813, by Fly (privateer). 
 
 Dominica (540), schr., F s Beaufew, master, captured 
 May 22, 1814, by Dotterell, Majestic and Morgiana. Car- 
 go : 15 casks claret wine, 23 hhds. tobacco, 80 tierces rice, 
 4 cases musquets, 11 cheese, some rosin and black varnish. 
 
 Don Carlos (337), schr., 118 tons, P. Miguel, master, 
 Boston to Halifax, captured Aug. 12, 1813, by Weazel 
 (privateer). Cargo: flour and shooks. Restored. 
 
 Doris (79), ship, 202 tons, S. Chamberlain, master, 
 Londonderry to Philadelphia, captured Aug. 28, 1812, by 
 Nymphe. Cargo : ballast. 
 
 Dove (135), schr., 77 tons, W m Rogers, master, Phila- 
 delphia to Gloster, captured Dec. 17, 1812, by Liverpool 
 Packet (privateer). Cargo : Indian corn. 
 
 Dove (485), schr., Benj n Barber, master, captured Nov. 
 27, 1813, by Martin. Taken into St. Johns, N. B. 
 
 Dove (614), schr,, 31 tons, D. Gorham, master, New 
 York to Rhode Island, captured Aug. 28, 1814, by Lively 
 (privateer). Cargo : 575 bushels corn and 15 bbls. flour. 
 Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Dove (634), schr., 24 tons, John Proctor, master, near 
 Salem, fishing, captured Sept. 21, 1814 by Lunenburg 
 (privateer). Cargo: 1 bbl. oil and some green fish. 
 
 Drake (424), sloop, 89 tons, R. Middlebrook, master, 
 Newbury to New York, captured Sept. 2, 1813 by Belvi- 
 dera. Cargo : 99 bbls. rosin and 7 bbls. spirits and tur- 
 pentine. Vessel burnt. 
 
 Dromo (613), schr., 27 tons, J. Parker, master, from 
 Yarmouth, fishing, captured Sept. 2, 1814 by Lively (pri- 
 vateer). Cargo : salt, fish and fishing stores. Taken into 
 Liverpool. 
 
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 Duck (214), ship, T. Selly, master, Waterford to New- 
 f d land, recaptured May 18, 1813 by Bold. Cargo : pro- 
 visions. 
 
 Eagle (664), schr., 70 tons, captured in Long Island 
 Sound, Oct. 17, 1814 by Narcissus and Dispatch. Cargo : 
 8 guns mounted and 6 casks pistol stocks. 
 
 Eastern Star (56), ship, 217 tons, Sam 1 Medcalf, 
 master, Corrunna to New York, captured Aug. 17, 1812 
 by Africa. Cargo : ballast and $21,813. 
 
 Eclipse (570), sloop, captured July 10, 1814 in the 
 harbour of the Chesapeake, the tobacco taken out of store 
 houses and vessels sailing under the American flag which 
 were burnt. Captured July 2, 1814 by Albion, Dragon, 
 Acasta, Loire, Severn, Narcissus, Jaseur and St. Lawreuce, 
 33 hhds. tobacco. Captured July 10, 1814 by Albion, 
 Dragon, Loire, Severn, Jaseur and St. Lawrence, sundry 
 dry goods. 
 
 Economy (123), brig, 80 tons, R. Homes, master, Alex- 
 andria to Boston, captured Nov. 18, 1812 by Liverpool 
 Packet (privateer). Cargo : flour, corn and segars. 
 
 Edward (409), brig, J. Garrison, master, recaptured, 
 , 1813 by Fan tome. 
 
 Edward & Hiram (120), schr., 108 tons, E. Raymond, 
 master, Nantucket to Kennebeck, captured Nov. 10, 1812 
 by Liverpool Packet (privateer). Cargo : leather, cheese, 
 &c. 
 
 Eleanor (75), schr., 66 tons, T. Atkin, master, Porto 
 Rico to New Haven, captured July 31, 1812 by Africa 
 and Shannon. Cargo : 47 casks rum. 
 
 Elipse, Peacock, Madison (626), schrs., captured, bet. 
 Aug. 1 and 31, 1814, in the Potomack and Patuxent riv- 
 ers, by a conjunct expedition of naval and military force. 
 Cargo : 510 hhds. tobacco. 
 
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 Eliza (158), brig, 105 tons, Resquil, master, St. 
 
 Kitts to London, recaptured, Mar. 31, 1813 by La Hogue. 
 Cargo : rum. 
 
 Eliza (136), schr., 90 tons, P. Joy, master, Philadelphia 
 to Boston, captured Dec. 30, 1812 by Liverpool Packet 
 (privateer). Cargo : flour, leather and gin. 
 
 Eliza (34), schr., S. Roberts, master, recaptured , 
 
 1812 by Chub. 
 
 Eliza (511), schr., 100 tons, B. Driggs, master, Wil- 
 mington to Halifax, captured July 1, 1814 by Armideand 
 Endymion. Cargo : flour and tar. 
 
 Eliza (566), schr., 41 tons, Ab m Merrit, master, New- 
 York to East Port, captured July 3, 1814 by Rifleman. 
 Cargo : 1500 bushels corn. Taken into St. Johns, N. B. 
 
 Eliza Ann (669), sloop Hogg, master, New Bed- 
 ford to New York, captured Oct. 31, 1814 by Minerva (pri- 
 vateer). Cargo : Indian corn. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Elizabeth (371), brig., A. Halson, master, recaptured 
 Aug. 26, 1813 by Shelbourne. 
 
 Elizabeth (374), sloop, at anchor back of Moose 
 Island, captured Aug. 25, 1813 by star (privateer). In 
 ballast, no papers of any kind or people on board. 
 
 Ellen (288), brig., Ja s Asken, master, St. Bartholo- 
 mews to Portland, captured July 7, 1813 by La Hogue 
 Cargo : 280 hhds. molasses. Restored. 
 
 Elvira (404), sloop, captured Sept. 19, 1813 by Or- 
 pheus. 
 
 Emeline (467), sloop, 44 tons, O. Adams, master, New 
 York to Rhode Island, captured Dec. 13, 1813 by Rover, 
 Valiant, Statira and Loup Cervier. Cargo : 240 bbls. 
 flour. 
 
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 Emperor (210), schr., North Carolina to Boston, cap- 
 tured May 10, 1813 by Ramilies and Orpheus. Cargo : 
 Indian corn. 
 
 Endeavour (359), sloop, 104 tons, N. Stover, master, 
 Castine to Boston, captured Aug. 17, 1813 by Curlew and 
 Nymphe. Cargo : corn and wood. Wrecked by coming 
 into H x harbor. 
 
 Enigheton (586), brig, 180 tons, Swedish, J. A. Doltz, 
 master, St. Andrews to Philadelphia, captured Aug. 7, 
 1814 by Niemen. Cargo : plaister paris and hardware. 
 
 Enterprise (4), brig, 193 tons, F. Bourne, master, St. 
 Ubes to New York, captured July 7, 1812 by Ringdove. 
 Cargo : salt. 
 
 Enterprise (218), schr., 225 tons, T. A. Morgan, mas- 
 ter, 4 guns and 100 men, from Salem, cruising, captured 
 May 21, 1813 by Tenedos and Curlew. 
 
 Enterprise (457), schr., J. Plumpley, master, Boston 
 to Philadelphia, captured Dec. 8, 1813 by Wolverine 
 (privateer). Cargo : salt. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Enterprise (463), schr., 119 tons, R. Stevens, master, 
 Boston to Bath, captured Dec. 16,1813 by Shannon (priv- 
 ateer). Cargo : ballast. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Enterprise (608), schr., 26 tons, Barnstable to Wash- 
 ington, captured Aug. 30, 1814 by Niemen. Cargo : 400 
 bushels salt and 4 bbls. glauber salts. 
 
 Eposy Mina (372), schr., J. D. Olagubel, master, La 
 Guira to New York, captured Aug. 26, 1813 by Statira. 
 Cargo : hides and indigo. 
 
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 Esperanzo (487), schr., 70 tons, J. Massa, master, 
 Porto Rico to New London, captured Mar. 29, 1813 by 
 Belvidera. Cargo : coffee, hides, cocoa and hats. Re- 
 stored. 
 
 Eunice (249), schr., 139 tons, A. R. Riggs, master, St. 
 Ubes to Boston, captured June 18, 1813 by Wasp. Car- 
 go : salt. 
 
 Eunice (523), sloop, 57 tons, Eb r Hill, master, N. Yar- 
 mouth to Boston, captured June 10, 1814 by Shannon 
 (privateer). Cargo : cordwood. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Euphemia (370), schr., 90 tons, J. D. Maria, master, 
 Havannah, to Boston, captured Aug. 27, 1813 03^ Majes- 
 tic. Cargo : copper and logwood. 
 
 Ex Bashaw (535), sloop, M. Robinson, master, cap- 
 tured June 23, 1814 by Bulwark. 
 
 Expedition (185), sch., 125 tons, A. Brooks, master, 
 Boston to East Port, captured Apr. 11, 1813 by Rattler 
 and Emulous. Cargo : gin, tobacco, flour, meal, wine and 
 sundry other articles. Taken into St. Johns. 
 
 Experiment (503), schr., 40 tons, Z. Lovell, master, 
 Barnstable to New York, captured May 13, 1814 by Bul- 
 wark. Cargo : fish and oil. 
 
 Experiment (270), sloop, J. Boardman, master, Ma- 
 chias to Portsmouth, captured June 24, 1813 by Dart (Pri- 
 vateer). Cargo : coffee and sundry articles. Taken into 
 New Brunswick. 
 
 Experiment (689), sloop, 91 tons, Peter C. Myrick, 
 master, New York to Nantucket, captured Jan. 21, 1815 
 by Lunenburg (privateer). Cargo : flour, corn, oats, but- 
 ter, candles, &c. Taken into Lunenburg. Restored. 
 
 Fabius (85), ship, 460 tons, J. Manson, master, Amelia 
 Isl d to Portsmouth, captured Sept. 6, 1812 by Shannon. 
 The cargo claimed as being the property of British sub- 
 jects was restored to the claimant. 
 
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 Erie (576), schr., 76 tons, John Hearn, master, 
 Havannah to Baltimore, captured Dec. 11, 1813 by Sophie. 
 Cargo : sugar and coffee, this cargo was unladen in the 
 Chesapeake and afterwards sent to Bermuda, the vessel 
 was employed in the Chesapeake as a tender to "his 
 Majesty's squadron. 
 
 Factor (88), ship 291 tons, S. Lowe,. master, Oporto 
 to Norfolk, captured Sept. 7, 1812 by Liverpool Packet 
 (privateer). Cargo : wine and jewellery. This ship was 
 plundered at sea of 130,000 and some wine on Aug. 20, 
 by the ship Hero of London, bound to Quebec. Taken 
 into Liverpool. Cargo restored to Portuguese owners. 
 
 Fame (672), sloop (privateer), captured Nov. — , 
 1814 by militia of Yarmouth. Taken into Yarmouth. 
 
 Fair Play (365), sloop, captured July 25, 1813 by 
 Boxer. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Fair Trader (73), schr. (privateer), 29 tons, John Mor- 
 gan, master, from Salem, cruising, captured July 16, 1812 
 by Indian. Cargo : guns, ammunition and provisions. 
 Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Fair Trader (680), sch., 29 tons, Joseph H. Allen, mas- 
 ter, New Bedford to New York, captured Dec. 6, 1814 by 
 Rolla and Liverpool Packet (privateers). Cargo: rice, 
 wine, salt, candles and fish. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Falun (479), schr., A. Thompson, master, Halifax to 
 U. S., captured Jan. 21, 1814 by Retaliation and Liverpool 
 Packet (privateers). Taken into Liverpool. Restored. 
 
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 Fame (167), sloop, G. Walden, master, New Port to 
 New York, captured Apr. 1, 1813 by Sir John Sherbrooke 
 (privateer). Cargo : 193 bbls. rosin, 2 pipes brandy and a 
 cable. 
 
 Fame (504), sloop, Aron Clarke, master, captured May 
 14, 1814 by Liverpool Packet (privateer). 
 
 Fame (516), sloop, 85 tons, N. Locke, master, New 
 Port to Ocracock, N. C, captured May 31, 1814 by En- 
 dyniion. Cargo : 1900 gal. spermaciti oil. 
 
 Fame (564), sloop, 48 tons, Tim y Folger, master, Bos- 
 ton to Nantucket, captured July 23, 1814 by Spencer, 
 Nymphe and Leander. Cargo : beef and pork. Restored. 
 
 Fanny (284), brig, 146 tons, Ja s Breath, master, New 
 Haven to Halifax, captured July 8, 1813 by La Hogue. 
 Cargo : 1050 bbls. flour. 
 
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 Fanny (313), brig, James Moffat, master, Morris River 
 to Philadelphia, captured July 22, 1813 by Statira. 
 
 Fanny (15), ship, — Coleton, master, Port Glasgow 
 to St. Johns, recaptured July 19, 1812 by Colibrie. Car- 
 go: dry goods valued at X7800. 
 
 Favorite (607), brig, 158 tons, W. Ay ton, master, 
 Calcutta to Port Jackson, N. South Wales, recaptured 
 Sept. 2, 1814 by Alban. Cargo: tea, sugar, rice and peice 
 goods. 
 
 Favourite (173), schr., 67 tons, Ge° West, master, 
 Plymouth to East Port, captured Apr. 5, 1813 by Valiant. 
 Cargo : 2248 bushels corn, 50 bushels pease, 1 bbl. hogs 
 lard, 374 lb. hams, 42 bbls. tar and 130 bushels flaxseed. 
 
 Federal (104), brig, 115 tons, Sam 1 Swan, master, 
 Africa to Boston, captured Sept. 17, 1812. Cargo : ivory, 
 cam wood, coffee, palm oil, old copper and some remains 
 of the outward cargo ; dry goods and provisions. 
 
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 Fenelon (126), schr., 109 tons, T. Ropes, master, 
 Baltimore to Boston, captured Dec. 16, 1812 by Liver- 
 pool Packet (privateer). Cargo : flour and corn. 
 
 Fidelia (221), ship, 243 tons, A. Gardner, master, 
 New York to Cadiz, captured May 19, 1813 by Orpheus 
 and Ramilies. Restored. 
 
 Financier (443), sch., A. Webber, master, captured 
 Nov. 9, 1813 by Shannon (privateer). 
 
