Name of Vessel:

Advance

Master of Vessel:

Nehemiah Eastman

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

[December] 1775

Place of Capture:

[Casco Bay, Massachusetts [Maine]]

Captor:

Colonel Cargill’s militia

Home Port:

From What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

To What Port:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Philip Hodgkins

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Union River, Massachusetts [Maine]

Into What Port:

Union River, Massachusetts [Maine]

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Memorial of owner presented to Massachusetts House of Representatives concerning the “cruel Treatment” received from Cargill on 18 December 1775. A committee set up to investigate.

[NDAR, III, 150, 875]

Revised 10 August 2009