Name of Vessel:

Sally

Master of Vessel:

Edward Grimsbym

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

[2 August] 1775

Place of Capture:

Falmouth, Massachusetts [Maine]

Captor:

Massachusetts militia

Home Port:

From What Port:

West Indies

To What Port:

Swansea, Massachusetts

Cargo:

Sugar, molasses

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Joseph Sherburne

Prizemaster:

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

Falmouth, Massachusetts [Maine]

Into What Port:

Falmouth, Massachusetts [Maine]

Date Arrived:

[2 August] 1775

Date Tried:

Released

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Brig Sally was en route to Swansea in Boston Bay when she put into Falmouth, Massachusetts [Maine]. The Committee of Inspection there believed she was intended for the British Army at Boston and took her into detention. On 11 August 1775 the Committee requested the Massachusetts General Court to give further orders for the brig. On 16 August the Massachusetts House of Representatives ordered the vessel released to proceed on her voyage.

[NDAR, I, 1116, 1160-1161]