 Finland (276), ship, 245 tons, W m Chapman, master, 
 Alexandria to Halifax, captured May 20, 1813 by Marl- 
 boro, Victorious, Barrossa, Narcissus and Junon. Cargo : 
 2327 bbls. flour and 220 bbls. flour. Restored. 
 
 Firmina (674), ship, 260 tons, Antonio Jose Fereira, 
 master, Boston to Amelia Islands, captured Nov. 23, 1814 
 by Maidstone, Junon, Arab and Curlew. Cargo : ballast. 
 Restored. 
 
 Flash (526), sloop, Ja s Barstow, master, captured June 
 7, 1814 by Niemen and Saturn. 
 
 Flight (310), schr., Kelly, master, Bourdeaux to 
 
 Baltimore, captured Apr. 12, 1813 by Spartan and Vic- 
 torious. Cargo : 60 chests & cases of merchandize, 1 
 cask glasses, 2 bags gloves, china, oil, 62 casks brandy and 
 52 hhds. wine. 
 
 Floe. De Lisboa (258), brig, F. D. Viena, master, 
 Porto Rico to Philadelphia, captured June 2, 1813 by 
 Spartan, Statira and Martin. Cargo : sugar and rice. 
 
 Flor De Mar (353), ship, 311 tons, J. J. N. Carvallo, 
 master, Fayal to Boston, captured Aug. 16, 1813 by La 
 Hogue. Cargo : 74 pipes wine, 60 tons redwood and 
 3339|. 
 
 Flor De Tejo (327), brig, P. J. Mezado, master, Ba- 
 tavia to Providence, captured July 31, 1813 by Manly. 
 Cargo: camphor, sugar, coffee, nutmegs and dragons 
 blood wine. Restored, except 14 casks wine. 
 
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 Flower (414),schr., 26 tons, A. B urges, master,Roches- 
 ter to Manchester, captured Sept. 14, 1813 by Star (pri- 
 vateer). Cargo : fish. 
 
 Fortune (131), schr., 114 tons, Ja s Crocker, master, 
 Machias to Boston, captured Aug 28, 1812 by General 
 Smyth (privateer). Cargo : 72,955 ft. of boards and 6 
 puncheons of rum. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Fortune (393), schr., B. Bates, master, fishing voyage, 
 captured Aug. 31, 1813 by Boxer. Cargo : mackarl and 
 codfish. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Fortune (2), ship, 317 tons, D d Stickney, master, Cape 
 De Verds to Newbury Port, captured June 25, 1812 by 
 Belvidera. Cargo : 184 moys salt. 
 
 Four Brothers (112), schr., 134 tons, J. Coombs, 
 master, Machias to New York, captured Oct. 16, 1812 by 
 Liverpool packet (privateer). Cargo: 95 ft. of lumber. 
 
 Four Brothers (330), schr., R. Sinclair, master, re- 
 captured Aug. 4, 1813 by Emulous. 
 
 Four Friends (534), schr., W. Shackleford, master, 
 captured June 15, 1814 by Shannon (privateer). 
 
 Four Sisters (24), ship, 204 tons, W. C. Williams, 
 master, Lisbon to New York, captured July 19, 1812 by 
 Ringdove. Cargo : ballast. 
 
 Fox (631), schr., at Machias, captured Sept. 8, 1814, 
 by Bacchante, Tenedos, Rifleman and Pictou. Cargo : 
 beef and pork, taken in Machias at the capture of that 
 place and put on board the Fox. Taken into St. Johns, 
 N.B. 
 
 Fox (684), sloop, 52 tons, Samuel Swasy, master, New- 
 berry Port to Elizabeth, N. C, captured Dec. 5, 1814 by 
 Rover (privateer). Cargo : salt, potatoes, &c. Taken 
 into Liverpool. 
 
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 Franklin (294), schr., H. Nickerson, master, from 
 George's River, captured July 3, 1813 by Weazel (pri- 
 vateer). 
 
 Francklin (448), sloop, 80 tons, S. B. Vail, master, 
 George's Town to New York, captured Nov. 23, 1813 by 
 Belvidera. Cargo : rice, cotton, and some poles. 
 
 Francisca De Paula (525), brig, 90 tons, Frederica 
 Arenos, master, Havannah to Boston, captured June 4, 
 1814 by Nimrod. Cargo : 145 hhds. molasses, including 
 Capt* Adventure. 
 
 Frederick Augustus (170), ship, 328 tons, El- 
 
 dred, master, Cadiz to New Port, captured Apr. 9, 1813, 
 by Sir John Sherbrooke (privateer). Cargo : 99 casks 
 salt and 5 p s Spanish clothes. Restored. 
 
 Free Port (379), sloop, A. Dyer, master, captured 
 Aug. 4, 1813 by Broke (privateer). 
 
 Friendship (72), schr. (privateer), 22 tons, A. Rich- 
 ard, master, from Boston, cruising, captured July 19, 1812 
 by Indian. Cargo: guns, ammunition and provisions. 
 Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Friendship (91), schr., 98 tons, S. Cook, master, 
 Charleston to New York, captured Sept. 11, 1812 by Bel- 
 videra. Cargo : 260 bales of cotton. 
 
 Friendship (139), schr., 114 tons, P. Gibbs, master, 
 Oporto to Boston, captured Mar. 5, 1813 by Liverpool 
 packet (privateer). Cargo : ballast. 
 
 Friendship (322), schr., 97 tons, J. Smith, master, 
 Union River to Beversby, captured July 13, 1813 by Ma- 
 tilda (privateer). Cargo : cord wood, bark and shingles. 
 
 Friendship (348), schr., 74 tons, D. Rider, master, 
 Province Town to Penobscot, captured July 28, 1813 by 
 Fly (privateer). Cargo : ballast. 
 
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 Friendship (345), sloop, 100 tons, S. Dackendoff, mas- 
 ter, Black Rock to East Port, captured July 6, 1813 
 by Boxer. Cargo : flour and tar. Taken into New 
 Brunswick. 
 
 Friendship (402), sloop, captured July 11, 1813 by 
 La Hogue. 
 
 Fylinda (646), sloop, 40 tons, Peter Burr, master, 
 Fairfield Black Rock to Rhode Island, captured Oct. 1, 
 1814 by Liverpool packet (privateer). Cargo : Indian 
 corn and rye, abt. 1400 bushels. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Galloway (638), ship, captured Sept. 17, 1814, at 
 Penobscot, by united naval and military force. Cargo : 
 wine and spirits taken from the Decatur and other Ameri- 
 can vessels destroyed at Penobscot and put on board the 
 Galloway. 
 
 Gamala La Delso (403), brig, 162 tons, C. C. Berg, 
 master, Gottenburg to Rhode Island, captured Sept. 19, 
 1813, by High Flyer tender to San Domingo. Cargo : 
 tons iron, 6 tons steel, 17 tons allum, 300 boxes glass and 
 24 boxes iron plates. Vessel and part cargo restored. 
 
 Gannett (358), schr., 35 tons, J. Marble, master, 
 from Hingham, fishing, captured Aug. 12, 1813, by Cur- 
 lew and Nymphe. Cargo : Codfish. 
 
 Gardiner (455), ship, J. Ray, master, captured Dec. 
 4, 1813 by Loire and Ramilies. 
 
 General Green (145), sloop, 83 tons, J. P. Hand, 
 master, Boston to Albany, captured Mar. 8, 1813 by Liv- 
 erpool packet (privateer). Cargo : 1 ton iron, 180 boxes 
 herrings, 1000 quintals fish, 85 hhds. N. E. rum and 5 
 boxes sugar. 
 
 Gen l Hodgson (219), sloop, 61 tons, Agustus, 
 
 master, Halifax to Martinique, recaptured May 19, 1813, 
 by Sir John Sherbrooke (privateer). Cargo : fish, lumber 
 and prize goods. 
 
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 General Marion (450), schr., Smith, master, 
 
 captured Dec. 1, 1813 by Ramilies, Loire and Endymion. 
 
 Gen l Putnam (662), schr. (privateer), J. Evans, mas- 
 ter, 4 guns and 41 men, from Salem, cruising, captured 
 Nov. 8, 1814 by Leander. 
 
 George (5), brig, 149 tons, J. Robertson, master, 
 Rochelle to New York, captured July 8, 1812, by Guer- 
 riere. Cargo : brandy, wines, silks and dry goods. 
 
 George (23), brig, 211 tons, C. F. Tucker, master, 
 Messina to Salem, captured July 17, 1812, by Emulous. 
 Cargo : wine, brandy, juniper berries, sewing silk, essence 
 lemmon, oil and nuts. 
 
 George (30), brig, T. Gossard, master, Poole to Nova 
 Scotia, recaptured July 22, 1812 by Maidstone. 
 
 George (692), brig, 172 tons, Jacob Almy, master, 
 George Town to New Bedford, captured Feb. 16, 1815, by 
 Dove (privateer). Cargo : 330 tierces rice, 20 hhds. mo- 
 asses and 2 M. reeds. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Ge° Washington (215), schr., 105 tons, S. Sterns, 
 master, Bermuda to New Haven, captured May 1, 1813 
 by Retaliation (privateer). Cargo : ballast. Restored. 
 
 Georgiana (64), ship, E. Chamberlain, master, Liver- 
 pool to Norfolk, captured Aug. 28, 1812, by Nymphe. 
 Restored on payment of costs. 
 
 Gift (686), schr., 41 tons, Josiah Turner, master, Bos- 
 ton to Charlestown, captured Jan. 16, 1815 by Rover 
 (privateer). Cargo: beef, pork, soap, earthenware, salt, 
 cards oil, herrings, saws, baggs, &c. Taken into Liver- 
 pool. 
 
 Gleaner (25), sloop (privateer), 56 tons, J. Robinson, 
 master, from Kennebeck, cruizing, captured July 23, 1812 
 by Colibrie. Cargo : guns, ammunition and provisions. 
 Taken into the Provincial service. 
 
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 Gleaner (679), sloop, 70 tons, Timothy Chapman, 
 master, New York to East Haddam, captured Dec. 3, 1814 
 by Rolla (privateer). Cargo: flour, rye and other arti- 
 cles. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Good Hope (645), schr., captured Sept. 26, 1814 by 
 Loire. Cargo : spirits of turpentine and shingles. Taken 
 into Liverpool. 
 
 Gossamer (32), ship (Letter Marque), 223 tons, 
 Cha s Goodrich, master, from Boston, cruising, captured 
 July 23, 1812 by Emulous. Cargo: guns, ammunition 
 and provisions. 
 
 Gov R Plumer (233), schr., J. Mudge, master, 6 guns 
 and 50 men, from Newhampshire, cruising, captured May 
 27, 1813 by Sir John Sherbrooke (privateer). 
 
 Governor Shelby (557), schr., 185 tons, J. Newman, 
 master, New York to Amsterdam, captured July 13, 1814 
 by Narcissus and Saturn. Cargo: 121 hhds. tobacco and 
 6000 lb. tobacco stems. 
 
 Grace (40), brig, Bartlet, master, St. Marys to 
 
 England, recaptured Aug. 7, 1812, by Chub. 
 
 Guerriere (683), brig, 169 tons, Francis A. Burnham, 
 master, 4 guns and 60 men, from Portsmouth, cruising, 
 captured Jan. 3, 1815, by Junon. 
 
 Gustava (255), brig, 123 tons, C. Swenburg, master, 
 Boston to Madeira, captured June 22, 1813 by Sylph. 
 Cargo : 200 bbls. beef & pork, 157 kegs butter, 5 pipes 
 gin, 118 bbls. tar and 25 bbls. pitch. 
 
 Gustava (430), schr., 88 tons, Just Nelson Berg, mas- 
 ter, St. Bartholomews to Boston, captured Jan. 22, 1814 
 by Retaliation and Liverpool Packet (privateers). Cargo : 
 54 hhds., 19 ts., 32 bbls. molasses, 2 bbls. coffee and 2 
 bbls. sugar. Taken into Liverpool. Restored. 
 
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 Halifax (656), packet, ship, Hogg, master, 
 
 Aberdeen to Halifax, recaptured Oct. 30, 1814 by Bul- 
 wark. Cargo : dry goods, flour, oatmeal, cordage, &c. 
 
 Hannah(495), brig, Connelley, master, Demerara 
 
 to Bermuda, recaptured Apr. 30, 1813 by Martin. Cargo : 
 rum and molasses. 
 
 Hannah (366), schr., 46 tons, A. Johnston, master, 
 Boston to Thomas Town, captured Aug. 3, 1813, by 
 Boxer. Cargo : corn. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Hannah (303), sloop, 71 tons, J. Smith, master, 
 Frenchmans Bay to Nantucket, captured July 10, 1813 
 by Retrieve (privateer). Cargo : lumber. 
 
 Hare (53), brig, 246 tons, Cha s Bertoddy, master, 
 Naples to Boston, captured Aug. 1, 1812 by Belvidera. 
 Cargo : brandy, silks, sweet oil, cream of tartar, soap and 
 15 bales of feathers. 
 
 Harlequin (650), schr. (privateer), 232 tons, Elishu 
 D. Brown, master, 10 guns and abt. 117 men, from Ports- 
 mouth, cruising, captured Oct. 23, 1814, by Bulwark. 
 
 Harriet (417), brig, coasting vessel, captured June 8, 
 1813 by Victorious and the blockading squadron of the 
 Chesapeake. 
 
 Harriet (275), schr., A. Winnerholt, master, New- 
 inland to London, recaptured June 28, 1813 by Dover. 
 Cargo : oil and sealskins. 
 
 Harriet (321), sloop, J. Collins, master, Penobscot to 
 Portland, captured July 13, 1813 by Matilda (privateer). 
 Cargo : fish, pickled and smoak'd. 
 
 Hazard (575), schr., 30 tons, D. Gorhani, master, 
 Matomken, Md., to Boston, captured July 24, 1814 by 
 Acasta. Cargo : corn and flour. 
 
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 Hector (155), brig, 258 tons, P. Newford, master, 
 Dublin to Quebec, recaptured Aug. 23, 1812 by Plum- 
 per. Cargo : ballast. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Hector (203), brig, 156 tons, Escopinische, mas- 
 ter, Havannah to New York, captured Apr. 30, 1813 by- 
 Spartan. Cargo: sugar and coffee. 
 
 Helen (590), ship, 237 tons, Tho s Holmes, master, 
 Havannah to Greenock, recaptured Aug. 16, 1814 by 
 Wasp. Cargo : sugar and logwood. 
 
 Henrietta (62), ship, Mason, master, recaptured 
 
 Aug. 25, 1812 by Emulous. 
 
