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American Prizes November 1776 |
Name of Vessel:
Frederick
Master of Vessel:
John Reynolds
Rig of Vessel:
Schooner
Date of Capture:
[November 1776]
Place of Capture:
Captor:
New Hampshire Privateer Sloop Putnam [or Massachusetts Privateer Sloop Putnam]
Home Port:
From What Port:
To What Port:
Cargo:
Tonnage:
70
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prizemaster:
Prizecrew:
Ordered Into:
Into What Port:
Date Arrived:
Date Tried:
11 December 1776
Date Sold:
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: The 70-ton schooner Frederick (John Reynolds) and the 40-ton sloop Baltimore (Zechariah Gardner) were libeled in the Massachusetts Maritime Court of the Eastern District on 18 November 1776, with the trials set for 11 December. The Frederick (Reynolds) was reported as lost in the London papers on 27 December, and taken into Massachusetts; the Baltimore is listed as “the —, Gardner.” They were captured, possibly in November 1776, by New Hampshire Privateer Sloop Putnam (Commander John Harmon) or Massachusetts Privateer Sloop Putnam (Commander Joseph Bayley, Jr.). These two were probably captured by the same vessel as the one taking the Charming Ann.
[The Boston Gazette and Country Journal, Monday, November 18, 1776; NDAR, VII, 809-810]
| Posted 10 August 2011 |
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