Name of Vessel:

Bachelor

Master of Vessel:

John Staples

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

13 January 1778

Place of Capture:

Off Marcus Hook, Delaware River

Captor:

Continental troops

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cargo:

Provisions

Tonnage:

50

Battery:

Crew:

4 [total]

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The 50-ton sloop Bachelor (John Staples) was en route to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with a very mixed cargo of various kinds of provisions. Staples had a small crew of three men aboard. Bachelor entered the Delaware River and was laying off Marcus Hook on 13 January 1778. A party of the 4^th Continental Artillery, consisting of eight men commanded by Captain Joseph Rice, went out and captured the sloop.

[NDAR, XI, 179 and note]