 * Henry (252), schr., 89 tons, J. Merryman, master, 
 Passamaquaddy to Boston, captured June 19, 1813, by 
 Matilda (privateer). Cargo: boards. 
 
 Henry (37), ship, Jackson, master, recaptured 
 
 Aug. 11, 1812 by Emulous. 
 
 Henry (198), ship, 181 tons, B. Gardiner, master, Liv- 
 erpool to Boston, captured Apr. 28, 1813 by La Hogue. 
 Cargo : earthen ware and salt. Restored. 
 
 Henry Gilder (562), brig, 194 tons, Sam 1 Newson, 
 master, 8 twelve and 2 long nine pounders, 45 men, New 
 York to Bourdeaux, captured July 12, 1814 by Niemen. 
 Cargo : ballast. 
 
 Herald (591), schr. (privateer), 231 tons, John Miller, 
 master, had 60 men and 8 guns mounted at time of cap- 
 ture, pierced for 18 guns, captured Aug. 15, 1814 by 
 Armide and Endymion. 
 
 Herculaneum (519), brig, 111 tons, And w Smith, 
 master, Hayti to Boston or Madeira, captured June 6, 
 1814 by Nimrod. Cargo : 19801 gal. molasses and 19 
 hhds. sugar. 
 
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 Herman (279), ship, 413 tons, A. Horn, master, Balti- 
 more to Lisbon, captured June 24, 1813 by Barrossa, Vic- 
 torious, Narcissus, Success, Emulous, Diomede, Diadem, 
 Atalante, Laurestinus, Mohawk and Moselle. Cargo : 
 5426 bbls. flour and 500 half bbls. flour. 
 
 Hero (264), brig, 165 tons, R. Stan worth, master, Lim- 
 erick to Lisbon, recaptured June 12, 1813 by Martin, 
 Spartan and Statira. Cargo : beef, pork and provisions. 
 
 Hero (388), schr., E. Langdon, master, Kennebeck to 
 Boston, captured Aug 29, 1813 by Dart (privateer). 
 Cargo, ballast. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Hero (441), schr., Merrihew, master, captured 
 
 Nov. 14, 1813 by Belvidera. 
 
 Hero (547), schr., Peter Lurvey, master, captured 
 July 3, 1814 by Retaliation (privateer). Taken into Liv- 
 erpool. 
 
 Hero (481), sloop, Ge° Fishley, master, captured Jan. 
 13, 1814 by Hare (privateer). Taken into St. Johns, 
 N. B. 
 
 Hero (671), sloop, Burrows, master, captured be- 
 ginning of Nov., 1814 by Tenedos. Taken into Barring- 
 ton. 
 
 Hesper (26), brig, 264 tons, E. Isley, master, Liver- 
 pool to Norfolk, captured July 20, 1812 by Ringdove. 
 Cargo : ballast. 
 
 Hetty (261), brig, 151 tons, H. Skinner, master, Ma- 
 deira to Philadelphia, captured June 1, 1813 by Spartan, 
 Statira and Martin. Cargo : ballast. 
 
 Hibernia (604), schr., 69 tons, W. Fountain, master, 
 Philadelphia to Boston, captured Aug. 21, 1814 by Nie- 
 men. Cargo : 641 shooks and 300 bdls. hoops. 
 
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 Hiland Hill (610), sloop, 18 tons, T. L. Davy, mas- 
 ter, New York to New Port, captured Aug. 29, 1814 by 
 Lively (privateer). Cargo: o20 bushels Indian corn. 
 Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Hiram (12), schr., 182 tons, Josiah One, master, 
 Lisbon to Salem, captured July 18, 1812 by Spartan, Em- 
 ulous. Cargo: fruit, also $13,107. 
 
 Hiram (92), schr., 195 tons, John Hays, master, Paler- 
 mo to Philadelphia, captured Sept. 12, 1812 by Belvidera. 
 Cargo : brimstone, salt petre, drugs, oil, soap and feathers. 
 
 Holstein (488), schr., 113 tons, M. Bates, master, Man- 
 tan za Island, Cuba, to Rhode Island, captured Mar. 28, 
 1813 by Belvidera. Cargo : molasses. 
 
 Honestus (66), ship, 300 tons, J. Stevens, master, St. 
 Ubes to New Bedford, captured Aug. 24, 1812 by Nymphe. 
 Cargo : salt. 
 
 Hope (543), brig, J. Strang, master, Teneriffe and Bon 
 aventure to London, recaptured June 29, 1814 by Rolla 
 (privateer). Cargo : 60 casks Teneriffe wine and Barilla. 
 
 Hope (595), schr., 33 tons, — Dewson, master, Boston 
 to Machias, captured Aug. 16, 1814 by Liverpool Packet 
 (privateer). Cargo : 30 bbls. flour, 36 bbls. pork, 149 kegs 
 tobacco, 10 boxes candles and 5 casks shoes. 
 
 Hope (328), ship, 164 tons, J. Jordan, master, Lisbon 
 to Boston, captured Aug. 2, 1813 by Manly. Cargo: fruit, 
 whalebone and wine. 
 
 Hope (368), ship, 416 tons, J. Emery, master, Lisbon 
 to New Port, captured Aug. 28, 1813 by Loup Cervier. 
 Cargo : salt. Restored. 
 
 Hope (678), sloop, 42 tons, Geo. W. Dennison, master, 
 Providence to New York, captured Dec. 4, 1814 by Liver- 
 pool Packet (privateer). Cargo: salt, candles and codfish. 
 Taken into Liverpool. 
 
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 Hope foe. Peace (315), shallop, E. Crowel, master, 
 Mass. Bay to Halifax, captured July 18, 1813 by Capt. 
 McPherson and 2 Co. Militia. 
 
 Hoppet (426), brig, 150 tons, C. F. Sandstrotn, master, 
 Gottenburg to Boston, captured Oct. 25, 1813 by Rom- 
 ulous. Cargo : iron, allum, bale goods and glass. Restored. 
 
 Howe (154), brig, 162 tons, J. Askew, master, Penzance 
 to Pictou, recaptured Sept. 5, 1812 by Plumper. Cargo : 
 ballast. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Hunter (150), sloop, 33 tons, M. Peck, master, Edgar 
 Town to Boston, captured Mar. 11, 1813 by Retaliation 
 (privateer). Cargo : 2400 bushels corn and 3M staves. 
 
 Huntress (442), sloop, J. Currie, master, captured 
 Nov. 11, 1813 by Borer and Valiant. 
 
 Husaren (440), brig P. T. Isnardon, master, St. Bar- 
 tholomews to New Haven, captured Nov. 14, 1813, by 
 Jaseur. Restored. 
 
 Hussar (514), schr. (privateer), Fr s . Jenkins, master, 
 97 men, cruising, captured May 25, 1814 by Saturn. 
 
 Ida (602), brig, 180 tons, Pearce, master, 10 car- 
 riage guns, 18 16 pounders and 64 men, Boston to France, 
 captured Aug. 9, 1814 by Newcastle. 
 
 Illuminator (11), brig, 254 tons, Rob 1 Patterson, 
 master, Havannah to Boston, captured July 11, 1812 by 
 Emulous. Cargo : molasses, sugar, hides and coffee. 
 
 Illuminator (11), brig, 254 tons, R. Patterson, mas- 
 ter, Havannah to Boston, captured July 11, 1812 by Em- 
 ulous. Cargo : molasses, sugar, coffee and hides. Restored. 
 
 Industry (377), schr., F. Webster, master, captured 
 Aug. 20, 1813 by Broke (privateer). 
 
 Industry (435), schr., T. Rice, master, captured Nov. 
 3, 1813 by Arab. 
 
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 Industry (619), schr., Moses Brown, master, Halifax 
 to Newberry Port, captured Sept. 10, 1814 by Lively 
 (privateer). Cargo : dry goods. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Industry (687), sloop, cargo of Oliver Slate, master, 
 New York to Sag Harbour, captured Jan. 16, 1815 by 
 Rover (privateer). Cargo ; flour, cyder, gin, &c. Taken 
 into Liverpool. 
 
 Invincible (593), ship, Peter Destebecho, master, 
 Charlestown to New York, recaptured Aug. 16, 1814 by 
 Armide, Cargo : 77 boxes sugar and part cargo ship Helen 
 found on board. 
 
 Invincible (593), ship, 331 tons, Peter Destebecho, 
 master, 16 carriage guns and 60 men, Charlestown to 
 New York, captured Aug. 16, 1814 by Armide, Endymion 
 and Pique. Cargo : 314 tierces and 103 half tierces rice. 
 
 Isabella (304), brig, 128 tons, P. Slaygur, master, Al- 
 gesiras to Boston, captured July 19, 1813 by Pictou. 
 Cargo : wine, silk, oil and cork. 
 
 James (622), schr., Eli Crawford, master, Washington 
 to New York, captured Sept. 5, 1814 by Niemen. Cargo : 
 185 bbls. flour. 
 
 Jane (660), brig; 224 tons, David George, master, 
 Liverpool to New Brunswick, recaptured Nov. 9, 1814 by 
 Maidstone. Cargo : salt. 
 
 Jane (459), schr., no person on board, captured Dec. 
 10, 1813 near Cape Ann, by Wolverine (privateer). Car- 
 go : cord wood. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Jane (65), ship, N. Thomas, master, to New York, 
 captured Aug. 27, 1812 by Colibrie. Restored on payment 
 of costs. 
 
 Jane (451), sloop, 65 tons, J. Brown, master, Cape 
 Cod Bay to Boston, captured Dec. 6, 1813 by Majestic, 
 Junon. Cargo : cord wood and bark. 
 
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 Jane (579), sloop, 70 tons, Geo. Grainsby, master, 
 Porto Rico and Wilmington, captured Aug. 2, 1814 by 
 Acasta. Cargo : sugar and hides. 
 
 Jane (668), sloop, 65 tons, Josiah Snow, master, Bos- 
 ton to Harpswell, captured Nov. 12, 1814 b}' Rover 
 (privateer). Cargo: ballast. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Janus (530), sloop 77 tons, P. Justin, master, New York 
 to New Port, captured June 14, 1814 by Liverpool Packet 
 (privateer). Cargo : 700 bbls. flour. Restored. 
 
 Janus (572), sloop, P. Justin, master, captured , 
 
 1814 by Niemen. 
 
 Jefferson (318), schr., 99 tons, J. Colcord, master, 
 Boston to Prospect, captured July 12, 1813 by Bream. 
 Cargo : ballast. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Jennett (176), brig, J. Pritchard, master, East Port to 
 Chesapeake, captured Apr. 12, 1813 by Junon. 
 Cargo : lumber, beef, bread, herrings, candles and soap 
 butter. 
 
 Jerusalem (380), ship, 750 tons, Panagi Corcori, 
 master, Havannah to Boston, captured Sept. 3, 1813 by 
 Majestic. Cargo: 2000 boxes sugar, a number bbls. sugar, 
 200 bags coffee, 200 quintals copper, 150 hides, 5000 
 horns and 4 boxes tapes. 
 
 Jerusha (336), sloop, W. Freeman, master, captured 
 July 11, 1813 by La Hogue. 
 
 Joannah (242), schr., 48 tons, A. Newcomb, master, 
 Boston to East Port, captured June 1, 1813 by Dart (pri- 
 vateer). Cargo : 1589 bushels corn. Taken into New 
 Brunswick. 
 
 John (45), brig, 164 tons, John Alden, master, Liver- 
 pool to Portland, captured Aug. 15, 1812 by Maidstone 
 Cargo : salt and earthen ware. 
 
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 John (168), brig, 130 tons, C. Woodward, master, New 
 York to Portland, captured Apr. 5, 1813, by Liverpool 
 Packet (privateer). Cargo : 1056 bbls. flour. 
 
 John (515), sloop, J. L. Stover, master, captured May 
 18, 1814 by Shannon (privateer). 
 
 John Adams (317), brig, 223 tons, John Goold, master, 
 Portland to St. Bartholomews, captured July 11, 1813 by 
 Retrieve (privateer) and Rattler. Cargo : lumber, staves 
 and shingles. Taken into New Brunswick. Restored. 
 
 John & Mary (437), brig, T. Collins, master, recap- 
 tured Oct. 29, 1813, by Loup Cervier. 
 
 Jno & Miriam (375), schr., S. Rhodes, master, captured 
 Aug. 20, 1813 by Broke (privateer). 
 
 Joseph & Mary (693), brig, 267 tons, Stephen Stan- 
 ton, master, Prince Edw ds Island to Falmouth, recaptured 
 Jan. 24, 1815, by Bulwark. Cargo : lumber. 
 
 Juan A (208), sloop, Avery, master, Havannah to 
 
 New Port, captured May 1, 1813, by Spartan. Cargo: 
 coffee, raisins and campeachy wood. Restored. 
 
 Judith (627), captured Aug. 20 or 21, 1814 by Espoir. 
 Cargo : brandy, spirits, coffee, cotton, tobacco, nails, iron, 
 &c, taken from prize schr. Hornet and transshipped into 
 the Judith. 
 
 Judith (444), schr., M. Fowler, master, captured Nov. 
 
 7, 1813 by Shannon (privateer). 
 
 Julian (117), schr., 80 tons, D. Hallet, master, Boston 
 to New York, captured Nov. 13, 1812 by Liverpool 
 Packet (privateer). Cargo : salt, oil and fish. 
 
 Julian (471), schr., E. Foster, master, captured Dec. 
 
 8, 1813, by Martin. 
 
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 Julian (598), schr., 38 tons, Eppes Griffin, master, 
 Boston to Machias, captured Aug. 6, 1814, by Borer. 
 Cargo : flour, pork, beef, gin, meal, soap, candles, tobacco, 
 shoes, tar and mustard. Taken into St. Johns, N. B. 
 
 Julian (665), schr., 70 tons, John Darah, master, St. 
 Vincents to Liverpool, N. S., recaptured Nov. 17, 1814 by 
 her own crew. Cargo : 65 casks of rum. 
 
 Juliana Smtth (205), schr., 37 tons, H. Cooper, mas- 
 ter, 3 guns and 31 men, from Boston, cruising, captured 
 May 11, 1813 by Nymphe. 
 
 Juliet (222), sloop, 92 tons, C. Southworth, master, 
 Cuba to New Port, captured May 10, 1813 by Paz. 
 Cargo: 113 hhds. and 19 tierces of molasses. 
 
 King George (355), brig, 204 tons, J.Thompson, mas- 
 ter, from Liverpool, recaptured Aug. 18, 1813 by Recruit. 
 Cargo : salt. 
 
