Name of Vessel:

Snow Bird

Master of Vessel:

John Horn

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

[21] December 1775

Place of Capture:

Hampton Roads, Virginia

Captor:

Virginia Navy Schooner Liberty

Home Port:

Providence, Rhode Island

From What Port:

Providence, Rhode Island

To What Port:

Baltimore, Maryland

Cargo:

Cheese, cider, apples, potatoes

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Hampton, Virginia

Into What Port:

Hampton, Virginia

Date Arrived:

[21] December, 1775

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Apparently captured about this time, probably by Captain James Barron in the militia manned pilot boat from Hampton. Horn was released from detention by 1 January 1776, when he sailed for Baltimore.

[NDAR, III, 309, 642, 642-643, 670-671]

Revised 10 August 2009