Name of Vessel:

Cornet [Corlet]

Master of Vessel:

John Harris

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

[15] December 1775

Place of Capture:

Captor:

[unknown]

Home Port:

From What Port:

Glasgow, Scotland

To What Port:

Norfolk, Virginia

Cargo:

Dry goods

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

John Harris

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Hampton, Virginia

Into What Port:

Hampton, Virginia

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

5 January 1776

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Brig Cornet (Corlet) (John Harris), owned by Harris, sailed from Hampton in June 1775 for Scotland, and from Glasgow in ballast, for Norfolk, Virginia in September 1775.  She had a few dry goods aboard. She may have been captured in Hampton Roads by Virginia Navy Schooner Liberty (Captain James Barron).  The brig was in Hampton on 30 December 1775. The cargo was deemed to be imported in violation of the Association, and was ordered sold by the Virginia Convention on 5 January 1776.

[NDAR, III, 309, 643-645]

Revised 10 August 2009