 Lady Prevost (677), brig, 146 tons, Alex r Strang, 
 master, Lisbon to St. Johns, Newf d land, recaptured Dec. 
 8, 1814 by Nimrod. Cargo : salt. 
 
 Landrail (605), cutter, 90 or 100 tons, Lt. John Hill, 
 master, 4 guns and 30 men, England to Gibralter, recap- 
 tured Aug. 24, 1814 by Wasp. 
 
 Lark (247), schr., J. Terrio, master, recaptured June 
 15, 1813 by Borer. 
 
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 Lark (229), sloop, TO tons, J. Dodge, master, Ports- 
 mouth to Penobscot, captured Apr. 19, 1813 by Bream. 
 Cargo : 4 bags corn, 3 parcels cotton, 1 cask molasses and 
 2 wheelbarrows. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Laura Jane (460), schr., 73 tons, Milliken, mas- 
 ter, Scarborough to Boston, captured Dec. 10, 1813 by 
 Wolverine (privateer). Cargo : 50M ft. boards and 40M 
 shingles. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Lavinia (300), ship, T. Connel, master, recaptured 
 July 18, 1813 by Recruit. 
 
 Lawry (147), schr., 104 tons, J. Hilyard, master, Bos- 
 ton to New York, captured Mar. 9, 1813 by Liverpool 
 Packet (privateer). Cargo : china ware, 4 boxes glass, 80 
 tons: 8 c : 1 qr: 16 lbs. iron, 92 bbls. sugar and 2 trunks. 
 
 Legal Tender (698), brig, 116 tons, W ra Irvine, mas- 
 ter, Newf d land to Lisbon, recaptured Mar. 7, 1815 by 
 Spencer. Cargo : 1640 quintals codfish, 676 gal. cod oil. 
 
 Leonidas (295), sloop, E. Cummings, master, captured 
 July 7, 1813 by Weazel (privateer). 
 
 Lewis (69), schr. (privateer), 36 tons, B. Pendleton, 
 master, from Connecticut, cruising, captured Aug. 13, 
 1812 by A. S. Hope. Cargo : guns, ammunition and pro- 
 visions. 
 
 Little Bill (278), schr., John Roach, master, St. Bar- 
 tholomews to N. Carolina, captured June 27, 1813 by 
 Loup Cervier. Cargo : 105 hhds. & 163 bbls. sugar Mus- 
 covado, 5 hhds. clayed d° and 10 hhds. molasses. Re- 
 stored. 
 
 Little Joe (111), schr., Ja s Fairweather, master, Bos- 
 ton to New York, captured Oct. 17, 1812 by Liverpool 
 Packet (privateer). Cargo : gum, myrrh, hops, allum, 
 sugar and pepper. 
 
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 Little Sisters (401), schr., G. Montgomery, master 
 from Trinidad, captured Sept. 18, 1813 by Belvidera and 
 Statira. Cargo : sugar. 
 
 Lively (16), schr., 78 tons, Sam 1 Burgess, master, St. 
 Bartholomews to Boston, captured July 12, 1812 by Emu- 
 lous. Cargo : molasses, sugar and rum. 
 
 Lively (305), schr., E. Forret, master, St. Thomas to 
 Halifax, recaptured July 20, 1813 by Epervier. 
 
 Lively (341), schr., 22 tons, G. Frim, master, Boston 
 to Penobscot, captured July 24, 1813 by Fly (privateer). 
 Cargo : iron, turpentine, coffee, rum and gin. 
 
 Lively (522), sloop, 70 tons, Jn° M. Loring, master, 
 North Yarmouth to Boston, captured June 7, 1814, by 
 Shannon (privateer). Cargo : cord wood. Taken into 
 Liverpool. 
 
 Lively (654), sloop, 38 tons, Barzilla Adams, master, 
 New Bedford to George Town, captured Oct. 26, 1814 by 
 St. Lawrence. Cargo : 300 bushels salt and 200 bushels 
 potatoes. 
 
 Liverpool Packet (274), ship, S. Nichols, master, 
 captured June 30, 1813 by Dover. Restored. 
 
 Lizard (483), schr. (privateer), 60 tons, B. Cook, mas- 
 ter, 2 guns and 32 men, from Salem, cruising, captured 
 Mar. 5, 1814 by Prometheus. 
 
 Logan (583), sloop, 31 tons, Chas. Willoughby, mas- 
 ter, Newhaven to New London, captured July 29, 1814 
 by Lively (privateer). Cargo: 2253^ bbls flour. Taken 
 into Liverpool. 
 
 Louisa (702), brig, 65 tons, William Newel, master, 
 Gibralter to Greenock, captured Mar. 26, 1815 by Maid- 
 stone. Cargo : 60 pipes & 90 hhds. Teneriffe wine and 500 
 boxes raisins. Restored. 
 
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 Louisa (340), sloop, P. Erquinigo, master, Laguira to 
 Providence, captured Aug. 3, 1813 by Martin. Cargo : 
 hides and indigo. 
 
 Loyal Sam (250), ship, J. Mclntire, master, recap- 
 tured June 16, 1813 by Sir John Sherbrooke and Matilda. 
 
 Lucia (695), sloop, New York to New Bedford, cap- 
 tured Dec. 3, 1814 by Liverpool Packet, Rolla (privateers), 
 Dec. 30, 1814 taken possession of by Curlew. Cargo : 
 cyder, gin and apples. Vessel lost on Ragged Islands near 
 Shelburne. 
 
 Lucretia (119), schr., 97 tons, John Hunt, master, 
 Boston to Savannah, captured Nov. 11, 1812 by Liverpool 
 Packet (privateer). Cargo : beef, candles and butter. 
 
 Lucy (237), brig, J. Hutchinson, master, recaptured 
 May 25, 1813 by Shannon. 
 
 Lucy (192), schr., Boston to East Port, captured Mar. 
 30, 1813 by Rattler. Cargo: 9 puncheons gin taken out 
 as prize. Taken into New Brunswick, 
 
 Lucy (637), schr., 30 tons, from Newberry Port, fishing, 
 captured Sept. 15, 1814 by Lunenbury (privateer). Cargo: 
 a few hhds. salt. Taken into Lunenburg. 
 
 Lydia (133), schr., 89 tons, J. Rich, master, Buckstown 
 to Baltimore, captured Oct. 24, 1812 by General Smyth 
 (privateer). Cargo : boards and fish. Taken into New 
 Brunswick. 
 
 Lydia (162), schr., 113 tons, A. Burt, master, Warren 
 to Havannah, captured Apr. 4, 1813 by Liverpool Packet 
 (privateer). Cargo : boards, hoops and shooks. 
 
 Lydia (352), schr., 74 tons, J. Walker, master, from 
 Harwich, fishing, captured Aug. 7, 1813, by Matilda 
 (privateer). Cargo : codfish and oil. 
 
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 Lynx (236), schr., 225 tons, E. Taylor, master, Balti- 
 more to Bordeaux, captured Apr. 3, 1813 by LaHogue, 
 Marlborough, St. Domingo, Statira, Maidstone and Fan- 
 tome. Cargo : cotton, coffee and sugar. 
 
 Macdonough (659), brig (privateer), 180 tons, Joseph 
 Weeks, master, 60 men, and pierced for 16 guns, had only 
 5 mounted when captured, from Portsmouth, cruising, 
 captured Nov. 1, 1814 by Bacchante. 
 
 Magdalena (538), schr., 62 tons, J. Nyman, master, 
 Boston to Halifax, captured June 5, 1811 by Martin. 
 Cargo: 150 bbls. flour and 50 bbls bread. Restored. 
 
 Magnet (18), ship, 172 tons, T. Drew, master, Belfast 
 to New York, captured July 18, 1812 by Ringdove. 
 Taken into possession for the use of the King's service. 
 
 Malaren (344), brig, 139 tons, P. Jostrand, master, 
 Portsmouth to St. Bartholomews, captured July 14, 1813 
 by La Hogue. Cargo : staves, lumber and hoops. 
 
 Malcolm (1), brig, 197 tons, J. Jordan, master, Madeira 
 to Portland, captured June 24, 1812 by Belvidera. Cargo : 
 19 pipes, 8 half pipes and 16 quarter pipes of wine. 
 
 Manchester (302), brig (a packet), R. Elphinstone, 
 master, recaptured June 18, 1813 by Maidstone, Poictiers 
 and Nimrod. 
 
 Manhatton (453), sloop, D. Gladding, master, cap- 
 tured Dec. 3, 1813 by Nimrod. 
 
 Margaret (694), brig, 119 tons, Francis Leavitt, mas- 
 ter, St. Johns to West Indies, recaptured Feb. 23, 1815 by 
 Bulward. Cargo : lumber, fish and staves. 
 
 Margaret (486), schr., P. Sparling, master, recaptured 
 Mar. 16, 1813 by Maidstone and Belvidera. 
 
 Margaret (422), sloop, 123 tons, J. Dunn, master, 
 St. Johns to West Indies, recaptured Oct. 10, 1813 by 
 Martin. Cargo : fish and lumber. Taken into New Bruns- 
 wick. 
 
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 Maria (289), brig, 110 tons, G. Wierman, master, 
 Stockholm to Boston, captured June 24, 1813 by Bold. 
 Cargo : iron and steel. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Maria (94), ketch, Bunker, master, captured 
 
 1812. Cargo: 24 pipes Fayal Avine, 86 bbls. coffee 
 
 and 2 hhds. coffee damaged. 
 
 Maria (624), schr., New Port, R. I. to New York, 
 captured Sept. 4, 1814 by Nimrod. Cargo : salt, fish and 
 oil. 
 
 Maria (9), ship, 344 tons, J. C. Norden, master, Cadiz 
 to New York, captured July 13, 1812 by Emulous. Car- 
 go : ballast and 14 bales cloth and $30,993. 
 
 Maria Francisca (509), brig, Nicholas Calveras, mas- 
 ter, Havannah to Boston, captured May 4, 1814 by 
 Curlew. Taken into Shelburne. Ship and part cargo 
 restored. 
 
 Maria Frederica (559), brig, Wigle Swart, master, 
 Amsterdam to Boston, captured July 14, 1814 by Seahorse 
 and Peruvian. Cargo : gin and other articles. Restored 
 
 Maria Windsor (160), schr., 131 tons, J. Fish, mas- 
 ter, North Carolina to East Port, captured Mar. 29, 1813 
 by Sir. Jn°. Sherbrook (privateer). 
 
 Mariner (386), brig, T. Fraser, master, recaptured, 
 Aug. 29, 1813 by Poictiers. 
 
 Mariner (31), ship, Lygett, master, Glasgow to 
 
 St. Andrews, recaptured July 22, 1812 by Colibrie. 
 
 Marquis De Somerlous (6), ship, 359 tons, T. Mor- 
 iarty, master, Civita Vichia to Salem, captured July 10, 
 1812 by Atalanta. Cargo: brandy, wines, silks and dry, 
 goods. 
 
 Martha (22), schr., J. Darley, master, recaptured, July 
 18, 1812 by Paz. 
 
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 Mary (10), brig, 200 tons, W. G. Weld, master, Gib- 
 ralter to Boston, captured July 17, 1812 by Spartan. 
 Cargo: wines, currants, juniper berries and marino wool. 
 
 Mary (140), schr., 97 tons, J. Matthews, master, New 
 Haven to Bait., captured Mar. 23, 1883 by Sir John Sher- 
 brooke (privateer). Cargo: 350 bushels corn, 15 hhds, 
 sugar, 200 cheese and 10 bbls. apples. 
 
 Marv (200), schr., D. Jones, master, captured, Mar. 
 27, 1813 by Lt. Sweeney, Com g . Officer at St. John. Cargo : 
 soap, candles, tea, cheese, rum, brandy, tobacco, butter, 
 smoak'd herring and codfish. 
 
 Mary (378), schr., Pyam Prince, master, captured Aug. 
 7, 1813 by Broke (privateer). 
 
 Mary (391), schr., 36 tons, H. Walker, master, Boston 
 to Halifax, captured Sept. 10, 1813 by Wolverine (priva- 
 teer). Cargo : bread, flour and tobacco. Vessel and part 
 cargo restored. 
 
 Mary (400), schr., 61 tons, C. Tiedeman, master, Hayti 
 to Boston, captured Sept. 13, 1813 by Sylph. Cargo: 
 sugar and coffee. 1-3 restored. 
 
 Mary (643), schr., 92 tons, R. Burrows, master, Hali- 
 fax to Martinique, recaptured Oct. 6, 1814 by Wasp. 
 Cargo : fish and flour. 
 
 Mary (531), ship, Moore, master, Waterford to 
 
 Quebec, recaptured June 1, 1814 by Martin. Cargo: 
 flour. 
 
 Mary (281), sloop, 43 tons, M. Thurlo, master, Boston 
 to Kennebeck, captured July 4, 1813 by Retaliation 
 (privateer). Cargo : rice, molasses, glass and other articles. 
 Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Mary (326), sloop, F. Glawson, master, recaptured 
 July 27, 1813 by Nimrod. 
 
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 Mary (475), sloop, 91 tons, S. Farrow, master, Pe- 
 nobscot to Boston, captured Jan. 6, 1814 by Wolverine 
 (privateer), Cargo : cord wood. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Mary Ann (28), schr., — Dugas, master, Halifax to 
 Quebec, recaptured July 23, 1812 by Maidstone. 
 
 Mary Ann (466), sloop, 50 tons, E. Lewis, master, 
 New York to Rhode Island, captured Dec. 22, 1813 by 
 Liverpool Packet (privateer), Cargo : 300 bbls. of flour. 
 
 Mary Elizabeth (78), brig, 167 tons, C. Crandal, 
 master, St. Ubes to Portland, captured July 8, 1812 by 
 Indian. Cargo: ballast and $2313. Taken into New 
 Brunswick. 
 
 Massachusetts (397), ship, 286 tons, B. Weeks, mas- 
 ter, Lisbon to New York, captured Sept. 11, 1813 by 
 Canso. Cargo : 396 moys salt. 
 
 May Flower, (339), sloop, A. Barnes, master, New 
 York to Boston, captured July 31, 1813 by Matilda (pri- 
 vateer). Cargo : 600 bushels corn and 14 bbls. rye 
 flour. 
 
 Medil Padria (423), brig, 70 tons, Occracock to 
 Halifax, captured Oct. 5, 1813 by Conflict. Cargo : 750 
 bbls. flour. 
 
