Name of Vessel:

Alexander

Master of Vessel:

Monkhouse

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

[July] 1779

Place of Capture:

Captor:

[Massachusetts Privateer Schooner] Active

Home Port:

From What Port:

Grenada

To What Port:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Cargo:

Provisions

Tonnage:

70

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

[Boston, Massachusetts]

Into What Port:

[Boston, Massachusetts]

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

5 August 1779

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The 70-ton sloop Alexander (Monkhouse) was captured about July 1779 by a privateer named Active. This was possibly the Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Active (Commander Andrew Gardner). She was bound from Grenada to Halifax, Nova Scotia with a cargo of provisions, and was sent into Boston, Massachusetts. Alexander was tried on 5 August 1779.

[Faibisy, “A Compilation . . .,” in NDAR, X, 1201-1210]