Name of Vessel:

Neptune

Master of Vessel:

Melanchton Lawrence

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

20 August 1775

Place of Capture:

New York Harbor, New York

Captor:

New York militia

Home Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

From What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

To What Port:

New York, New York

Cargo:

Ballast, dispatches

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

New York, New York

Into What Port:

New York, New York

Date Arrived:

20 August 1775

Date Tried:

Released

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner Neptune was a British Army transport used in stock gathering expeditions operating out of Boston. She somehow fell into the hands of the Americans at New York. Her master was interviewed by a committee of the New York Provincial Congress on 21 August 1775 and he was cautioned and released on 23 August.

[NDAR, I, 1196-1197, 1227-1228, 1233]

Revised 2 December 2008