 Melantho (95), ship, 402 tons, Wm. Davidson, master, 
 Chili to Baltimore, captured Sept. 17, 1812 by Spartan, Sta- 
 tira, Acasta, Nymphe, Orpheus, Maidstone, Aeolus and 
 Emulous. Cargo : 229 tons copper, 9 bales of furs and 
 143,000. 
 
 Mentor (651), ship, 227 tons, Isaac Balston, master, 
 Portsmouth to Quebec, recaptured Oct, 27, 1814 by 
 Maidstone. Cargo : beef, pork, bread and some rum. 
 
 Mentor (335), sloop, 56 tons, J. Perry, master, 
 Province Town to New Bedford, captured July 11, 1813 
 by La Hogue. Cargo : lumber. 
 
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 Meqctait (361), sloop, 76 tons, J. Woodward, master, 
 Bath to Portland, captured July 29, 1813 by Dart (pri- 
 vateer), Cargo : small quantity corn and rye and some 
 fish. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Merchant (63), ship, T. Noyes, master, Liverpool to 
 New York, captured Aug. 28, 1812 by Colibrie. Restored 
 on payment of costs. 
 
 Merchant (67), ship, 270 tons, C. Hopkins, master, 
 Gottenburg to Portsmouth, captured Aug. 29, 1812 by 
 Statira. Cargo : iron. 
 
 Middlesex (87), ship, M. Pollard, master, captured 
 Sept. 8, 1812 by Liverpool Packet. Taken into Liver- 
 pool. Restored on payment of costs. 
 
 Minerva (3), brig, 256 tons, James F. Trott, master, 
 Liverpool to Boston, captured July 6, 1812, by Africa, 
 iEolus, Shannon, Belvidera. Cargo : coals and salt. 
 
 Minerva (269), brig, 184 tons, T. Patterson, master, 
 Boston to Lisbon, captured June 30, 1813 by La Hogue. 
 Cargo : beef, pork and staves. Restored. 
 
 Minerva (494), brig, 55 tons, A. C. White, master, 
 Matanza to New London, captured Apr. 21, 1814 by La 
 Hogue. Cargo : 140 hhds. 22 tierces and 22 bbls. molasses, 
 22 hhds. and 4 bbls. sugar. Restored. 
 
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 Minerva (373), schr., 136 tons, J. E. Scott, master, 
 Barbadoes to Wiscasset, captured Aug. 30, 1813 by 
 Weazel (privateer). Cargo : ballast and $4,000. Restored. 
 
 Minerva (597), schr., 43 tons, Elida Baldwin, master, 
 New York to Bridge Port, captured Aug. 11, 1814 by- 
 Shannon and Liverpool Packet (privateers). Cargo : 
 flour, fish and other articles. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Minerva (636), schr., 136 tons, Dav d . Pinkham, 
 master, Wiscasset to Boston, captured Sept. 26, 1814 by 
 Lunenburg (privateer.) 
 
 Minerva (351) sloop, 43 tons, B. Belvin, master, New 
 York to New Port, captured Aug. 5, 1813 by Matilda 
 (privateer). Cargo : 250 bbls. flour, 24 bbls. pease and 
 400 lb. snuff. 
 
 Model (512), schr., 250 tons, John Austen, master, at 
 anchor in Little Egg Harbour, captured May 23, 1814 by 
 Niemen. Cargo : 270 bbls. flour. 
 
 Monk (61), ship, 253 tons, J. P. Felt, master, Rio 
 Janeiro to Salem, captured Aug. 23, 1812 by Colibrie. 
 Cargo : sugar, hides and horns. 
 
 Morning Star (357), schr., 32 tons, A. L. Burges, 
 master, Folly Land to East Port, captured Aug. 18, 
 1813, by Curlew and Nymphe. Cargo : 1000 bushels 
 Indian corn. 
 
 Morning Star (272), sloop, captured June 13, 1813 
 by Spartan, Statira and Martin. 
 
 Morning Starr (568), sloop, captured in the harbour 
 of the Chesapeake, the tobacco taken out of store houses 
 and vessels sailing under the American flag, which were 
 burnt. Captured June 11, 1814 by Albion, Dragon, 
 Acasta, Loire, Narcissus, Jaseur and St. Lawrence, 
 13 hhds. tobacco. Captured July 2, 1814 by Abion, Dra- 
 gon, Acasta, Loire, Narcissus, Severn, Jaseur and St. 
 Lawrence, 4 hhds. tobacco. 
 
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 Monsoon (52), ship, N. Williams, master, from Liver- 
 pool, captured Aug. 22, 1812 by iEolus. Restored on 
 payment of costs. 
 
 Montezuma (420), ship, 320 tons, M. Rodriquez, 
 master, Boston to Cadiz, captured 1813 by La Hogue and 
 Tenedos. Cargo : candles, staves, codfish, chairs, tar, 
 turpentine, tobacco, beef and cloves. 
 
 Montgomery (204), brig, J. Strout, master, 12 guns 
 and 90 men, from Salem, cruising, captured May 5, 1813 
 by Nymphe, Shannon, Tenedos and Emulous. 
 
 Nancy (639), brig, captured bet. Sept. 1 and 18, 1814 
 at Penobscot, by united naval and military force. Cargo : 
 timber and lumber. 
 
 Nancy (618), brig, J. Tindale, master, Liverpool to 
 Halifax, recaptured Sept. 13, 1814 by Pylades. 
 
 Nancy (416), schr., coasting vessel, captured May 28, 
 1813, by Victorious and the blockading squadron of the 
 Chesapeake. 
 
 Nancy (291), sch., 14 tons, S. B. Wadsworth, master, 
 taken in harbour of Little River, captured June 28, 1813, 
 by Boxer. Cargo : variety of articles of little value. Taken 
 into New Brunswick. 
 
 Nancy (100), ship, E. Stamworth, master, recaptured 
 Aug. 17, 1812 by Statira. 
 
 Nancy (580), sloop, 64 tons, Wm. Williams, master, 
 New York to Providence, captured July 28, 1814, by 
 Lively (privateer). Cargo : 337 bbls. flour and 616 bush- 
 els corn. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Nancy Sanders (472), sloop, N. Barber, master, cap- 
 tured Dec. 18, 1813 by Liverpool Packet (privateer). 
 
 Nautilus (42), brig (American Gov*, vessel of war), 
 200 tons, Lt. W. Crane, Comm r ., from New York, cruis- 
 ing, captured July 16, 1812 by Shannon, Belvidera, Af- 
 
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 rica, iEolus, and Guerriere. Cargo : guns, ammunition 
 and provisions. Taken into possession for the use of the 
 King's service. 
 
 Nelly (552), schr., W. Jennings, master, Havannah to 
 Greenock, recaptured July 10, 1814 by Bulwark. Cargo : 
 sugar, coffee and logwood. 
 
 Neptune (183), schr., 98 tons, B. Mills, master, Fox 
 Island to Boston, captured Mar. 31, 1813 by Bream, 
 Cargo : timber and cord wood. Taken into New Bruns- 
 wick. 
 
 New Fokge (118), schr., 47 tons, J. Stutevant, mas- 
 ter, New York to Boston, captured Nov. 11, 1812 by 
 Liverpool Packet (privateer). Cargo : sugar, wheat, ware 
 and snuff. 
 
 New Zealander (492), ship, Cheswicke, master, 
 
 recaptured Apr. 21, 1813 by Belvidera. 
 
 Nimrod (21), schr., J. Ford, master, recaptured July 
 17, 1812 by Paz. 
 
 North Star (256), brig, 177 tons, S. Moore, master, 
 St. Salvadore to Boston, captured June 24, 1813 by Ten- 
 edos. Cargo : 117 trunks and bales, 8 casks brandy and 
 cordials, 2 bbls. tea, goat skins, horns, hides, sugar, &c. 
 
 Nymphe (149), schr., 48 tons, W. Patterson, master. 
 Virginia to Salem, captured Mar. 14, 1813, by Liverpool 
 Packet (privateer). Cargo : 2300 bushels corn, 24 pack- 
 ages shoes and 33 bbls. beans. 
 
 Nymphe (251), schr., 20 tons, W. Ryan, master, Boston 
 to Machias, captured June 11, 1813 by Matilda (privateer). 
 Cargo : 70 bbls. flour and 190 bushels corn. Taken into 
 Dig by. Restored. 
 
 Ocean (384), brig, J. Huddeston, master, recaptured 
 Aug. 11, 1813 by Borer. 
 
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 Ohio (297), brig, Ja s Webray, master, captured July 
 12, 1813 by Manly. Restored. 
 
 Old Carpenter (584), schr., 22 tons, W m M c Daniel, 
 master, Halifax to Boston, captured Aug. 7, 1814 by Spen- 
 cer. Cargo : dry goods. 
 
 Ontario (508), ship, Jn° Potter, master, Alicant to 
 Greenock, recaptured May 25, 1814 by Curlew. Cargo : 
 150 pipes wine, 541 cut cork wood and 480 hhds. salt. 
 
 Orient (528), schr., captured June 11, 1814 by being 
 cut out of a harbour near Boston by the boats of Bulwark 
 and Nymphe. 
 
 Orion (232), brig, 191 tons, J. M. Jubin, master, New 
 York to Lisbon, captured May 16, 1813 by LaHogue 
 Cargo : 743 bbls. flour and 534 bbls Indian meal. Restored. 
 
 Oronoke (8), ship, 427 tons, John Richards, master, Lis- 
 bon to New York, captured July 11, 1812 by JEolus, 
 Shannon, Belvidera, Guerriere, Africa. Cargo : ballast. 
 
 Osbourne (48), ship, Watson, master, Gibraltar to 
 
 New Brunswick, recaptured Aug. 19, 1812 by Emulous. 
 
 Packet (106), ship, N 1 Noyes, master, from Liverpool, 
 captured, , 1812. 
 
 Packet (177), sloop, 57 tons, E. Luce, master, Savannah 
 to Providence, R. I., captured Apr. 10, 1813 by Valiant. 
 Cargo: 124 hides, 158 bales of cotton and 3 bbls. old 
 copper. 
 
 Packet (268), sloop, H. Mowat, master, captured 
 June 19, 1813 by Matilda (privateer). Cargo : cord wood. 
 
 Paragon (213), brig, J. Gardner, master, Aberdeen to 
 New Brunswick, recaptured May 19, 1813 by Sir John 
 Sherbrooke (privateer). 
 
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 Paragon (360), schr., 157 tons, W. Weston, master, 
 Charlestown to Boston, captured Aug. 13, 1813 by Curlew 
 and Nymphe. Cargo: 173 bales cotton, 146bbls. rice and 
 34 half bbls. rice. 
 
 Paris (434), bark, W. Harrison, master, recaptured 
 Oct. 28, 1813 by Ring Dove. 
 
 Patriot (81), schr., 140 tons, W. Reardon, master, 
 Norfolk to Lisbon, captured Sept. 7, 1812 by Acasta. 
 Cargo : flour and beans. Restored. 
 
 Patriot (474), sloop, 49 tons, T. M. Sayre, master, New 
 York, to Rhode Island, captured Dec. 19, 1813 by Liver- 
 pool Packet (privateer). Cargo: 430 bbls. flour and 5 
 boxes candles. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Patty ( 189), schr., 75 tons, E. Hamblen, master, Port- 
 land to Long Island, captured Apr. 18, 1813 by Retalia- 
 tion (privateer). Cargo : lumber. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Paulina (188), schr., 109 tons, W. Hathway, master, 
 Norfolk to New York, captured Apr. 20, 1813 by Sir John 
 Sherbrooke (privateer). Cargo : 3650 bushels coals, 20 
 kegs tobacco and 12 bbls. flour. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Peggy (436), sloop, 91 tons, W. O. Fuller, master, 
 George's River to Boston, captured Nov. 3, 1813 by 
 Epervier, and Fantome. Cargo : timber and wood. 
 
 Penelope (196), brig, C. Perkins, master, Demerara to 
 Halifax, recaptured Aug. 13, 1812 by General Smyth 
 (privateer). Cargo : rum and coffee. 
 
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 Plough Boy (180), schr., 115 tons. Elisha Swift, 
 master, Charlestown to Providence, R. I., captured Apr. 
 16, 1813 by Orpheus. Cargo : 288 bales cotton. 
 
 Penelope (196), British brig, C. Perkins, master, 
 Demerara to Halifax, captured July 15, 1813 by General 
 Smyth (privateer). Cargo : 13 tierces coffee. Taken in- 
 to St. Johns, N. B. 
 
 Perseverance (642), sloop, 133 tons, Rob 1 James, mas- 
 ter, Moose Island to Castine, captured Sept. 18, 1814 by- 
 Bacchante. Cargo : dry goods, rum, molasses and other 
 articles. Restored vessel and part of cargo. 
 
 Phebe (51), brig, 200 tons, E. Bradley, master. Civi- 
 ta Vichia to Boston, captured Sept. 19, 1812 by Aeolus. 
 Cargo: brandy, juniper berries and paving stones. 
 
 Pilgrim (490), boat, 25 tons, Ant? Brooks, master, Bos- 
 ton to East Port, captured Apr. 27, 1813 by Bream. Car- 
 go : gin, tobacco, flour, &c. 
 
 Pilgrim (235), brig, 269 tons, J. W. Baker, master, 
 New Orleans to Cadiz, captured May 18, 1813 by La 
 Hogue, Marlborough, St. Domingo, Statira, Maidstone and 
 Fan tome. 
 
 Pilgrim (320), schr., 22 tons, J. Bibbin, master, Port- 
 land to East Port, captured July 8, 1813 by Matilda 
 (privateer). Cargo : ballast. 
 
 Pitt (96), brig, Mussen, master, recaptured Oct. 
 
 5, 1812, by Nymphe. 
 
 Planter (84), ship, Friths, master, Surinam to 
 
 England, recaptured Sept. 2, 1812 by Shannon. 
 
 Planter (612), sloop, 48 tons, S. Crowell, master, from 
 Dartmouth, fishing, captured Sept. 2, 1814 by Lively 
 (privateer). Cargo : fish, oil, salt and fishing stores. 
 Taken into Liverpool. 
 
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 Plough Boy (324), sloop, R. Ogden, master, Marrier 
 River to Philadelphia, captured May 30, 1813 by Statira, 
 Spartan and Martin. 
 
 Plutus (489), ship, 182 tons, D. Graham, master, Gib 
 ralter to London, recaptured Apr. 9, 1813 by Curlew' 
 Cargo : 360 casks rice and return goods say linens, threads' 
 
 &c. 
 
