Name of Vessel:

Totness

Master of Vessel:

Thomas Warring [Waring, Warren]

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

[18] July 1775

Place of Capture:

Three Sisters Islands, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland

Captor:

Maryland militia

Home Port:

Liverpool, England

From What Port:

Liverpool, England

To What Port:

Baltimore, Maryland

Cargo:

Salt, earthen ware, dry goods, convicts

Tonnage:

130

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

James Gildart of Liverpool, England

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Burned

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Ship Totness was freighted and sent to Baltimore, Maryland where the local Committee of Safety hasd already denounced the owner for violation of the Continental Association. When they learned the Totness had arrived, the Committee interviewed the consignees of the cargo and then ordered the ship secured and brought up to Baltimore (11 July 1775). Before she could be brought up to Baltimore a number of local people demonstrated their resentment by burning the vessel.

[NDAR, I, 865-866, 903, 938, 944, 946, 965, 1175, 1244-1245, 1361-1386]

Revised 2 December 2008