 Policy (456), ship, J. Bowman, master, recaptured 
 Dec. 4, 1813 by Loire and Rarailies. 
 
 Polly (44), schr. (privateer), 34 tons, P. L. Favour 
 master, from Marblehead, cruising, captured Aug. 11, 
 1812 by Colibrie and Acasta. Cargo: guns, ammunition 
 and provisions. 
 
 Polly (115), schr., 85 tons, H. Snow, master, Charles- 
 town to Boston, captured Oct. 14, 1812 by Liverpool 
 Packet (privateer). Cargo: rice and leather. 
 
 Polly (342), schr., F. Roberts, master, recaptured Aug. 
 13, 1813 by Statira. 
 
 Polly (465), schr., 88 tons, S. French, master, Penobscot 
 to Boston, captured Dec. 10, 1813 by Wolverine (priva- 
 teer). Cargo : lumber and fish. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Polly (346), sloop, 92 tons, J. Morton, master, Bos- 
 ton to Friendship, captured July 28, 1813 by Fly (priva- 
 teer). Cargo : 25 bushels corn and 5 chairs. 
 
 Polly (599), sloop, 45 tons, Stephen Allen, master, 
 Newhaven to New York, captured Aug. 10, 1814 by Liv- 
 erpool Packet (privateer). Cargo : rum, molasses and 
 cheese. 
 
 Porcupine (248), brig, 330 tons, T. Beckford, master, 
 Bayonne to Boston, captured June 17, 1813 by Valiant, 
 Acasta and Wasp. Cargo : brandy, wine, silks, dry goods 
 and other merchandize. 
 
 Porpois (364), schr., 32 tons, P. Pratt, master, from 
 Cohasset, fishing, captured July 31, 1813 by Rattler. Car- 
 go : fishing stores. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
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 Portland Packet (190), schr., 63 tons, E. Paine, mas- 
 ter, Newbern to Boston, captured Apr. 16, 1813 by Retal- 
 iation (privateer). Cargo : 581 bbls. tar and 20 bbls. tur- 
 pentine. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Portsmouth Packet (412), schr., Perkins, mas- 
 ter, cruising, captured Oct. 5, 1813 by Fantome. 
 
 Post Boy (239), schr., 154 tons, W. Cook, master, Sa- 
 lem to St. Domingo, captured May 24, 1813 by Rattler, 
 Shannon and Tenedos. Cargo : candles, oil, perfumery, 
 paper, soap, wine, fish, brandy and dry goods. Taken into 
 New Brunswick. 
 
 President (165), schr., 93 tons, G. W. Carr, master, 
 Charlestown, S. C. to Providence, R. I., captured Apr. 1, 
 1813 by Atalante. Cargo : 212 bales cotton and some in- 
 digo. 
 
 Prevoyante (33), schr., W. Austen, master, Martinique 
 to Halifax, recaptured July 31, 1812 by Emulous. Cargo : 
 sugar and rum. 
 
 Prince of Austrias (97), brig, Glasgow to New 
 Brunswick, recaptured Aug. 13, 1812 by Statira. 
 
 Priscilla (287), schr., 61 tons, J. Small, master, to 
 Boston, captured July 9, 1813 by Curlew. Cargo: fish. 
 
 Protectress (277), ship, 292 tons, W. Jeffery, master, 
 Norfolk to Lisbon, captured June 18, 1813 by Victorious- 
 Marlboro, Barrossa, Junon, Narcissus and Mohawk. Cargo : 
 3200 bbls. flour. 
 
 Providence (312), schr., B. Sire, master, recaptured 
 July 25, 1813 by Nymphe. 
 
 Prudence (46), brig, 157 tons, John Anderson, master, 
 Dublin to New York, captured Aug. 11, 1812 by Morgi- 
 ana. Cargo : a few trunks of linen and hardware. 
 
 Prudence (553), schr., 18 1-2 tons, L. G. Crocker, 
 master, Washington, N. C. to Barnstable, captured July 
 10, 1814 by Acasta. Cargo : spirits of turpentine, bright 
 varnish and reed poles. 
 
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 Prudentta (292), ship, Domingo Pagia, master, Oca- 
 croke to Cadiz, captured July 7, 1813 by Rattler. Cargo 
 1000 bbls. flour, 3 staves, 30 bbls. tar and 50 kegs tobac- 
 co. Taken into New Brunswick. Restored. 
 
 Pythagoras (77), sloop (privateer), 42 tons, Cyrus 
 Libby, master, from Saco, cruising, captured Aug. 9, 1812 
 by Bream. Cargo : guns, ammunition and provisions. 
 
 Queen Charlotte (396), schr., C. Livingston, master, 
 Antigonish to Newf d Land, recaptured Sept. 3, 1813 by 
 Shannon. Cargo : cattle. 
 
 Quiz (511), schr., 214 tons, W. Phillips, master, 28 
 men and 2 guns, St. lago to Philadelphia, captured May 
 23, 1814 by Niemen. Cargo : 25 hhds. sugar, 250 bbls. 
 sugar, 30 casks molasses and 1 bbl. coffee. 
 
 Racer (238), schr., 230 tons, West, master, from 
 
 Raphahanoc, cut out bound to France, captured , 
 
 1813 by Victorius. Cargo : coffee, cotton and sugar. 
 
 Rachel (663), brig, 120 tons, John Patterson, master, 
 Portland to Wilmington, captured Nov. 3, 1814 by Rover 
 (privateer). Cargo : 200 bushels potatoes and 275 hhds. 
 salt. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Randolph (439), schr., W. Clarke, master, captured 
 Oct. 14, 1813 by Paz. 
 
 Randolph (331), sloop, 32 tons, J. Webster, master, 
 Boston to East Port, captured July 23, 1813 by Fly 
 (privateer). Cargo : 170 bbls. flour, 20 bbls. beef, 30 
 bbls. pitch and tar. 
 
 Ranger, schr., 33 tons, Dan 1 Covell, master, New York 
 to Providence, captured July 13, 1814 by Superb. Cargo : 
 flour. 
 
 Ranger (666), schr., 85 tons, John Burton, master, 
 Friendship to Boston, captured Nov. 5, 1814 by Lunen- 
 burg (privateer). Cargo : wood and scantling. Taken 
 into Lunenburg. 
 
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 Rapid (109), brig fprivateer), 190 tons, Joseph Weeks 
 master, from Portland, cruising, captured Oct. 18, 1812 
 by Maidstone and Spartan. Cargo : guns, ammunition 
 and provisions. 
 
 Rattlesnake (546), brig, 280 or 300 tons, J. Renshaw, 
 master, 14 guns and 130 men, Bay of Biscay returning 
 from a cruise, captured July 11, 1814 by Leander. 
 
 Raven (369), schr., W. Kingston, master, captured 
 Aug. 27, 1813 by Manly. Restored. 
 
 Rayo (99), brig, 118 tons, J. Moreno, master, Balti- 
 more to Porto Rico, captured July 28, 1812 by Maidstone. 
 Cargo : flour. Restored. 
 
 Rebecca (290), schr., 86 tons, G. Vaughan, master, 
 New York to Cadiz or Halifax, captured June 27, 1813 
 by Boxer. Cargo : 584 bbls. flour. Taken into New 
 Brunswick. 
 
 Rebecca (347), schr., 64 tons, J. Dennis, master, Pen- 
 obscot to Marblehead, captured July 27, 1813 by Fly 
 (privateer). Cargo: cord wood. 
 
 Rebecca (367), schr., 117 tons, A. Elwell, master, 
 Townshend to Boston, captured Aug. 3, 1813 by Boxer. 
 Cargo : cord wood. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Recovery (484), brig, 190 tons, D. Dunbar, master, 
 Bermuda to Castine, captured Jan. 15, 1814 by Hare 
 (privateer). Cargo : ballast and specie. Specie landed 
 before capture. Taken into Shelburne. 
 
 Red Bird (141), sloop, 55 tons, J. Foster, master, 
 Murros Borough to Boston, captured Mar. 18, 1813 by 
 Sir John Sherbrooke (privateer). Cargo : 1811 bushels 
 corn and 206 bbls. tar. 
 
 Regulator (43), schr. (privateer), 40 tons, J. Mans- 
 field, master, from Salem, cruising, captured Aug. 11, 
 1812 by Colibrie. Cargo: guns, ammunition and provis- 
 ions. 
 
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 Reliance (146), sloop, 56 tons, S. Crowell, master, 
 Boston to New York, captured Mar. 10, 1813 by Liver- 
 pool Packet (privateer). Cargo : 5 kegs brimstone, 3 
 hhds. molasses, 1 bale cotton, 1 chest tea, 3 kegs tobacco, 
 1 bbl. rice, 41 bbls. ashes, 1786 bars iron, 3 boxes and 1 
 bbl. sugar. 
 
 Republican (299), ship, A. Baupen, master, New 
 York to Port au Prince, captured July 11, 1813 by Nim- 
 rod. Cargo : provisions, lumber, tobacco, fruit and dry 
 goods. 
 
 Resolution (410), ship, 215 tons, C. Olson, master, 
 Gottenburg to New Bedford or Boston, captured Sept. 
 25, 1813 by Majestic. Cargo : iron and deals. 
 
 Resolution (413), sloop, 57 tons, W. Gibbs, master, 
 Martha's Vinyard to Worsham, captured Sept. 11, 1813 
 by Star (privateer). Cargo : iron ore. 
 
 Revenge (124), schr. (privateer), 69 tons, J. Sinclair, 
 master, from Salem, cruising, captured Dec. 4, 1812 by 
 Paz. Cargo : guns, ammunition and provisions. 
 
 Reward (132), brig, 182 tons, A. Hill, master, Salem 
 to Lisbon, captured Oct. 10, 1812 by General Smyth 
 (privateer). Cargo : flour, beef, &c. 
 
 Rhoda (697), schr., 129 tons, A. F. Wright, master, 
 Bermuda to Liverpool or London, recaptured Feb. 26, 
 1815 by Bulwark. Cargo : sugar, coffee and cotton. 
 
 Richard D. Stanley (405), schr., 115 tons, Ful- 
 
 ford, master, to Boston, captured Sept. 13, 1813 by Paz. 
 Cargo : 506 bbls. tar, 170 bbls. pitch, 69 bbls. turpentine 
 and 100 bbls. flour. 
 
 Richmond (191), brig, 150 tons, W. Thomas, master, 
 New York to East Port, captured Apr. 19, 1813 by Re- 
 taliation (privateer). Cargo : 230 bbls. wheat and rye 
 flour. Taken into Liverpool. Restored. 
 
 Richmond (217), schr., 94 tons, S. Bur, master, Cuba 
 to Rhode Island, captured Apr. 25, 1813 by Retaliation 
 (privateer). Cargo : molasses. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
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 Rising Sun (143), schr., 64 tons, L. Hallet, master, 
 No. Carolina to Barnstable, captured Mar. 21, 1813, by- 
 Sir John Sherbrooke (privateer). Cargo : 1,350 bushels 
 corn, 10 bushels beans and 204 bbls tar. 
 
 Rising Sun (166), schr., 99 tons, G. F. Fash, master, 
 Charlestown, S. C, to New York, captured March 31, 
 1813 by Atalante. Cargo : 250 bales cotton and 23 kegs 
 ground nuts. 
 
 Rising Sun (469), sloop, C. B. Hussey, master, cap- 
 tured Dec. 1, 1813 by Loire, Ramilies and Endymion. 
 
 Robust (569), sloop, captured July 10, 1814 in the 
 harbour of the Chesapeake, the tobacco taken out of store 
 houses and vessels sailing under the American flag which 
 were burnt. Captured July 2, 1814 by Albion, Dragon, 
 Acasta, Loire, Severn, Narcissus, Jaseur and St. Law- 
 rence, 18 hhds. tobacco. Captured July 10, 1814 by 
 Albion, Dragon, Loire, Severn, Jaseur, and St. Lawrence, 
 6 tons barr iron. 
 
 Rolla (462), schr. (privateer), G. Fellows, master, 
 captured Dec. 10, 1813 by Loire. 
 
 Roscio (311), brig, F. Jose Carva, master, captured 
 , 1813 by Dover. 
 
 Rose in Bloom (307), sloop, 58 tons, J. Colbroth, mas- 
 ter, Saco to Rhode Island, captured July 7, 1813 by Re- 
 taliation (privateer). Cargo : lumber. Taken into Liv- 
 erpool. 
 
 Rover (19), 98 tons, W m Chapman, master, Liverpool 
 to Amelia Island, captured July 19, 1812 by Ringdove. 
 Cargo : coals, earthen ware and hard ware. 
 
 Rover (446), schr., J. Atkins, master, captured Nov. 
 6, 1813 by Shannon (privateer). 
 
 Roxana (333), ship, C. Blake, master, captured July 
 10, 1813 by La Hogue. Restored. 
 
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 Rubicon (468), schr., J. Lassel, master, Boston to 
 Belfast, captured Dec. 17, 1813 by Shannon (privateer). 
 Cargo : ballast. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Russell (101), brig, Parker, master, recaptured 
 
 Aug. 18, 1812 by Statira. 
 
 Ruth (670), schr., 21 tons, Ambrose Jones, master, 
 Portland to Portsmouth, captured Nov. 9, 1814 by Rover 
 (privateer). Cargo : dry fish. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Sally (58), brig, W. Radford, master, recaptured Aug. 
 10, 1812, by Morgiana. 
 
 Sally (202), brig, 143 tons, T. Patch, master, Port- 
 land to St. Mayaretta, captured Apr. 24, 1813, by Cur- 
 lew. Cargo : lumber. Restored. 
 
 Sally (225), schr., 74 tons, J. Cousins, master, East 
 Port to Boston, captured May 13, 1813 by Bream. Cargo : 
 plaister paris, salt and fish. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Sally (309), schr., 33 tons, D. Townshend, master, 
 Saco to Nantucket, captured July 12, 1813 by Retaliation 
 (privateer). Cargo : lumber. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Sally (406), schr., W. Sabins, master, recaptured Sept. 
 15, 1813 by Provincial schr. Gleaner. 
 
 Sally (425), schr., 89 tons, D. Chadwick, master, 
 Ge°Town to Halifax, captured Oct. 16, 1813 by Loire. 
 Cargo : 143 1-2 hhds. & 15 tierces rice and 2000 bushels 
 corn. 
 
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 Sally (193), ship, 194 tons, A. Baker, master, Wis- 
 casset to St. Bartholomews, captured Apr. 16, 1813 by 
 La Hogue, Nymphe and Curlew. Cargo : 104 M. feet 
 lumber, 22 M. red oak staves, 3 white d°., 100 M. shingles 
 and 25 kegs lard. Restored. 
 
 Sally (501), sloop, Moses Lowe, master, captured May 
 
 19, 1814, by Shannon (privateer). Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Sally Ann (86), schr., 124 tons, J. Day, master, New 
 London to St. Bartholomews, captured Sept. 16, 1812 by 
 Statira. Cargo : flour, corn, tobacco, &c. 
 
 Samuel (376), schr., T. Snow, master, captured Aug. 
 
 20, 1813 by Broke (privateer). 
 
 Sandbird (635), jebacco boat, Nath 1 Pearley, master, 
 Halifax to Boston, captured Sept. 10, 1814 by Lunenburg 
 (privateer). Cargo : dry goods. 
 
 San Domingo (421), ship, B. Bogman, master, St. 
 Bartholomews to New Haven, captured Sept. 29, 1813 by 
 George (Privateer). Cargo : sugar, coffee, part materials 
 20 hhds. and 30 bbls. turpentine. 
 
 San Gabriel (220), brig, A. Drummond, master, Ha- 
 vannah to New York, captured May 19, 1813 by Sir 
 John Sherbrooke (privateer) and Nova Scotia. Re- 
 stored. 
 
 San Joaquin (491), brig, 190 tons, Jose R de Torres, 
 master, Mantanza to New Port or Boston, captured Mar. 
 23, 1814 by Albion, Dragon, Armide, Lacedemonian, 
 Jaseur and St. Lawrence. Cargo : 38 hhds. & 222 casks 
 molasses, 1 hhd. honey, 4 casks coffee, 45 boxes sugar 
 and 4 bbls. sugar. Restored. 
 
 Santa Cecelia (398), ship, M. J. Perriere, master, 
 Lisbon to New Bedford, captured Sept. 14, 1813 by Wasp. 
 Cargo : salt and dry goods. 
 
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 Santiago (267), brig, 267 tons, L. De Austrie, master, 
 Salem to Malaga, captured June 26, 1813 by Woolwick. 
 Cargo : staves, tobacco, naval stores, beef and bacon. 
 Restored. 
 
 Sarah (138), brig, 255 tons, R. Pendergast, master, 
 New York to Amsterdam, captured Feb. 19, 1813 by 
 Tenedos. Cargo : 425 bales cotton, 186 bbls. pot ashes 
 and 3000 pipe staves. 
 
 Sarah (493), schr., 69 tons, Swedish Lasts, F. Sand- 
 berg, master, St. Bartholomews to Boston, captured Apr. 
 18, 1814 by La Hogue. Cargo : 106 hhds. 20 tierces and 
 22 bbls. molasses. Restored. 
 
 Sarah (640), schr., Rob* Hanley, master, St. Johns to 
 Barbadoes, recaptured Sept. 28, 1814 by Maidstone. Car- 
 go : fish and lumber. 
 
 Saucy Jack (657), captured aground in the Potomack, 
 Oct. 20 or 21, 1814 by Saracen. Cargo : corn in bulk and 
 sweet potatoes. 
 
 Science (60), schr. (privateer), 74 tons, W. Fernald, 
 master, from Portsmouth, cruizing, captured Aug. 25, 
 1812, by Emulous. Cargo : guns, ammunition and pro- 
 visions. 
 
 Sea Flower (282), brig, G. Atkinson, master, recap- 
 tured July 8, 1813 by Fantome. 
 
 Semerimes (224), sloop, 85 tons, D. Loop, master, 
 Pleasant River to Boston, captured Apr. 23, 1813, by 
 Bream. Cargo : timber and cord wood. Taken into New 
 Brunswick. 
 
 Shannon (408), brig, J. Perkins, master, recaptured 
 Sept. 27, 1813 by Manly. 
 
 Sibae (211), brig, 115 tons, R. Carter, master, Savan- 
 nah to Boston, captured Apr. 23, 1813 by Crown Solomon 
 (privateer) and Atalante, Cargo : 301 bales cotton. 
 
 Sir Alexr. Ball (556), ship, 399 tons, J. Skynner, 
 master, Bristol to Malta, recaptured July 15, 1814 by 
 Niemen. Cargo: British manufacture and Colonial pro- 
 duce. 
 
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 Snap Dragon (532), schr. (privateer), W. R. Gra- 
 ham, master, captured June 30, 1814 by Martin. 
 
 Snow Alexander (615), 207 tons, Jn° Newby, mas- 
 ter, St. Thomas to Liverpool, recaptured Sept. 6, 1814 by 
 Wasp. Cargo : 306 hhds., 27t s & 179 bbls. sugar, 10 
 puncheons rum, 6 casks molasses and 71 1-2 tons fustic. 
 
 Snow Wanderer (594), 168 tons, Sam 1 Saunders, 
 master, Newdi' d land to Corunna, recaptured Aug. 19, 
 1814 by Tenedos. Cargo : 2900 quintals of codfish. 
 
 Sophia (156), sloop, 66 tons, O. Boles, master, Chand- 
 lers River to New Bedford, captured Aug. 30, 1812. 
 Taken into St. Johns. 
 
 Specie (174), schr., 93 tons, J. Farrow, master, Alex- 
 andria to Boston, captured Apr. 8, 1813, by Nymphe. 
 Cargo : 700 bbls. flour. 
 
 Stamper (325), brig, W. Wilson, master, Liverpool to 
 Halifax, recaptured July 27, 1813 by Ring Dove. 
 
 Starr (280), ship, 409 tons, Skinner, master, 
 
 Alexander to Lisbon, captured June 14, 1813, by Victori- 
 ous, Marlboro, Junon, Narcissus, Barossa and Mohawk. 
 Cargo : 4388 bbls. flour and 338 half bbls. flour. 
 
 Start (7), brig, 173 tons, P. Hazleton, master, St. Ubes 
 to Newbury Port, captured July 15, 1812 by Spartan and 
 Juniper. Cargo : salt. 
 
 Stephanie (560), schr., 71 tons, F. W. V. Reynegom, 
 master, Philadelphia to Havannah, captured July 16, 
 1814 by Acasta. Cargo : flour, lard and onions. 
 
 Stockholm (82), schr., 145 tons, L. Chaplin, master, 
 St. Bartholomews to Boston, captured Sept. 2, 1812 by 
 Maidstone and Aeolus. Cargo : rum, sugar and coffee. 
 Restored. 
 
 Strong (534), schr., (privateer.) J. Merrit, master, 
 captured Junel5, 1814 by Shannon. 
 
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 Success (507), brig, 78 tons, M. Harvey, master, Tor- 
 bay to Banks of Newf d land, recaptured May 29, 1814 by 
 Charybdis. Cargo : twice laid cordage, beer and cyder. 
 
 Sukey (582), schr., 44 tons, Jabez Howes, master, New 
 Haven to Norwich, captured July 29, 1814 by Lively 
 (privateer). Cargo : ballast. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Superb (673), brigate, 120 tons, W 1 " C. Anderson, 
 master, Charlestown to Philadelphia, recaptured, Nov. 24, 
 1814 by Spencer. Cargo : rice. 
 
 Superb (673), brig te 120 tons, W 111 C. Anderson, mas- 
 ter, Charlestown to Philadelphia, captured, Nov. 24, 1814 
 by Spencer. Cargo : rice. 
 
 Susan (128), sloop, 39 tons, J. Ellis, master, Alexan- 
 dria to Boston, captured Dec. 17, 1812 by Liverpool 
 Packet (privateer). Cargo : flour. 
 
 Susannah (226), sloop, 89 tons, L. Marshal, master, 
 Deer Island to Boston, captured Apr. 20, 1813 by Bream. 
 Cargo: cord wood. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Susanna and Lucy (216), schr., 117 tons, J. Lewis, 
 master, Lyn to N h Yarmouth, captured May 5, 1813 by 
 Liverpool Packet (privateer). Cargo : cord wood. Taken 
 into Liverpool. 
 
 Swallow (445), schr., S. Frisbec, master, captured 
 Oct. 30, 1813 by Shannon (privateer). 
 
 Swift (144), brig,-197 tons, B. Cook, master, Savannah 
 to Providence, captured March 14, 1813 by Liverpool 
 Packet (privateer). Cargo: 319 bales cotton and 72 
 bundles leather. 
 
 Swift (285), schr., 63 tons, T. Crossby, master, Cape 
 Cod to Ipswich, captured July 7, 1813 by Curlew. Cargo : 
 salt. 
 
 Teazer (265), schr., cruising, captured June 27, 1813 
 by La Hogue. 
 
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 Tejo (517), ship, 160 tons, Antonio Fugaca, master, 
 Demerara to St. Bartholomews but proceeding for New- 
 Port, R. I., captured May 15, 1814 by LaHogue. Cargo: 
 rum and molasses, also 76 bbls. and 10 half bbls. flour, 171 
 iron bars, 20 bags of rye and 1 bag, taken out of a coast- 
 ing vessel off New London by Maidstone. 
 
 Telemachus (427), brig, W. Street, master, recaptured 
 Oct. 25, 1813 by Narcissus. 
 
 Ten Brothers (478), schr., 114 tons, T. Colley, mas- 
 ter, St. George's to Salem, captured Jan. 6, 1814 by 
 Wolverine (privateer). Cargo : 56 cords wood. Taken 
 into Liverpool. 
 
 Theodore (661), brig, 287 tons, Owen Lewis, master, 
 Maranhai, Brazil to Liverpool, G. B., recaptured Nov. 
 15, 1814 by Saturn. Cargo : cotton. 
 
 Thistle (701), schr., 100 tons, Malaga to Halifax, 
 recaptured Mar. 19, 1815 by Cossack. Cargo : wine and 
 fruit. 
 
 Thomas (254), brig, G. Simmons, master, Cadiz to 
 Boston, captured June 22, 1813 by Wasp. Restored. 
 
 Thomas (273), schr., M. Burback, master, 10 guns and 
 96 men, from Portsmouth, cruising, captured June 30, 
 1813 by Nymphe. 
 
 Thomas and Sally (505), brig, H y Stocks, master, re- 
 captured May 26, 1813 by Martin and Curlew. 
 
 Thorn (116), brig, (privateer), 291 tons, Asa Hooper, 
 master, 18 guns, 124 men, from Marblehead, cruising, 
 captured Oct. 31, 1812 by Teneclos, Shannon, Nymphe 
 and Curlew. 
 
 Thorn (551), schr., A. Hathaway, master, captured 
 July 11, 1814 by Bulwark. 
 
 Thorn (447), schr., P. Shirley, master, captured Nov. 
 8, 1813 by Shannon (privateer). 
 
159 
 
 Three Brothers (152), schr., 40 tons, J. Cairns, 
 master, Baltimore to Boston, captured Mar. 19, 1813 by- 
 Retaliation (privateer). Cargo: 248 bushels corn and 50 
 half bbls. flour. 
 
 Three Brothers (363), schr., 94 tons, W. Rogers, 
 master, Cape Ann to Portland, captured Aug. 7, 1813 by 
 Dart (privateer). Cargo : ballast. Taken into New- 
 Brunswick. 
 
 Three Friends (567), schr., alias His Majesty's sloop 
 Pictou, captured July 30, 1814. 
 
 Three Friends (667), schr., 25 tons, John Philips, 
 master, Kittery to Boston, captured Nov. 12, 1814 by 
 Lunenburg (privateer). Cargo : ballast. Taken into Lu- 
 nenburg. 
 
 Three Friends (129), schr., 79 tons, Otis Fall, mas- 
 ter, Baltimore to Boston, captured Dec. 18, 1812 by Liv- 
 erpool Packet (privateer). Cargo : flour and corn. 
 
 Three Wtlliams (676), brig, 95 tons, John White- 
 way, master, Newf d land to Portugal, recaptured , 
 
 1814 by Arab. Cargo : 1990 quintals dry fish. Taken 
 into Shelburne. 
 
 Tickler (648), schr., 41 tons, John Boyd, master, 
 Philadelphia to St. Bartholomew, captured Oct. 4, 1814 
 by Niemen and Loire. Cargo : 110 bbls. and 35 half bbls. 
 flour, 25 bbls. bread, 10 kegs crackers and 50 boxes soap. 
 
 Tickler (555), sloop, 65 tons, Lloyd Bowers, master, 
 New York to Machias, captured June 14, 1814 by Saturn. 
 Cargo : 50 bbls. beef, flour, wheat and rye. 
 
 (603) Tobacco, 169 hhds., bro't to Halifax in the trans- 
 port brig Tucker, from off the land and shore of the Ches- 
 apeake. 119 hhds. captured bet. July 20 and Aug. 7, 
 and 50 hhds. on June 11, by Albion and ships of war as- 
 sociated in the blockade of the Chesapeake. 
 
 Tomahawk (688), schr., 202 tons, Philip Bessom, 
 master, mounting 9 guns, from Boston, cruising, captured 
 Jan. 22, 1815 by Bulwark. 
 
160 
 
 Topedo (392), schr., captured Sept. 11, 1813 by Plan- 
 tagenet. Crew and papers escaped before capture. 
 
 Traveller (17), schr., 108 tons, Z. Smith, master, 
 Georgia to Alexandria, captured July 12, 1812 by Emu- 
 lous. Cargo : live oak timber. The cargo taken posses- 
 sion of for the use of the Navy. 
 
 Traveller (228), sloop, 94 tons, J. Stover, master, 
 Sedgwick to Salem, captured Apr. 4, 1813 by Rattler. 
 Cargo : cord wood. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Trent (458), schr., 69 tons, R. Curtis, master, Bristol 
 to Boston, captured Dec. 10, 1813 by Wolverine (priva- 
 teer). Cargo : cord wood and 5 cwt. of butter. Taken 
 into Liverpool. 
 
 Triton (319), schr., 122 tons, Ge° McFarlane, master, 
 St. Thomas to Kennebeck, captured July 14, 1813 by 
 Bream. Cargo : 45 puncheons rum and 6 hhds. molasses. 
 Taken into New Brunswick. Restored. 
 
 Two Brothers (506), bark, J. Tucker, master, Liver- 
 pool to Baltic, recaptured May 25, 1814 by Martin and 
 Curlew. Cargo : salt, crates of ware, rum and coffee. 
 
 Two Brothers (186), schr., 131 tons, T. Harden, mas- 
 ter, Bass Harbour to Boston, captured Mar. 27, 1813 by 
 Rattler and Bream. Cargo : cord wood. Taken into 
 New Brunswick. 
 
 Two Brothers (343), schr., 89 tons, J. Mitchel, mas- 
 ter, Tanfield to East Port, captured July 6, 1813 by Boxer. 
 Cargo : 650 bbls. flour and 400 bushels of corn. Taken 
 into New Brunswick. Restored. 
 
 Two Brothers (286), schr., 53 tons, B. Glasin, mas- 
 ter, Kennebeck to Ipswich, captured July 7, 1813 by 
 Curlew. Cargo : wood, bark and shingles. 
 
 Two Brothers (617), schr., Ambrose Nelson, master, 
 Philadelphia to Havannah, captured Sept. 4, 1814 by Nie- 
 men. Cargo: flour, soap, onions, locks and Indian corn. 
 
161 
 
 Two Friends (127), schr., 38 tons, S. Clarke, master, 
 Baltimore to Boston, captured Dec. 17, 1812 by Liver- 
 pool Packet (privateer). Cargo : flour. 
 
 Two Friends (524), schr., Gideon Bowley, master, 
 Province Town to Saco, captured June 11, 1814 by Shan- 
 non (privateer). Cargo: ballast. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Tulip (130), brig, 150 tons, Ja 8 McCullough, master, 
 Philadelphia to Bordeaux, captured Dec. 12, 1812 by At- 
 alante. Cargo : cotton, rice and codfish. 
 
 Tyger (563), brig, 173 tons, H y Davison, master, 
 Malaga to Stattin, Prussia, recaptured July 21, 1814 by 
 Bulwark. 
 
 Ulysses (195), brig, 156 tons, R. Lawton, master, Cuba 
 to New Port, captured Apr. 20, 1813 by Orpheus. Cargo : 
 molasses and sugar. 
 
 Ulysses (314), brig, 248 tons, Sam' Hill, master, Sa- 
 vannah to Bourdeaux, captured June 30, 1813 by Majes- 
 tic. Cargo : 359 bales cotton. 
 
 Unice (296), sloop, B. Pulcifer, master, captured July 
 7, 1813 by Curlew. 
 
 Union (50), brig, J. Tullock, master, Liverpool to 
 Newfoundland, recaptured Aug. 14, 1812 by Morgiana. 
 
 Union (114), schr., 105 tons, Joseph Hall, master, 
 Philadelphia to Kennebeck, captured Oct. 14, 1812 by 
 Liverpool Packet (privateer). Cargo : flour and corn. 
 
 Union (110), schr., 83 tons, M. Kendrick, master, 
 Labradore to Chatham, captured Oct. 19, 1812 by Maid- 
 stone and Spartan. Cargo : fish. 
 
 Union (163), schr., 95 tons, S. Snell, master, Warren 
 to Havannah, captured Apr. 3, 1813 by Sir John Sher- 
 brooke (privateer). Cargo : 35 thousand boards, 4000 
 hoops, 450 shook hhds. 
 
 Union (609), schr., 22 tons, W. Bradford, master, 
 Camden to Moose Island, captured July 30, 1814 by Rifle- 
 
162 
 
 man. Cargo : 85 bbls. beef, 2 kegs butter, 4 or 5 cheese 
 and ^ bbl. tongues. Taken into St. Johns, N. B. 
 
 Union (49), ship, R. Henry, master, from Liverpool, 
 captured Aug. 16, 1812 by Emulous. Restored on pay- 
 ment of costs. 
 
 Union (271), ship, 231 tons, Paul Port, master, Cadiz 
 to Boston, captured June 26, 1813 by Dart (privateer). 
 Cargo : block tin, salt and fruit. Taken into New Bruns- 
 wick. Restored. 
 
 Union Lass (35), schr., J. Osborne, master, recaptured 
 , 1812 by Chub. 
 
 Unity (574), sloop, 36 tons, J. C. Swain, master, 
 Washington, N. C. to Philadelphia, captured July 23, 1814 
 by Asia. Cargo: 145 bbls. turpentine, 32 bbls. tar, 12 
 bbls. spirits turpentine and 5683 feet floor boards. 
 
 Valaria (283), schr., 96 tons, C. Bollard, master, Hol- 
 lower to Providence, captured July 6, 1813 by Retrieve 
 (privateer). Cargo : lumber and oars. 
 
 Venus (323), schr., 72 tons, G. Bailey, master, Long 
 Island to Datchmans Bay, captured July 13, 1813 by 
 Matilda (privateer). Cargo : corn and ballast. 
 
 Venus (449), schr., 100 tons, N. D. Blyden, master, 
 Boston to St. Bartholomews, recaptured Nov. 24, 1813 by 
 Rifleman. Taken into Shelburne. 
 
 Venus (407), ship, 203 tons, F. Wilson, master, Cuba 
 to Salem, captured Sept. 24, 1813 by Borer. Cargo : mo- 
 lasses, sugar and coffee. 
 
 Vestal (630), ship, Hanby Loggan, master, Buenos 
 Ayres to London, recaptured Sept. 15, 1814 by Dragon. 
 Cargo : hides and tallow. 
 
 Victor (498), brig, 52£ tons, Swedish Lasts, Carl 
 Fred k Hallberger, master, Hayti to New London, captured 
 May 13, 1814 by La Hogue, Maidstone, Sylph and Nim- 
 rod. Cargo : 140 hhds. sugar. 
 
163 
 
 Victory (153), brig, 126 tons, E. Bradley, master, 
 Lisbon to Boston, captured Mar. 19, 1813 by Retaliation 
 (privateer). Cargo : 217 raoys salt. 
 
 Victory (477), schr., 52 tons, R. Carey master, Bux- 
 ton to Boston, captured Jan. 6, 1814 by Wolverine (pri- 
 vateer). Cargo : timber and cord wood. Taken into Liv- 
 erpool. 
 
 Victory (585), schr., 45 tons, Tim y Hallett, master, 
 fishing, captured Aug. 7, 1814 by Leauder. Cargo : green 
 fish. Restored. 
 
 Victory (696), ship, laying at Penobscot, recaptured 
 bet. 1st and 30th Sept., 1814 by conjunct naval and mili- 
 tary force at Penobscot. 
 
 Victress (596), sloop, 65 tons, S. Pennoyer, master, 
 Bridge Port to New York, captured Aug. 10, 1814 by 
 Liverpool Packet and Shannon (privateers). Cargo : 
 spirits, butter, cheese and oats. Taken into Liverpool. 
 
 Vivid (179), brig, 180 tons, B. Vanderford, master, 
 Boston to St. Domingo, captured Apr. 20, 1813 by 
 Nymphe. Cargo : 600 boxes soap, 50 boxes candles, 51 
 hhds. fish, 250 bbls. Alewives, 47 boxes cheese, 10 half 
 bbls. tongues, 3 hhds. bacon, 5 bales bagging, 6 hhds. to- 
 bacco, 25 boxes spermaciti candles, 20 cases oil, 32 hhds. 
 claret, 2 pipes brandy, 1 bale twine and 13 bales Calcutta 
 goods. 
 
 Voador (521), brig, 156 tons, Rob* N. Braga, master, 
 St. Salvador to Boston, captured June 16, 1814 by La 
 Hogue. Cargo : 3 to 4000 Arabos dye wood, 13 small 
 boxes and 66 large boxes sugar. Restored. 
 
 Voador (537), brig, 180 tons, Anthino Monteno, mas- 
 ter, Cuba to Boston, captured June 28, 1814 by Nymphe. 
 Cargo : 130 hhds. molasses, adventures, 17 hhds. Restored. 
 
 Volador (263), brig, M. Murquaz, master, Philadel- 
 phia to Havannah, captured May 20, 1813 by Spartan, 
 Statira and Martin. Cargo : some boxes silk, window 
 glass and specie. 
 
164 ■ 
 
 Volant (157), ship, 457 tons, N. M. Perley, master, 
 Bayonne to Boston, captured Mar. 26, 1813 by Curlew, 
 La Hogue and Valiant. Cargo : brandy, wine, silks, dry 
 goods, iron and sundry manufactures. 
 
 Washington (244), schr., 65 tons, E. Sawyer, master, 
 Portland to Boston, captured Juue 5, 1813 by Dart (pri- 
 vateer). Cargo : boards and shingles. Taken into New 
 Brunswick. 
 
 Wasp (308), schr., 99 tons, J. Springer, master, Kenne- 
 beck to Falmouth, captured July 9, 1813 by Retaliation 
 (privateer). Cargo : shingles and bark. Taken into Liv- 
 erpool. 
 
 Wasp (344), sloop, E. A. Irvin, master, 2 guns and 35 
 men, from Salem, cruising, captured Aug. 8, 1813 by 
 Bream. Taken into New Brunswick. 
 
 Watson (387), brig, W. Greig, master, recaptured 
 Sept. 3, 1813 by Poictiers. 
 
 West Indian (454), schr., L. Otis, master, captured 
 Dec. 8, 1813 by Loire and Ramilies. 
 
 Wiley Reynard (405), schr. (privateer), 22 tons, W m 
 Lane, master, from Boston, cruising, captured Oct. 11, 
 1812 by Shannon. Cargo: guns, ammunition and provis- 
 ions. 
 
 William (20), bark, J. Hare, master, recaptured July 
 8, 1812 by Indian. Cargo: dry goods valued at <£1400. 
 
 William (98), brig, recaptured Aug. 16, 1812 by Sta- 
 tira. 
 
 William (243), brig, W. Hunter, master, recaptured 
 May 31, 1813 by Shannon. 
 
 William (647), brig, 235 tons, Ge° Powditch, master, 
 Rio Janeiro to London, recaptured Oct. 11, 1814 by Ar- 
 mide. Cargo : sugar 216 chests, coffee 2120 bags, fustic 
 815 pieces, ox horns 10,000, dry hides 120 and 2 casks 
 wine. 
 
165 
 
 William (151), schr., 102 tons, John Williams, mas- 
 ter, Charles Town to Lisbon, captured Mar. 12, 1813 by 
 Rataliation (privateer). Cargo : 38 bushels of com. 
 
 William (433), schr., S. Nevis, master, New York to 
 Charlestown, captured Oct. 27, 1813 by Paz. Cargo : pro- 
 visions. 
 
 William (628), schr., from Chesapeake, captured 
 
 1814 by Albion and other ships of war associated in the 
 blockade of the Chesapeake. 
 
 William (529), schr., S. Pudor, master, recaptured 
 June 19, 1814 by Wasp. 
 
 William (350), sloop, 39 tons, E. Crowell, master, 
 from Barnstable, fishing, captured Aug. 7, 1813 by Ma- 
 tilda (privateer). Cargo : codfish and stores. 
 
 William & Ann (329), sloop, 77 tons, W. Eadie, mas- 
 ter, Scotland to Ireland, recaptured July 31, 1813 by 
 Nimrod. Cargo : coals and glass. 
 
 York Town (301), ship, A. Ricker, master, cruising, 
 captured July 17, 1813 by Poictiers, Maidstone and Nim- 
 rod. 
 
 Young Phoenix (209), ship, P. Duval, master, Jersey 
 to Arichat, recaptured May 9, 1813 by Orpheus. 
 
 Zodiac (71), ship, 309 tons, J. Hague, master, Norfolk 
 to Lisbon, captured Aug. 28, 1812 by Alpha. Restored. 
 
 (571) Articles on board H. M. ship Dragon, taken out 
 of stores and warehouses and out of ships and vessels un- 
 der American colours which were burnt. Captured May 
 22-24, 1814 by Dragon, Albion, Acasta, Loire, Jaseur, 
 and St. Lawrence, 240 bbls. and 94 half bbls. flour, 9 bbls. 
 bread, 72 bbls. beef, 153 kegs crackers, 45 boxes segars 
 and 74 bbls. tar. Captured June 11, 1814 by Albion 
 Dragon, Acasta, Loire, Narcissus, Jaseur and St. Law- 
 rence, 238 hhds. tobacco. On sloop Julian captured July 
 17, 1814, 316 bbls. and 32 half bbls. flour and 91 kegs 
 tobacco. On schr. Buzi, captured July 19, 1814, 274 bbls. 
 
166 
 
 flour, both captures by Albion, Dragon, Asia, Severn, 
 Loire, Jaseur, St. Lawrence, Regulus, Melpomene, Brune, 
 Manly and Etna Bomb. 
 
 (589) Sundry articles taken out of an American schr. 
 called the Night Hawk and brought to Halifax in the 
 Maidstone, captured June — , 1814, near New London 
 by Superb, Maidstone and Sylph. Cargo : 38 bbls. tar, 4 
 bbls. turpentine, 8 bbls. & 1 box salts, 1 cask cotton, 6 
 bbls. & 4 kegs oil and 1 hhd. oil. 
 
 (592) Captured at Moose Island, July 11, 1814 by 
 detachment of His Majesty's army and navy, sundry goods 
 & merchandize valued at £29,464. 14. 4 currency, perish- 
 able goods belonging to American citizens, now resident, 
 6 boxes tin, 5 casks sadlery, 9 musquets, 15 bayonets, 15 
 belts and scabbards. 
 
 (625) Captured in the Potowmack and Patuxent riv- 
 ers, bet. July 20 and Aug. 7, 1814 by Albion and other 
 ships of war associated in the blockade of the Chesapeake, 
 105 hhds. tobacco, 19 bbls. turpentine and 4 bbls. flour. 
 
 (655) Taken from public stores in Alexandria, bet. 
 Aug. 1 and Sept. 20, 1814 by a conjoint expedition cap- 
 tured by the boats of the Sea Horse and put on board the 
 Severn and bro't to Halifax, 25 hhds. tobacco. 
 
 (644) Captured at Penobscot and Machias, bet. Sept. 1 
 and 30, 1814, a ship, 3 brigs, 4 schrs. and 1 sloop. 
 
 (641) Captured at Penobscot and Machias, bet. Sept. 1 
 and 30, 1814, a ship 230 tons, schr. 45 tons, brig 115 tons, 
 schr. 89 tons, ship 500 tons, schr. 130 tons, brig Sally 110 
 tons, and goods found in the woods, supposed value <£20, 
 000. 
 
 (682) Sundry goods seized at Windsor by the Collector 
 of his Maj s customs, Dec. — , 1814, woolens, linens, cot- 
 tons, &c. Restored. 
 
AMERICAN VESSELS 
 
 CAPTURED BY THE 
 
 BRITISH 
 
 DURING THE 
 
 Revolution and War of 1812 
 
 The Records of the Vice-Admiralty Court 
 at Halifax, Nova Scotia. 
 
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 Salem, Massachusetts 
 
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